This birth control mandate represents, I think, the final step in our national transition from a society based on Natural Rights, to one based on ever-changing Artificial Rights. Our Natural Rights are enshrined in the Bill of Rights, and given to us by God, as a condition of our humanity. Artificial Rights are randomly declared... Continue Reading

The contrast between these deaths could hardly be more stark. Charles Spurgeon was certainly right when he said that the best way to live is to be always ready to die so that when the day of our death comes we have nothing left to do but die.   Shortly after I read the tragic... Continue Reading

The Aquila Report posted over 2,900 stories. At the end of each year we feature the top 50 stories that were read. The top story this year had over 20,890 hits. We average 8 new stories each day, with a variety of subjects – all of which we trust are of interest to the readers... Continue Reading

So, in August of 2013 I ran to confessionalism. Specifically my ordination was transferred to the Presbyterian Church in America and I became the Lead Pastor of a PCA congregation. The experience has been like finding an oasis in a desert. It has been like discovering a GPS after meandering blindly through an unknown country.... Continue Reading

Herein lies the irony. In the name of not “singling out” homosexual conduct we are, in fact, singling out homosexual conduct. If it is the only sin we treat with these special kid gloves, then we are guilty of treating this sin differently than the others. We are minimizing it in a way we do not minimize any other sin.... Continue Reading

I wish I’d known about the destructive effects of insecurity in a pastor. This is less because I’ve struggled with it and more due to its effect I’ve seen in others. Why is insecurity so damaging?   What follows has been adapted from a brief talk I delivered to the Oklahoma chapter of The Gospel Coalition on... Continue Reading

When you read the headlines, it becomes easy to forget that many homeschoolers fall nowhere near the fundamentalist Christian camp outlined in Joyce’s story, and that even many who do buy gifts from Vision Forum and send their children to Patrick Henry College are sane, loving, empowering parents. They’re not the ones we hear about.... Continue Reading

The controversy did not go away, though, as the substance of Mefferd’s accusations has proven to be mostly true. Driscoll issued a statement saying, “Mistakes were made that I am grieved by and apologize for.” But his statement, issued in conjunction with Tyndale House Publishers, did not address these new concerns.   At least two... Continue Reading

There is no way to read everything, and not everything deserves to be read. I say that in order to confront the notion that anyone, anywhere, can master all that could be read with profit. I read a great deal, and a large portion of my waking hours are devoted to reading. Devotional reading for... Continue Reading

Whenever the Wise Men visited Jesus (and I think it was likely sometime in the first 6 months after His birth), it is very appropriate for us to ponder the significance of their visit right after the beginning of a New Year. The dawn of a New Year prompts us to think in terms of... Continue Reading