Mary recognized that God had been faithful to give help to Israel and done all those things she just recounted because of His covenant promises. Perhaps she thought of Psalm 98:3 which says “He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of... Continue Reading

Technology that alleviates futile, dangerous, and pointless work is a blessing. However, human activity should not be measured only in narrow, utilitarian means. Easier is not always better. Knowledge cannot be reduced to data or data processing. We do not always need to be set “free” from effort or from inefficient conversation.     Artificial... Continue Reading

There were good years. There were hard ones. There were moments when I was not easy to live with, not easy to follow, not easy to believe in. And yet, somehow, we kept moving forward. Looking back now, here’s the turn I didn’t see coming. I thought I was chasing a platform. God was building... Continue Reading

When we are reciting the verses over and over, day after day, suddenly insight pops up. As brilliant as AI may seem, it can never replicate this personal experience. And with these insights come a deeper love for Christ, because he is the one speaking them directly to our souls. So, insight yields intimacy with... Continue Reading

In keeping with the journalistic tradition of looking back at the recent past, we present the top 50 stories of the year that were read on The Aquila Report site based on the number of hits. We will present the 50 stories in groups of 10 to run on five lists on consecutive days. Here... Continue Reading

Paul does not say, “Aratus was a pagan heretic, so ignore him.” He says, “Your own poet got this right.” He identifies a seed of truth—humanity’s dependence on and likeness to the divine—and he claims it for Yahweh. He affirms the Stoic insight (God is the source of life) while stripping it of its Stoic context... Continue Reading

In the months following that first confession of my same-sex desires, with help from Jesus, I began the slow and messy process of disentangling those desires from the man he created me to be. When I made my desires and my self a package deal, I couldn’t fight one without feeling like I was fighting... Continue Reading

Many people find that first thing in the morning is their best time for reading God’s Word. But that doesn’t work for everyone, or for every season of life. The more important thing is not when you read but that you read. Use lunchtime, break time or bedtime depending on what works best for you. In any case, develop... Continue Reading

Inerrancy allows for figures of speech, like hyperbole and metaphors. Inerrancy doesn’t demand precise scientific language, like vantage point observations of the moon being larger than the stars (Gn. 1:16) or the sun rising and going down (Ecc. 1:5). Feinberg once said that almost any statement is capable of greater precision.   Churches break apart.... Continue Reading

Fred Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister. His television show was his ministry. He was the only one they ever allowed to pastor through public television. The show was his church. And he never once beat people over the head with Scripture. He made the gospel visible. He embodied it. He showed an entire generation... Continue Reading