“We believe that TEC’s task force has failed to do justice to this necessary task, their proposed canonical revisions being a sweeping and unjustified redefinition of the Christian doctrine of marriage at odds with received biblical teaching. Such a redefinition would obscure the nature of marriage as a mysterious icon of the union between “Christ... Continue Reading

“The reason that homosexual relationships make so much more sense to people today than in previous times is because they have absorbed late modern western culture’s narratives about the human life. Our society presses its members to believe “you have to be yourself,” that sexual desires are crucial to personal identity, that any curbing of... Continue Reading

“As we work, we reflect the work of God, the Creator. In our work of subduing and having dominion, our work of cultivating, we see something else. Our work gives testimony and points to the one in whose image we are made.”   Why do you work? I once heard a rather depressing answer that... Continue Reading

“For the sake of clarity I should state upfront the sense in which I am using ‘confession’ throughout this post: it comprises whatever we choose to share with a larger group that they would otherwise not know.”   A poignant scene unfolds in Whit Stillman’s remarkable debut film Metropolitan about a group of young people... Continue Reading

“The necessity of leaders being accountable to those that they lead follows from the fact that all people are in the image of God and equal. Because all people are equal, no person can lord it over another. Which is the same as saying, anyone in a position of leadership is accountable to those that... Continue Reading

“Hilary Cotton, chair of Women And The Church (Watch), the group which led the campaign for female bishops, said the shift away from the traditional patriarchal language of the Book of Common Prayer in already at an “advanced” stage in some quarters.”   Support is growing within the Church of England to rewrite its official... Continue Reading

“Carlson was valedictorian of her high school class, is an accomplished violinist, holds a degree from Stanford University, and won the Miss America pageant in 1989. I had this conversation with her in the staff lunchroom at Fox News in New York City.”   Gretchen Carlson developed her journalism skills as a reporter at local... Continue Reading

“Satan is savvy enough to know that his lies are less effective during prosperity, so he waits until life is hard and we are more vulnerable (though he has plenty of weapons for our good times as well). Then, when he suggests that God does not love us, he suddenly sounds compelling.”   Your suffering... Continue Reading

“Samson’s story begins with a miraculous birth to a barren mother and ends with his death in a Philistine temple. The visit to the prostitute in Gaza introduces us to the second part of his life and his well-known encounter with the infamous Delilah.”   Of all the judges in the book of Judges, Samson... Continue Reading

“To live all of life coram Deo is to live a life of integrity. It is a life of wholeness that finds its unity and coherency in the majesty of God. A fragmented life is a life of disintegration. It is marked by inconsistency, disharmony, confusion, conflict, contradiction, and chaos.”   I remember Mama standing in... Continue Reading