A good many Christian colleges and universities have grown dependent on funds flowing through federal student aid programs and similar forms of government funding. What happens when they face a similar choice? The math will not work in their favor. A hard choice will have to be made, and we will soon see who will... Continue Reading

His appreciation of the fortitude, virtues and sacrifices of American military personnel led Roosevelt to issue an executive order in 1902 declaring that whenever possible, preference would be given in appointing and retaining “honorably discharged veterans of the Civil War, who are fit and well qualified to perform the duties” of the positions they sought... Continue Reading

3. She believes that submission and the love of a good woman will cure everything – “If I submit more and love my husband more, then he will change.” She is carrying a Pelagian burden that it is her responsibility alone to change her husband’s heart by her behavior.   I’m pleased to have a... Continue Reading

Error #5: There is only one reason Christians should pursue sanctification and that’s because of our justification. The Heidelberg Catechism lists several reasons—motivations even—for doing good. “We do good because Christ by his Spirit is also renewing us to be like himself, so that in all our living we may show that we are thankful to... Continue Reading

While there is a great deal to commend in What Is The Meaning of Sex?, let me point to just three of its most notable strengths: This book is biblical. No matter his topic, Burk never strays from a biblical text and as he looks at those texts he consistently applies careful, nuanced exegesis. This book is timely. While the... Continue Reading

The fact is that the Lord’s Supper is gospel proclamation. Take 1 Corinthians 11:26 as proof of this: “For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.” That word “proclaim” is a preaching word. The Lord’s Supper is a proclamation of the gospel every... Continue Reading

These servants of the Word see the multi-ethnic promise of God to Abraham in Genesis 12:3, “In you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”  They see the implications of Galatians 3:28, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are... Continue Reading

Darren told me about his late grandfather, born in 1909, who could remember parades as a little boy where Civil War vets were present. After one parade, one of those vets recalled that, when he was a boy, his grandfather took him to meet an elderly vet of the Revolutionary War. “So,” Darren told me,... Continue Reading

“We,” Westerners with a rescue mentality, will never solve “their” problems. As I write this, the country is being rocked with a national scandal the newspapers are calling “Cashgate.” High public officials and politicians have siphoned into the national treasury and the country is broke. The country’s health care system, always threadbare at best, has... Continue Reading

The Lion became a Lamb to sacrifice his life for sinners and sufferers so that they might be rescued from themselves and ultimately from every bad thing in the universe. The Lion is for you, but only if you bow before him as the Lamb of God who takes away your sins. If you admit... Continue Reading