I Wasn’t a Minority, Until Today
Since the vaccine passport segregates and erases me from parts of our society, though I’ve never been a visible minority, today—I am an invisible minority.
COVID-19 shouldn’t make us forget what this nation is supposed to stand for. COVID-19 shouldn’t make us forget our history. COVID shouldn’t make us forget our fundamental freedoms. If our freedoms aren’t fundamental in difficult times, then they aren’t fundamental at all. One of my friends sent me a text earlier this week saying:... Continue Reading
Why Almost Nobody Knows Anything about Critical Race Theory
We don’t need to assume anyone is lying or intending to deceive to understand why the political battle over CRT is so enervatingly stupid.
CRT is just a sophisticated legal theory taught only in law schools and graduate schools. Others say that CRT is the simple factual truth about the history of race and politics in the U.S. and conservative opponents are trying to block teaching that in public schools. These two claims cannot both be true. A complexly sophisticated idea taught only in graduate school... Continue Reading
American Homeschooling Goes Boom
Hundreds of thousands of moms and dads across the nation who have decided to become the principals of their very own, very small elementary schools.
The number of kids going to school at home nationwide has doubled over the past two years. In 2019, there were about 2.5 million students learning at home. Today there are nearly 5 million. That means more than 11 percent of American households are educating their children outside of traditional schools. In March 2020, as the coronavirus engulfed... Continue Reading
More on Bunyan’s Pastoral Heart
God indeed does not call the equipped, but rather equips the called.
God’s people, notice that what makes John Bunyan so attractive as a minister is his love for the Lord and his love for fellow brothers and sisters. Make certain that your affections are set on Christ. Love the people of your local church too, knowing that the Lord is producing within you all an eternal... Continue Reading
Prayer Tips: When to Pray
Anything worthy of our attention deserves time devoted to it.
Our problem is not a lack of resources. But one other thing is clear: we must make time to pray and praise God. If we cannot make and keep appointments with our Triune God, our relationship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, like any other, will suffer. The invitation is this: have... Continue Reading
Buckle-up Pro-lifers. They will say anything to silence us.
No matter how much darkness they try to cast over the moral imagination of our culture, we have to shine the light into the darkness.
Pro-abortionists want to distract everyone from the central issue. They want to keep everyone in the dark about what the abortionists are doing in their death chambers. They aren’t merely removing a clump of impersonal cells during an abortion. They are killing living human beings. They want to hide this central truth, but we must... Continue Reading
Should Elders Insist on Unanimity?
Five Reasons to Not Insist on Unanimity
Like David in Psalm 133, we should celebrate unity in our churches and in our elder boards. And as Paul instructs in Ephesians 4:3, we should be “eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” So we should pray for unity. We should work to preserve the unity God’s Spirit... Continue Reading
What Is Biblical Meditation?
Meditation, very simply, is ruminating on, thinking over, and pondering God, his works, and his Word.
In Hebrew, the word for meditation literally means to mumble to oneself; speaking to oneself audibly or in one’s heart. But it is not a mindless activity or the repetition of a mantra. Biblically, to meditate means to ponder, consider, chew on, and mull over the word of God. Biblical meditation is full of content,... Continue Reading
Jesus Isn’t Afraid of Your Investigation
Jesus knows what He’s about. And He knows that what He offers is the only thing that truly satisfies.
Jesus is not afraid of your investigation. He’s not afraid to invite you in – to bring you close – because He knows who He is. And He knows what He is offering. There is no guile, no insecurity, no anger at those who are truly seeking. There is no insecurity in the Son... Continue Reading
You Have Time to Sit with God
Satan will try to make everything feel more urgent than sitting down to be with Jesus.
Have the cares of this world distracted you from sitting at the feet of Jesus? Have your fears left you feeling restless, insecure, unstable? The God of the universe is still speaking, right now, in his word. Hear his voice calling your name today, bidding you to come and enjoy the one necessary thing, the... Continue Reading
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