Lawyer and prominent author Jill Filipovic…launched a polemical frontal assault on what she terms “pro-life, pro-family homeschooling advocates.” These “right-wingers,” to quote Ms. Filipovic, undermine “children’s basic safety and right to an education.” Perhaps I was wrong. Just a few weeks ago, right after the presidential inauguration, one of my wife’s close friends, another parent... Continue Reading

The rising of the Morning Star heralds and guarantees that night is coming to an end, and that day is about to begin. It is about certain hope. How do we respond?   The Siege of Bastogne, December 20–27, 1944, was one of the great battles of World War II. German armor and infantry, in... Continue Reading

Remembering the sufferings of our brothers and sisters may help us to stop complaining about the difficulty of our own journey and instead view it as an honor and a privilege to suffer. As the hymn says, “It is the way the Master went; should not the servant tread it still?”   That in leaving... Continue Reading

In the name of “diversity,” and to pander to the small minority of sexual radicals, they want to destroy the English language. And along with it they want to destroy biology and reality. We have a term for those who try to do stuff like this: fools.   We now all know that one of... Continue Reading

Where the fundamental, incontrovertible differences between men and women—and the implications of those differences—are downplayed and ignored, the acid of pretense will eat away at our grasp of the truth. Nowhere is safe from such corrosion; the home, the local church, and society writ large all become compromised to the point of destruction when we ignore... Continue Reading

The next time that you find your heart cold toward God as you read the Bible or sit under the preaching of God’s Word—it might not be because Satan has lured you into the dark world of pornography on your iPhone. It’s likely due to the fact that you’ve missed opportunities to praise God and... Continue Reading

We must be careful that we don’t put too much faith in a process and too little faith in the God who sits over the process. That’s industrialization – that if we simply have the right raw ingredients, then follow the right steps, then out comes a mature follower of Jesus. Like an assembly line.... Continue Reading

The issue in this case is not merely attendance but membership. The SBC’s problem is with the fact that this church is now accepting practicing gays as members of the church—which in our context means affirming sexual immorality as compatible with following Christ. This is in direct contradiction to our denomination’s statement of faith, which labels homosexuality as a sin.  ... Continue Reading

We might recognize that our purpose when we gather is to worship, but what exactly is that? Is worship merely a duty to perform? Is worship simply expressing hearts of praise to God? Is worship an emotional experience?   So far in this series I have established the importance of grounding our theology and practice... Continue Reading

[God’s love] is greater than anything human. Our only response is to give back to God the life we owe Him anyway. Our life, borrowed from Him, is like a little stream feeding into the immensely greater ocean of His life and love.   As a young man, Scotsman George Matheson (1842–1906) exhibited a quick... Continue Reading