Meriam Ibrahim released from Sudan
After diplomatic efforts by the Italian government, the family arrived safely this morning in Rome
Ibrahim’s release came only hours after the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing to highlight the stalled efforts to get her out of Sudan, but the wheels were already in motion before the proceeding began. Sudanese authorities gave Ibrahim back her passport on Wednesday and told her she could leave, shortly before Lapo Pistelli,... Continue Reading
Moving In and Moving On
Cohabiting couples have become more likely than in the past to break up or not transition into marriage.
First, taken with the growing body of research in this area, I think we are seeing cohabitation headed toward becoming more ambiguous than ever regarding commitment. Actually, that’s not quite right. Cohabitation seems to be moving toward being, unambiguously, a form of dating with no implications about the odds of marrying. Second, these societal changes... Continue Reading
God Loves Me, Despite My Terrible Incompleteness
I’m not the person I should be, but Jesus was the person I should be!
I tend to think that if I improve in certain areas, God will love me more. If I improve by 10% in the dad category, God will love me 10% more. If I can bump up my evangelism quota by 3%, God will bump up his love for me by 3%. More work on my... Continue Reading
My Statement Released to the PCUSA’s Office of the General Assembly: “Practice What You Preach”
It would behoove the Louisville leadership to address its own denominational nastiness, so as not to be guilty of hypocrisy and worse.
Why has not the Office of the General Assembly directed some of its wide-ranging attention to the cruelty, greed, oppression and mean-spiritedness being consistently demonstrated by the institutional powers within its ranks? In these matters, presbyteries seem to hold all the power in the “negotiation process.” Where are the progressive leaders who so readily mouth... Continue Reading
Prioritizing Church Attendance
Why we don't attend church: A 40-hour week job, but no time for God
Instead of serving the god of individuality, we will be serving the God of Scripture. The gospel changes everything. However, we must first let the gospel change our low views of the church, and recognize that the house of the Lord is absolutely vital to the Christian life—to the life of a mature disciple. Should... Continue Reading
7 Signs We May Be Worshipping Our Family
There does seem to be a tendency with the home school/family worship/children in worship emphasis that can turn this good thing upon its head.
If our family is always busy with its own activities, whether soccer, piano, ballet, family vacations, or even family worship to the point that we have little time for others, there is a problem. The enrichment and growth of our children, even in spiritual things, is not to pull us away from people but towards... Continue Reading
University Fires Scientist After Dinosaur Discovery Offers Young Earth Evidence
California State University, Northridge fires scientist after he publicized discovery that suggests dinosaurs roamed America thousands of years ago, rather than the millions most evolutionists cite
Mark Armitage, who specializes in microscopic evidence for a young earth, unexpectedly stumbled upon soft tissue in a triceratops fossil and wrote about his discovery for a scientific journal. Two weeks later, he was out of a job. Armitage filed suit against the university’s board of trustees on Tuesday, citing wrongful termination and religious discrimination.... Continue Reading
The Big Bang’s Big Problem Bedevils Researchers
If the Big Bang theory is correct, our universe should not exist, according to research published last month
The researchers of the current study combined data from observations made possible by the BICEP2 telescope with new information developed from the discovery of the Higgs Boson, a particle thought to be responsible for the mass of everything that exists. The scientists said the universe lies in a valley of the Higgs Field, an energy... Continue Reading
Why Preachers Should Be More Like Peyton Manning
Every once in a while get up in the pulpit and let the people know what you have learned and how you are trying to improve
Make it a discipline of your calling to realize what mistakes you are actually making. Most preachers have to throw off depression and despair pretty quickly after a sermon that seems to have fallen into the carpet or else they can’t function very well. Yet, if you allow yourself no reflection, and no request for... Continue Reading
Is My Suffering Meaningless?
My greatest joy is that my suffering has purpose
It is comforting to know that everything God sends is the best possible thing for me. Nothing can derail his plan. No sin, no accident, no affliction. Satan does not have the last word on my suffering. God does. He has decreed it all and will use it all. A few weeks ago, I... Continue Reading