Far too often the American church seems to assume a position of authority over the rest of the world, when often these international leaders are seeing God work in ways that those of us in American can just marvel about. This meeting was great as it allowed our American leaders to simply sit back, take a position of humility, and learn from these outstanding leaders.

Through online tweets, articles, and soundbites, most media types and several church leaders have expressed their dismay at the outcome. Apparently, those who called for the losing side to be conciliatory never expected to be on the losing side.

Did Tim Tebow change when he moved from Denver to New York? Did his faith and public declarations of belief become less meaningful? No, it was his position on the team that became less meaningful. Instead of leading game winning drives he now holds a clipboard. And so his celebrity luster diminished, as did our estimation of him.

In one country after another the first schools were opened by missionaries, who introduced writing in many of them. Missionaries built the first clinics and hospitals in many places, repeating what they did in Dark Ages Europe. Christianity has become a global religion because of the efforts of missionaries, who preached, translated the Bible, and... Continue Reading

Until we are revived, we will not have a new reformation. Until we are revived, we will continue to bicker, blog, and tweet carnally over creation days, the historicity of Adam, the relationship between justification and sanctification, law and gospel, how the two kingdoms relate to each other, the church’s witness and work in a... Continue Reading

The PCA’s Metro New York Presbytery (MNY) approved the transfer of seven of its ministers to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). On November 13, 2012, MNY acted on the request of the seven ministers, all serving at Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, to have their membership transferred to the EPC.

While no religious ceremony is legally required for those elected to Congress and the Senate, many choose to take oaths of office over Christian and Jewish texts, and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, a Muslim, took his oath over a Quran. But Gabbard’s use of a non-Abrahamic text will be unique and is symbolic of the... Continue Reading

“It is God’s creative word alone that brings about something new. Jesus, born of Mary is fully man and fully God, without confusion and without separation…” he writes. “The accounts of Matthew and Luke are not myths taken a stage further. They are firmly rooted, in terms of their basic conception, in the biblical tradition... Continue Reading

But those days seem to be over.  Amazon offers Kindle Direct Publishing and Barnes and Noble offers Pubit so that independent authors can publish their own books.  Typically, writers can just upload a word document, design a cover, fill out their applications, and their books will be online for sale within 48 hours.   A... Continue Reading

A modern obstacle is that churches no longer keep minute books or other such documents in hard-copy. Everything is digitized and easily deleted. Nor do pastors keep diaries that are tremendous resources for later researchers. The stories of how churches were founded, under what conditions they flourished, how they overcame obstacles, what previous pastors were... Continue Reading