CRT and Intersectionality: Just Analytical Tools?
What are these concepts? Where do they come from?
Not only, does CRT not allow for the biblical truth of the existence of only two meaningful categories of people—believer and unbeliever—it claims that a generally-defined group of people, “white” people, are inherently evil, or at a minimum unethical, by nature of their congenital ethnic and ancestral makeup, while others, any person not considered “white,”... Continue Reading
They Heard Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter Go Down. Then They Prayed.
Kobe Bryant (1978–2020)
They stood together, their backs to the church, staring at something they could not quite see. They just knew that the world had changed somehow, and this was the place it happened. It began as just another Sunday at a little church along Las Virgenes Road, on a quiet edge of suburban Los Angeles.... Continue Reading
Revisiting Revoice: The Need For This Discussion
This issue is not going away.
In days to come, the theology of Revoice, and other similar theologies, will become more of a pressing issue, not less of one. Already the conservative Presbyterian Church of America is embroiled in controversy over how it will respond to Revoice, having engaged in lengthy and passionate debate on the floor of its 2019 General... Continue Reading
How Our Marriage Survived My Gender Dysphoria
My gender dysphoria was rooted in my rebellion against God.
Satan appeared to be winning the battle for my life, our marriage, and our family, but God had other plans! Over the next four difficult years, he worked miraculously in our lives and our marriage, pursuing us in different ways and maturing our faith, while burning the sin from my heart and life. In... Continue Reading
10 Reasons Christians Can Be Thankful in Trying Circumstances
If you find yourself in a place where you are having a hard time being thankful, meditate on these ten biblical truths that will strengthen you.
We can be thankful in trying circumstances because we know that our God doesn’t make mistakes. There is nothing that falls outside of his sovereign eternal decree. As the hymn writer put it, “What e’re my God ordains is right.” Often, the most basic of God’s commands are the hardest for us to obey.... Continue Reading
One of the Most Overlooked Reasons Why We Should Trust the Bible
In the midst of all the options there is one person that, ironically, Christians (and non-Christians) overlook. Jesus.
Of course, Christians don’t overlook Jesus generally. He is central to about everything Christians think and do. But, strangely, he is not often the ultimate court of appeal when they are deciding what to think about the Bible. But, just a few moments of reflection suggest he should be. When deciding what to believe... Continue Reading
Loving Yourself Truly
There are only two great commandments, not three.
If we are not careful in our preaching and teaching, we can lead those we teach to think more highly of themselves than they ought by pursuing a narrow self-interest in the name of hoping to know more of Jesus’ love. We can so urge them to feel good about themselves “in the Lord” that... Continue Reading
The Capitalist and the Christian Hedonist
Does Scripture support self-interest?
Capitalism supposes a world in which the greatest good extends to the greatest number of people through free exchanges between men and women who are otherwise in pursuit of their own self-interests. Smith famously wrote, “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but... Continue Reading
The Strangest Thing Jesus Said
“No one ever spoke like this man.”
Over the centuries, many nonreligious theories have been proffered for the tenacious, massive, increasingly global influence of this wandering, first-century, Jewish rabbi with peasant roots and ordinary disciples. None do him justice. Political, institutional, economic, social, cultural, psychological explanations all prove reductionistic and overly simplistic. They don’t explain why people find Jesus so compelling. ... Continue Reading
The End of the World is Not the End of the Story
God has a glorious plan with Jesus at its centre.
A great book for these troubled times, Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians instructs us on how we should respond to fears around the world ending. In chapter 2, Paul makes it clear what Christians ought to do: stand firm. He says don’t be “shaken in mind or alarmed” (v. 2); don’t let end-of-the-world reports... Continue Reading
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