In this sense, Orlando is a “Reichstag fire” event, I predict, because it is a genuine and appalling atrocity that will lead to the demonization, in law and in custom, of orthodox Christians and any who disagree with whatever LGBTs and their allies want.   Hold your Godwins, please. The term “Reichstag fire” refers to... Continue Reading

“The Confederate battle flag resolution was another step in the convention’s effort to address its past actions regarding slavery and racism. The SBC, which began in 1845 in part in support of slaveholding missionaries, approved a resolution in 1995 repenting of racism and asking for forgiveness from African American Christians.”   Messengers to the 2016... Continue Reading

“When I was an undergraduate, my Ancient History professor once told the class that there were three ways to respond when your argument had been shown to be wrong.  The best was to concede the point in public and humbly change one’s mind.  The second best was simply to keep silent.  Not so humble as... Continue Reading

“God was not absent when the gunman went on his rampage. He sees murder in the heart of oppressors (Genesis 4:6-7) and vows to avenge it (Nahum 3:1-6). He hears when the blood of the innocent cries out to Him from the ground (Genesis 4:10).”   Early Sunday morning, a man stepped into an Orlando... Continue Reading

“My concern with exaggeration is not so much with sociological observations but with theological implications. Let’s be clear: when you think the Bible’s portrayal of sin is exaggerated then you will think its statements about grace are overstated. Let’s test it out with a passage in Genesis.”   Have you noticed how prevalent exaggeration is... Continue Reading

“Cruising Manhattan in the back of a stretch black SUV on a recent afternoon, pin-balling from one corner of the American culture war to another as he promotes his book, Lecrae Devaughn Moore knows he presents a new evangelical archetype. And he loves it.”   The black rap star came on the white evangelical’s radio talk show... Continue Reading

“What a pleasure, then, to read Jane Dawson’s recent biography, simply titled John Knox, where we meet Knox the man. His life was a remarkable one by any account. He was the key figure not only in the Scottish Reformation, but also a major player in the Reformation in England and on the Continent.”   If... Continue Reading

“We can only be grateful for the powerful technology we have. Yet because the United States has more of it than any other country, we who have access to it are challenged to restrain our tendency to use it. But it will always be difficult to use wisely as long as the world is as... Continue Reading

“For Lewis, a myth is a story which evokes awe, enchantment and inspiration, and which conveys or embodies an imaginative expression of the deepest meanings of life – meanings that prove totally elusive in the face of any attempt to express them in purely abstract or conceptual forms. For Lewis, God authorizes the use of... Continue Reading

“I think there is a helpful way to draw implications for male-female relations from the relations of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as long as we recognize certain limitations. The first limitation is the Creator/creature distinction. God is not just some bigger, better form of us. God is also incomprehensible.”   Many of you... Continue Reading