Taking a Dog by the Ears
Constructive correction in controversy, rather than cancellation, is a wiser course—for everyone.
Egalitarians and progressives have learned a lesson. They have learned that they can manipulate TGC with unfounded mob accusations of misogyny and harm. This is not good for [Joshua] Butler. It’s not good for TGC. And it’s certainly not good for the truth. Last week people kept asking me if I was going to... Continue Reading
Is It Okay to Be White?
When guilt is assigned and sacrifice demanded based solely on a person’s skin color, a lack of respect can transform into indignation.
The perspectives of men like James Brown and Scott Adams are overt appeals to skin color. While the motivations for these appeals vary, the goal is the same: self-help, pride, and temporal well-being. A question like “Is it okay to be white?” and its provocative musical counterpart, “Say it loud, black, and proud,” are short-sighted... Continue Reading
Department of Education to Remove Protections for Religious Campus Groups
The U.S. Department of Education announced its intention to rescind the “Free Inquiry Rule,” which was designed to fix the pressuring and discriminating against religious student groups.
Protecting religious expression is vital, not just for Christians, but for everyone. Conscience rights are pre-political rights and provide the foundation on which every other liberty is built. In February, the U.S. Department of Education announced its intention to rescind the “Free Inquiry Rule,” established in 2020 by then-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. According to the... Continue Reading
The Day a Dutchman Broke My Brain
There’s a divine thread running from the yellow tulip in my front yard all the way back to the incomprehensible, infinitely mysterious Trinity.
I’m glad a Dutchman broke my brain that day. He took me into a windowed room I’d never entered. And now the rest of the world is bathed in biblical light as I strive to stay low, worship well, and love deeply. Learning new things is like opening doors to windowed rooms. We can... Continue Reading
Pineapples and Biblical Interpretation—What’s the Connection?
The meaning of a word is found only in its current usage in its particular context at the time it was written.
To avoid root fallacies when interpreting the meaning of biblical words, use the help of reliable lexicons along with knowing how the same writer uses the particular word elsewhere. Then strive to understand the word in its immediate context. Your understanding of the Bible will be noticeably and fruitfully enhanced. The very first fallacy... Continue Reading
On Complementarity
The erasure of distinctions between the sexes is not only the most striking issue of our time, it may be the most profound the race has ever confronted.
The same God who upholds the universe with the word of his power, is the same God who declared that men must lead in the home and the church, and thus it is his command and his design, not ours, that says qualified men should teach and exercise authority in the church. Indeed, there is... Continue Reading
The Ground Erodes under Feminists’ Feet
And evangelical feminism will face the same crisis.
Some evangelicals made their own deal with the devil, downgrading the meaning and significance of the sexes to accommodate the spirit of the age…They once believed that men were men and women were women. And that was because they could still feel the foundations of a Christian culture beneath their feet. But, no more. ... Continue Reading
“The Salvation of Your Souls” (1 Peter 1:1-12)—Words from Peter to the Pilgrim Church (Part Two)
Our faith—weak as it is—is guarded in the midst of our struggles by the very same power through which God raised Jesus from the dead.
In the midst of our struggles, Peter reminds us that God’s track record of keeping his promises is pretty good. In Jesus Christ, the Father has caused us to be born again, and through the work of his Spirit, he ensures the salvation of our souls. He has promised to save us from our sins–he... Continue Reading
How to Be a Berean
The Bereans were leaning in and expecting something great to come from God’s Word.
We can learn from the Bereans in the authority over men that they recognize in God’s Word. The Bereans “examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” What “things”? Paul’s preaching. Even someone like the great Apostle is not over or above the Bible. On his second missionary journey, Paul made a sudden detour... Continue Reading
“One’s Own Fashions!”
Stop being independent and start experiencing the beauty of fellowship that the church has to offer.
The church has a culture and your feeling of “not being quite at home” is because you are trying to live independently and according to your own fashion. The church has a rhythm and a flow. It has patterns and practices and those who embrace them will feel cared for and safe. But those who... Continue Reading
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