Why is There a New Testament at All?
Dr. Michael Kruger's new book: The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate
This idea that the New Testament canon was not a natural development within early Christianity, but a later artificial development that is out of sync with Christianity’s original purpose, is, in my opinion, a central framework that dominates much of modern canonical (and biblical) studies. … It is this overall canonical approach (which I call... Continue Reading
Schools of thought: The German government harasses and persecutes homeschoolers
A German homeschooling family’s fight for asylum in the United States will say a lot about the U.S. government’s official attitude toward the growing practice
The Romeikes worried authorities could take custody of their children. It wasn’t an unfounded fear. In 2007, German authorities took custody of Melissa Busekros, a 15-year-old girl from a homeschooling family in Bavaria. Authorities placed the girl in a psychiatric facility, and then in foster care. When she turned 16—and legally could decide where to... Continue Reading
Dr. Mark Dalbey Appointed New President of Covenant Seminary
Covenant Seminary Board names Dr. Mark Dalbey as its fifth President
Dr. Dalbey, who has served as interim president of the Seminary since June 2012, will become the fifth president to lead the institution. He has taken on several roles at Covenant since 1999, when he was named dean of students. A few years later, he became vice president of student development and assistant professor of... Continue Reading
Lament For a Bride
The church is looking more and more like the world, with less and less priority on worship
In more recent years I sit and listen, hopeful and longing for the sound of those entering. Where is everyone? Is it a holiday weekend? Is there an early football game or another soccer tournament? Did the Smiths go to their vacation home again or are they skiing this weekend? We don’t know and in... Continue Reading
Saving the PCA
Sensing a great deal of unrest on several fronts in the PCA; is there a remedy?
The older men want a return to what they perceive as a conscious commitment and allegiance to our doctrinal standards. This includes adherence to six day creation, complementarianism, traditional Reformed and Presbyterian worship using the great old hymns of the faith, expository preaching, and intentional one on one evangelism and discipleship. The younger men, on... Continue Reading
Thoughts on Bestiality and Marriage
It’s time for participants in bestiality to come out of the closet
It’s time for participants in bestiality to come out of the closet. They have been the victims of discrimination too long. I suggest that Christians support them in their fight for liberty and respect. Not only should we support the rights of these people to practice bestiality, but we should recognize their right to marry... Continue Reading
Why I Cannot Sign the Family Integrated Church Confession
Reasons I will not sign the online family integrated church confession
There are various other problems with the confession: vague generalizations, undefined terms, simplistic proof-texting, questionable assertions and the like. These alone would prevent me from signing the confession. But throwing all churches under the evolutionary-secular-unbiblical bus for practicing age-segregation goes too far. Whatever a church or Christian believes about the FIC movement as a positive... Continue Reading
Toddlers Becoming So Addicted To iPads They Require Therapy
Children as young as four are becoming so addicted to smartphones and iPads that they require psychological treatment
The youngest known patient being treated in the UK is a four-year-old girl from the South East. Her parents enrolled her for compulsive behaviour therapy after she became increasingly “distressed and inconsolable” when the iPad was taken away from her. Her use of the device had escalated over the course of a year and she... Continue Reading
This is Bad, but God is Bigger
Thoughts from a West, Texas pastor, helping his community see God in the midst of devastation.
There are so many ministry lessons that can come out of something like this. In ministry, it’s easy to get caught up in the wrong priorities. You get caught up in numbers and money, and then something like this happens. It reminds you that ministry isn’t about making sure your church is the biggest and... Continue Reading
How To Pray For The Man Who Kills Babies
We should pray for Kermit Gosnell to experience both God’s justice and God’s mercy
When confronted with extravagant, Gosnell-like, Boston-like evil, we should pray that the perpetrators of evil would feel the sword of God’s justice. We should also pray that the wicked men and women involved would experience the incredible, life-changing, sin-forgiving mercy of God. Kermit Gosnell is currently on trial for the twenty-plus years of atrocities... Continue Reading