When Muslim Truck Drivers are Fired for Not Delivering Beer, Court Has an Unbelievable Response
“The Obama administration actually represented the two Muslims in this case. But has sometimes taken a very different position in the case of Christians trying to assert their religious beliefs.”
The U.S government and the courts can’t legally have one set of laws for Christians and another set of laws for Muslims and other religious groups. This court’s ruling throws into relief that not all Americans are legally recognized as possessing religious liberty and freedom of conscience. Two Muslim truck drivers who sued their former employer... Continue Reading
The Gospel According to Willy Wonka
The story is an allegory for the gospel itself
Where Wonka’s gospel fails is that it is rooted in moralism. Charlie is acceptable because he is too poor to be spoiled, too hungry to let his stomach guide him, too weak to be obsessed over chewing gum and too impoverished to watch television all day. I know from my research on the story that... Continue Reading
We Need a Neo-Evangelical Shakedown in Our Time
The time when the evangelical mind awakened — the 1940s — requires our consideration today
“We find ourselves in a remarkably similar cultural moment, constrained as we are to the cultural sidelines. The evangelical mind exists, and even thrives, today. But the question before us in 2015 is this: Will we embrace our marginalization? Or will we, like the neo-evangelicals, dream fresh dreams, hatch fresh plans, and seek something altogether... Continue Reading
That Vital Moment in Every Preacher’s Week
The most important time of my week is not Sunday morning before I preach but Sunday night
“We go to bed on Sunday night and wake up Monday morning and nothing has changed. We meet with the same people during the week and they seem like the same people. We see them again on the next Lord’s Day and they still seem the same. We want to microwave sanctification but we can’t.... Continue Reading
The Stand That Saved My Soul
Dave made a stand for Christ that night at Virginia Tech. God used him to get a message to me.
“Over the next few days and weeks I continued to read the Bible and have conversations with Dave. He told me that God made me to love and worship Him. He explained that the guilt I was feeling was God showing me that I was in rebellion against Him and was on my way to... Continue Reading
Judge Grants Request For Temporary Injunction Against Mission Presbytery
Mission Presbytery’s actions of trying to remove FPC-San Antonio’s pastors and session as members in good standing “only heightens the concerns over the continued affiliation with the PCUSA"
Stuart also addressed claims made by the presbytery in an Oct. 28 letter — that if the congregational meeting went ahead as planned, it could result in “the possibility of ecclesiastical charges” being filed against the pastors and session and that they could be “found to have renounced the jurisdiction of the Church.” A... Continue Reading
Re-orienting Our Understanding of Sexual Orientation
Rosaria Butterfield's message to the Church
“Christians need to be careful not to add an unbearable weight to the burden, Butterfield cautioned. ‘The solution for all sin is repentance’. Butterfield said that while Christians can struggle with homosexual temptations, they cannot just add Jesus to the mix and not repent. ‘Make no mistake. This is spiritual war. Our identity cannot be... Continue Reading
Spiritual Amnesia
Are we suffering from spiritual amnesia? Are we lost in the foggy haze of life?
“Or to use another physical malady, they suffered from spiritual amnesia. They were confused and forgetful. They had forgotten the former bondage of the devil. They had lost cognition of the redemption of Jesus. The marriage vows of Christ to them were not remembered.” Agatha Christie, the famous mystery writer of the early 1900s, lived... Continue Reading
Relevant, Old Paths
Much of society is being overtaken by a youth-driven culture because we have neglected God’s call to train up the next generation of young people in the way they should go
“My father’s values were old, traditional values. But just because they were old and traditional didn’t necessarily make them good. They were good values because they were biblical values, and biblical values are relevant in every generation. But although they are relevant in every generation, they are disappearing from the rising generation.” My dad... Continue Reading
Self-Examination, Obedience, and Assurance
Obtaining and enjoying the assurance of one’s salvation is something that alludes many Christians
“Those of us who tend toward introspection can easily drift into intense soul-searching as the means to finding assurance. What we need to hear is the summons to obedience. Until we start acting on the truth was know, we may not find the assurance for which we are desperately searching, no matter how much reading... Continue Reading