Life Inside A Woke Corporation
People are scared to death for their careers – and they have reason to be.
Churches need to step up and recognize where we’re at, and start preparing people. Church members who are going to lose their jobs. We have to start building safety nets. People we’re in community with, we need to step up and help people know that their church members have their backs. I had a... Continue Reading
The Theory of Everything in Critical Theory
Racism is not the defining characteristic of American identity that CRT folks often make it out to be.
For us not to fall in the wrong direction is to join in the story of Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. This is the grand narrative of Christ redeeming His creation, using His people throughout the ages to work for the well-being of others and to change society. Until Christ comes again, the hurting will always... Continue Reading
What Is Our Theology?
Our theology is a theology of the triune God who is sufficient to Himself and in Himself and who in all His self-manifestations is holy love.
Theology is the gospel repair shop. Its various “loci” or topics (God, creation, fall, providence, redemption, glorification) are, as it were, so many departments of experts that first deconstruct our personal damage and then reconstruct us until the original vision in our creation is realized. Several important convictions drive Tabletalk magazine just as they have... Continue Reading
Ten Things I Learned from the Pandemic
Democracy is a luxury good that depends on prosperity. The minute that prosperity is threatened, democracy collapses into dictatorship.
Governments will use any excuse to seize emergency power, and they will always try to hold on to it even when the justification for seizing it has passed. I learned the following ten lessons about democratic society from the pandemic. Some of these things I already knew in an abstract way from historical study... Continue Reading
The Athanasian Creed
The Athanasian Creed is as careful and thorough an attempt in church in history expressing the great mystery of God who is “one God in Trinity and Trinity in unity.”
The creed is designed to be practical. It begins by recognizing what Christians must believe and whom we must worship. It is essentially a guide to worship, and worship for the purpose of individual right-relatedness to God. This means worshiping one God who is revealed to be Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for “their glory... Continue Reading
The Art of Drawing the Line in Preaching
What you leave out of a sermon can be as important as what you keep in.
The preacher must draw lines to limit his preaching so that the church can see more clearly the limitless grace and presence of her Lord. When I was being trained to preach three decades ago now, one of my seminary professors regularly said in homiletics class, “The art of good preaching is knowing where... Continue Reading
American Medical Association Pushes To Remove Sex From Birth Certificates
For an organization that blindly supports genital mutation on minors, it’s no surprise that they want to eliminate sex on a birth certificate.
By neglecting to specify sex on the hard copy of a birth certificate, medical professionals could improperly treat someone. But instead of recognizing medical truths, the AMA is rallying behind people who flat out deny biology. Boy or girl? If it was up to the American Medical Association (AMA), not even parents would know.... Continue Reading
Preaching is Indispensable
A church that does not emphasize and value preaching is not simply a different style church, it is an unfaithful church.
Everything God has revealed about Himself is to be proclaimed and the preacher who is faithful to the written Word of God is functioning as God’s mouthpiece to deliver God’s message to the people. Preaching is not optional to the life and health of the church. A church that does not emphasize and value... Continue Reading
The Model
The value of the model in Christian discipleship cannot be overestimated.
For every model there is an anti-model. When the Creator speaks so does the serpent, when wisdom shouts, so does folly, when the Spirit influences, the flesh is always nearby. The anti-models at Philippi were within the church, those seeking the benefits of the cross yet living as its enemies. The purpose of the cross... Continue Reading
Don’t Wait for the Perfect Situation
Decision making becomes difficult when faced with an abundance of options.
Don’t wait for the perfect situation to make a decision. Oftentimes, you don’t need more information, you need to trust the Lord and then act based on the information you have. The amount of choice you and I have in the modern world can be paralyzing. You go to a store to buy paint and... Continue Reading