The rule of law, reason and rationality have been replaced by the rule of the mob and who shouts loudest on social media. All aided and abetted by governments, police and media.   Last weekend there was a society changing event in Sydney (similar events happened in London, Glasgow, New York and many other cities).... Continue Reading

God answers our prayers but often in ways different or even contrary to our machinations. We do not have access to the secret will of His workings. We don’t know when His answer starts or finishes, where it winds its way, what things it carries in its wake. But we do know that God hears... Continue Reading

Our pursuits of holiness, whether our own or our spouse’s, are only ever incomplete pursuits. They are real and meaningful, but necessarily limited by the harsh reality that there is no perfection to be had on this side of the grave.   He told me he knew that marriage was designed not to make him... Continue Reading

Gorsuch’s position would either require the elimination of all sex-specific programs and facilities or allow access based on an individual’s subjective identity rather than his or her objective biology. It is telling that Gorsuch is evasive about which of these outcomes is required by his theory.   Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion claims to apply... Continue Reading

The new, highly secular “cancel culture” represents an extreme form of righteousness that has all the moral power of a certain kind of protestant Christianity, but none of the basic scaffolding of redemption on which such Christianity is built. And morality without forgiveness or redemption is a frightening, persecutory business.   Born in New Orleans... Continue Reading

In a 1979 article, Alasdair MacIntyre pointed out how social science methodology had become a fundamental tool of power in managerial bureaucracy. Forty years later, it is no longer merely managerial bureaucracy over which it holds sway. The cultural disenfranchising of anyone who wishes to question transgenderism’s assumptions indicates that the same thing is now... Continue Reading

When we look around and see men who have forgotten God, what we are looking at is ourselves before God graciously saved us. When we look around and see men who have forgotten God, our response must not be to boast: “God, I thank you that I am not like other men,” men who have... Continue Reading

John tells us why he wrote this epistle, so we can understand how the phrase “perfect love casts out fear” fits with his purpose. “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life”(1 John 5:13).   Perhaps you’ve heard... Continue Reading

When was the last time you sat down and just counted your blessings and gave thanks to God? How vital this is for us! If we are going to keep in a right orientation with God and this world, then we need to be abounding with thanksgiving to offset the trials and tribulations of this... Continue Reading

In response to criticism—and despite a public apology for his actions—the Birmingham Board of Education voted June 9 to no longer allow the church to hold services at two local high schools. The day before, the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) voted to no longer let church volunteers and clinic workers from the... Continue Reading