Is Judging a Sin?
It’s not wrong to judge between right and wrong.
I have been pondering the “judge” term as it’s used in our culture. I think we fear committing the sin of judging. But is it the judging we are supposed to avoid — the evaluating a person’s actions and determining if they are right or wrong? I don’t think it is. I think what we... Continue Reading
Dear Bryan: Replying to “The State of the PCA”
A confessionalist’s response to Bryan Chapell’s “The State of the PCA”
When confessionalists hear that gender accommodation, positive engagement over homosexuality, and the acceptance of the secularist theory of evolution are necessary to our cultural success (you didn’t mention this, but it is a looming issue in our division), we scour our Bibles in vain to discover valid precedents. In the spirit of Paul in 2 Corinthians... Continue Reading
Christians Lose Ground, ‘Nones’ Soar In New Portrait Of U.S. Religion
The United States is a significantly less Christian country than it was seven years ago.
The percentage of people who describe themselves as Christians fell about 8 points — from 78.4 to 70.6. This includes people in virtually all demographic groups, whether they are “nearing retirement or just entering adulthood, married or single, living in the West or the Bible Belt,” according to the survey report. WASHINGTON (RNS) The United... Continue Reading
Reformed Women Speak: A Call to Attend the OPC General Assembly
An appeal related to the outcome of the ecclesiastical trial will be heard at this year’s OPC General Assembly at Dordt College scheduled for June 3-9, 2015.
The upcoming appeal to the trial decision, which will be heard at OPC General Assembly in June, is a opportunity to show to the OPC community and beyond that women’s bodies matter, that women themselves matter, that a man who protects his chronically ill and disabled wife, acting towards her in accordance with his conscience... Continue Reading
Senate Breaks Gridlock, Passes Human Trafficking Bill
Republicans win five-week battle over legislation’s abortion language
“Help is finally on the way for the thousands of enslaved victims who suffer unspeakable abuse in the shadows,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act boosts law enforcement’s ability to pursue perpetrators, strengthens penalties, and establishes a domestic fund to help trafficking victims. (WNS)–The U.S. Senate unanimously... Continue Reading
Church Membership Obligations
Why we should be members of a local church
This is why the Lord’s Day became so important in the early Christianity. It was the time for the formal, public gathering of Christians to worship. In Acts 20:7 we read: “On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them.” Had they not gathered... Continue Reading
A Call for the Church in Scotland to Return to Biblical Roots
John Knox famously said: “Give me Scotland or I die.” I wonder if the Church in Scotland has the same passion and commitment today?
Do we want to spend our time remembering the Christendom of the past, and moaning about the secularism and spiritual confusion of the present? Or do we want to see Scotland return to its spiritual roots? Do we recognise that a renewed Scotland needs a renewed Church? If we do, then we need to be... Continue Reading
Academy Award-Winning Actor Gives College Grads His No. 1 Piece of Advice: ‘Put. God. First!’
Denzel Washington’s advice to 2015 graduates
During the rest of his brief commencement address — just over 10 minutes long — Washington urged graduates to “fail big” and take chances. But in regard to material things, he cautioned that “you will never see a U-Haul behind a hearse.” “I pray that you put your slippers way under your bed tonight,” the... Continue Reading
How To Restore A Culture In One Easy Step
One of the most important activities we can undertake to restore culture is to get people to read, to instill in them a passion for reading the Bible
Imagine what might happen, though, if we took a different approach. Imagine if we treated the Bible as if it were an actual book that we read from beginning to end. Imagine that instead of reading a chapter a day (as proscribed in our devotionals) that we hunkered down and read large chunks, the way... Continue Reading
The Sexualization Of The American College…
Universities have totally abandoned the idea of strengthening character
Mary Ann Glendon, a Roman Catholic law professor at Harvard University, wrote a review of Tom Wolfe’s I Am Charlotte Simmons in which she said that his book should be mandatory reading for all parents sending a child to college. Much of her review can be summed up by two equally damning points: “Not only have institutions of... Continue Reading