Christians must recognize and make the case that the problem isn’t merely abusive or nonconsensual porn. It’s porn. Only a cultural transformation that goes deeper than mere consent—that offers a positive, God-honoring vision for sexuality and family—will be able to uproot this evil.   If a man exposed himself to children on a street corner,... Continue Reading

Discernment is based on an objective standard, the Word of God—not a subjective feeling or experience. It encompasses everything that can be classified as good or evil, including our beliefs regarding truth and error and our actions as being either righteous or unrighteous.   In 1 John 4:1, the apostle gives us an exhortation to... Continue Reading

We need to stand against the winds of culture and speak clearly to issues of the day. But we cannot let how something “looks” to those inside or outside the church dictate our faith or practice. Who cares how a moderator’s ruling “looks?” Was it according to Scripture, the BCO, and Robert’s Rules? Those are... Continue Reading

Let the church be a place where names are safe. Where reputations are protected. Where speech is guarded. Where Matthew 18 is not optional, but instinctive. And let the ninth commandment no longer be seen as a footnote in the Decalogue, but as a flaming sword guarding the peace of the body of Christ.  ... Continue Reading

Spiritual authority belongs to the Bible, churches, and pastors. It’s the authority that Scripture asserts over every person’s life, particularly as Scripture is mediated and applied in the lives of believers by churches and pastors. To be sure, Christians do not depend directly on church authority for their salvation. For that reason, they should remain... Continue Reading

Paul wasn’t ashamed to make tents. Jesus didn’t resent His years in the carpenter’s shop. And the apostles didn’t hand off ministry to others until they had first proven men—tested by trials, not just trained in theory. You learn more about God by sweating for your family than you do by refreshing your feed.  ... Continue Reading

For now it is enough to see that the fevered outbreak it got caught up in has lost much of its momentum and been shown to be the egregious bit of mass hysteria and folly that some always knew it was. The people who chanted ‘silence is violence’ (a malicious, coercive slander) actually contributed to... Continue Reading

Jesus took upon himself the very thing that breaks mankind’s dominion over this world: the curse of sin, which is death. But Jesus did not remain dead. He rose from the grave and was lifted to God’s right hand, where he sits now enthroned and crowned with glory and honor, waiting until the fullness of... Continue Reading

In a world that mocks sex or mutilates it, Scripture redeems it. In a culture of one-night-stands, the Bible exalts the eternal embrace. In a generation of pornography, hookup apps, and sterile marriages, the Song of Songs—and all its shocking, dripping, God-breathed sensuality—calls the Church back to Eden.   The Need for Sexfulnes There is... Continue Reading

Jesus meant for Christians not only to preserve the decaying world, but to flavor, enliven, and make tasty a bland insipid world of vice. So we are to see ourselves as flavoring agents. This is part of our identity. Amidst a society in decay, we are to have a characteristic flavoring ministry.   Matthew 5:13-16... Continue Reading