I am well aware that this may be met with outraged protests and shocked denial. Yet I am certain what I describe here is a real phenomenon, and that it needs to be said. I write in the abstract so that the message may be clear without creating undue or unintended offense. I believe one... Continue Reading

In a fatherless and identity-confused age, even clothing becomes a tool for discipleship. Boys and young men need visible models of honorable, masculine presence—starting with how a man presents himself to the world.   In a time when cultural confusion about gender identity is rampant, the call for Christian men to live, and dress according... Continue Reading

Men, when you take a wife, you are taking responsibility for a covenant. You are not signing up for self-fulfillment, but for self-denial. Your vows are not the start of a fairy tale. They are the beginning of a funeral—for self. To love your wife as Christ loved the Church means to die daily. To... Continue Reading

Rough days are coming in the PCA. This incident will cause weeping, gnashing of teeth, sending of letters, and having of meetings. But controversy (and the fact that something like this, which I’ll call Tibergate, is still controversial) is good. It proves one of Machen’s famous lines: “In the sphere of religion, as in other... Continue Reading

Surviving Mainline congregations in future years will reorganize into new networks and collaborations that we cannot now imagine. Some congregations that are dramatically heterodox will survive but most will not. They will no longer have the buffer of supportive denominational structures. Ultimately, nature reasserts itself in churches. Orthodox theology that feeds souls wins and attracts... Continue Reading

NiNOs aren’t aligned with organized religion but still pray and maintain belief in God. Rather than assuming they’ve rejected Christianity (as the Dones have), we can understand better by simply listening to them. We might be surprised to find they’re unaffiliated with organized faith not because they’ve rejected it but simply because they’re unfamiliar with... Continue Reading

A letter, signed by the head of the Anglican Church of Pakistan, bishops, and officers of the Church of Pakistan, stated that the appointment of an open homosexual feeds hostile narratives in a country like Pakistan, where homosexuality is illegal and Christians are an often-persecuted minority.   The chorus of concern about the appointment of... Continue Reading

I humbly exhort you, my fellow pastors, please do not gloss over or forget in each sermon and Bible lesson to preach Christ, His whole gospel, and the blessings and power of being in union with Him. Do not just use the words “gospel” or “in Christ” and assume people know them or do not... Continue Reading

No one keeps the Christian Sabbath fully or maybe even all that well; we can all do better. Planning to profane it by supporting activities that require many to work and which are guaranteed to distract us is probably not the best course.   THIS MATTER HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION: Some NFL teams now... Continue Reading

If we compromise on the issue of same sex attraction and identifying with one’s sinful tendencies, it will not promote peace or unity. Rather, it will lead to churches leaving the EPC (some have left already). When biblical standards become ambiguous, it leads to the ruin and wreckage we have witnessed in the PC(USA) and... Continue Reading