Deconstructing Noah’s Arc: Godawful Storytelling
The Noah movie is ugly. It’s anti-human exceptionalism. It’s enviro-agitprop. And it’s poorly done.
Christians, you are tools being played if you think that this movie is anything BUT a subversion of the Biblical God and an exaltation of environmentalism and animal rights against humans. Don’t listen to those who say that hurting the earth is just part of the sins of mankind in the story. No matter what... Continue Reading
Bill Gates: No Scientific Explanation For How The World Came About
The question came after some discussion on Gates’ wife’s Catholicism and whether Gates is religious.
Gates’ wealth, innovation, and subsequent philanthropy have made him a household name. A significant portion of Rolling Stone’s interview went into detail on his work around the world trying to eradicate poverty, cure infectious disease, and stop global warming through his well-funded foundation. While giving a hat tip to God for creating the world, Gates’ comments... Continue Reading
8 Causes of Spiritual Depression
In the midst of these times we often struggle to know why this feeling has crept into our hearts.
Spiritual melancholy can come upon us suddenly or gradually overtime. It is not a season that any Christian desires to endure. Yet, it can be one of the greatest means for our sanctification and reveling in the grace of God. For how filled our lives would be with eternal melancholy if not for His grace.... Continue Reading
John Piper’s New Calvinism
New School Presbyterianism Baptist style?
All of this is to say that the New Calvinism looks a lot like the old New School Presbyterianism with a Baptist and charismatic flair to it. Piper chose not to deal with this issue between the Old and the New just as he neglected the EPC’s stance on women. For now, the coalition is... Continue Reading
A brilliant and innovative solution for women who want birth control!
Want the government out of your sex life? Stop asking them to subsidize it.
We used to be a country devoted to protecting and ensuring the rights of its citizens. Our rights were those innate human qualities and capacities, endowed by a Creator God, infused into the human spirit, needing only to be expressed, not provided by any man-made authority. Now we are a country devoted to fabricating and engineering the... Continue Reading
I Kept My Virginity, But Not My Purity
What do people think is the difference between “purity” and “virginity”?
So then, are you pure if you have never had sex? Not if you’ve been cheating the system in other ways. If purity was only based on sex, then after I got married I would no longer have to strive for a life of purity. Sexual abstinence is good, but your purity is NOT defined... Continue Reading
Is Church Membership Really Required?
Being a part of the universal church without submitting to a local church is not possible, biblical, or healthy
Finally, living without church membership is not healthy. Independence—the desire to choose for yourself what’s right and wrong—is at the heart of sin. You need the humility lesson of submitting to flawed elders. You need the encouragement of sharing victories with your church. You need the fellowship of sharing sufferings with your church. This... Continue Reading
Manhattan’s “Bible House” Going Up For Sale
The American Bible Society (ABS) announced it plans to sell its 12-story New York City headquarters.
ABS spokesman Geof Morin told WORLD that the organization plans to maintain a “strategic” presence in the city, but did not specify whether that presence would be physical. Only about 80 of the organization’s 220 employees work from New York. About 75 work from a facility in Valley Forge, Pa., and the rest work remotely... Continue Reading
World Vision’s Rich Stearns: ‘A bad decision, but we did it with the right motivations’
An interview with World Vision President Rich Stearns
On Monday (March 24), the World Vision announced that it would allow employees to be in same-sex marriages. Within 48 hours, the $1 billion Christian organization reversed course, saying that it had made a mistake. The backlash illustrated how evangelicals will continue to wrestle with a growing cultural acceptance of same-sex marriage. In an interview... Continue Reading
For what it’s worth
Some clarification on the issue of celebrity pastors
I am grateful to Kevin DeYoung for the timely reminder that we must all examine our hearts when offering criticism of others. That is a convicting point. I would submit, however, that the YRR does not at this point look sleazy to outsiders because of the sinful motives of the critics of celebrity pastors but... Continue Reading