Hundreds Offer to Save Down Syndrome Baby from Abortion
More than 900 people had contacted the church offering to adopt the baby
The callers included a Congressman with six children and a wife past childbearing age. Another mother, who already had one child with Down syndrome, called wanting to adopt a second, while some called to offer financial aid. Several adoption agencies contacted the church offering their services, one of which had a list of 700 people... Continue Reading
Christianity and “The Daily Show” Distortions
A lesson learned the hard way
I have been concerned for many years now that there are probably more people than we’d like to admit who get their news exclusively from the likes of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. If you are among that number, let this be a lesson. Programs like “The Daily Show” are not merely giving you a... Continue Reading
Illinois Supreme Court Backs Parental Notification for Abortions
The Illinois legislature first passed the law in 1995, but it never took effect
Under the law, a parent or a guardian would have to be notified at least 48 hours before an abortion was performed on a minor except in cases of a medical emergency, sexual abuse, neglect or physical abuse. The Illinois Supreme Court on July 11, 2013 upheld the constitutionality of a 1995 law that... Continue Reading
Living Together before Marriage Leads to Less Commitment
In every measure of consolidation, intimacy, and commitment, couples who are living together feel less closeness than married couples.
The study then measured feelings of commitment and intimacy for cohabiting couples. It found couples in cohabiting relationships, even long-term ones, never achieve the closeness of married couples. … The low commitment levels in cohabiting are particularly tough on females. Women agreeing to move in with a partner typically look for a deeper, more committed... Continue Reading
The Genetics of Adam and Eve, the Difficulty with Genesis 1:27-28
Theorizing about how many people it would initially take in the deep past to generate observed human genetic diversity today is far from an exact science
Another factor that geneticists usually fail to consider is the original genome of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. From a creationist’s point of view, the optimal DNA and genetic diversity of the first couple formed by the hand of God is impossible to quantify because it has been lost to time, and... Continue Reading
We Can’t All Be Panmillennial
Interview with Sam Storms, author of Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative
… eschatology is so deeply and inextricably interwoven into all of Scripture that it’s virtually impossible to trace the storyline of God’s redemptive purposes without understanding something of its meaning and direction. Eschatology enables us to see the unified purpose of God in summing up all things in Christ. There’s something profoundly edifying and spiritually... Continue Reading
The Twin Temptations of Pragmatism and Authoritarianism
How about the third way: God’s Word and Spirit?
Many things in life are binary, and there is no third way. But I do believe there are errors both to the right and to the left of a biblical philosophy of ministry. On the left are the errors of pragmatism, and on the right are the errors of authoritarianism. What’s most striking to me... Continue Reading
The Devotional Impact of Limited Atonement
Selection from book currently available free in digital form.
The doctrine of limited atonement impacts us powerfully with regard to the psychology of our devotion to the Lord. There are some who die for principles, and we admire them for it. … But there is another category of devotion that rises far above the rest. Some die for principles and others for causes.... Continue Reading
Algeria’s Protestants Want Their Churches Back
Church tries to get back seized places of worship amid building pressure against Christians.
The presence of Protestant Christians in Algeria dates back to the French colonial era, when a number of churches were built. However, after the country gained independence in 1962, many of these buildings were given to other purposes. … Now, Protestants in cities like Béjaïa and Mostaganem are petitioning for their old churches to be... Continue Reading
What Do You Do When You Want To Sing Contemporary Songs But They Are Orthodox (mainly)?
Rejecting for the hymnbook something accepted in the creeds.
What is striking about this debate is that apparently no one on the committee could actually argue for the legitimacy and truthfulness of a penal substitution view of the atonement, or that the PCUSA’s own Book of Confessions teaches it and not merely for the sake of diversity: … Well, this is the question that... Continue Reading