Numbers vary and are difficult to verify, but the Intersociety report said at least 185,000 Nigerians—including around 125,000 Christians and 60,000 moderate Muslims—have been massacred in Nigeria since 2009, when Boko Haram terrorists began their murderous campaign to set up a caliphate across the Sahel.   Jihadist violence continues to escalate in Nigeria. Christians in... Continue Reading

God’s revelation shapes every aspect of how we live, including how we approach education. Every curriculum rests upon a creed; every lesson conveys a worldview. The question is which creed, which faith? We welcome, therefore, the intellectual honesty that identifies God as the source of our rights, our duties, and the author of the best... Continue Reading

Systems built by human hands will eventually betray the people who trust in them. Because human beings need more than food distribution and standardized wages. They need redemption. They need the Spirit. They need a Savior who changes hearts so deeply that generosity rises like a well from within. No political system can create that... Continue Reading

In our cultural moment, Christians are under increasing pressure to revise or abandon biblical teaching on sexuality. But Scripture has not changed. The moral prohibitions in Leviticus 18 and 20 are part of God’s enduring design for human flourishing. They are not temporary rules, ritual taboos, or relics of a bygone culture.   One of the... Continue Reading

If you’re in a wilderness season right now, don’t waste it. Don’t retreat into self-pity or numbness. Use it. Let it expose what’s beneath the surface. Let it form you into something stronger. God is not punishing you; He is preparing you.   Brothers, I confess, I often ‘waste’ my struggles. I do not want you to... Continue Reading

If a presbytery believes non-ordained commissioned deaconesses should be part of our polity, are convicted by scripture women should serve as deacons, the proper course would be to propose an overture to the General Assembly. However, I am confident that this practice is inconsistent with our two-office system and the intent of the BCO.   This is the... Continue Reading

The Apostle Paul’s bottom line in his calling the brethren to recognize and respect Christ’s authority through His leaders is that they would know peace among themselves. The tensions that can roil a church can be dealt with giving credence and compliance to those in authority who bring the word of God to bear.  ... Continue Reading

Dear Christian, you are called to spend all your resources for the sake of Christ’s glory. But if you do not digest the Word of God regularly, have a vibrant walk with Christ, or be regularly filled in a local church, then your well will run dry. But Christ is an endless source of life.... Continue Reading

We begin by telling the truth: that our culture is ill; that its disease is spiritual; that its cure is repentance, not policy. We recover the humility to receive the world as a gift, the courage to resist its idols, to honor objective reality, and the imagination to rebuild on foundations of transcendence.   Every... Continue Reading

So, what is Andrews’ solution to the problem she names? “Feminisation is not an organic result of women outcompeting men,” she explains. “It is an artificial result of social engineering, and if we take our thumb off the scale, it will collapse within a generation.”   In a recent popular essay, American cultural critic Helen Andrews... Continue Reading