At its core, this legislation attacks the biblical understanding that humans are created male and female in God’s image (Gen. 1:27). It seeks to replace parental authority—established by God—with state authority that enforces a worldview fundamentally at odds with Christian anthropology.   First, they targeted a baker. Now, they’re targeting parents. Colorado’s anti-Christian trajectory became... Continue Reading

Many Christians and many churches have essentially done what the airlines have done. Seeing that people are either not interested in the message or are not understanding it, they try to repackage it. They dress it up. Instead of delivering the plain truth, they deliver something that is attractive but opaque…but that’s no solution, for... Continue Reading

The Law levels us. It unmasks us. And underneath the ski mask, we are all burglars and liars. Every one of us. We’ve stolen time, honor, credit, praise, wages, attention, and opportunity. We’ve taken what wasn’t ours and failed to give what was. We are not the hardworking saints we imagine ourselves to be. We... Continue Reading

“This bill will make it easier for one parent to use gender identity as a weapon in custody battles — as mine has — with the full force of state law behind them,” Hernandez will say in upcoming state Senate testimony on 1312. “It takes something deeply personal, deeply complex, and turns it into a... Continue Reading

Could the sin of Sodom have been arrogance, abundant food, carelessness, and not helping the poor? Certainly, these are identified as sins of Sodom in Ezekiel, but they can’t account for other descriptions of Sodom’s behavior: “abominations” (Ezekiel 16:50), “oppressed by the sensual conduct” (2 Peter 2:7), “indulged in gross immorality and went after strange... Continue Reading

Considering Witherspoon’s influence upon the American Presbyterian Church prior to and during the 1788 revision of the Westminster Standards, as well as his likely authorship of what is now the PCA’s first Preliminary Principle, it is unlikely his form of “state-supported religion” is inconsistent with the American Westminster Standards or the Preliminary Principles. It is... Continue Reading

This is simply the killer blow against Pelagianism: the very fact of human behaviour, throughout history and across cultures. We who live in the wake of the horrors of the terrible 20th century ought to know this more than anyone in history. As critic George Steiner once said: “We know that a man can read Goethe... Continue Reading

The vibe shift has lowered the conscious barrier of hostility for many toward the claims of more traditional faiths, especially around the subjects of nature, gender, sex, and the family. There’s greater awareness of Christianity’s culture-shaping force. I have no problem seeing some of it as a sort of praeparatio evangelica. But we must recognize... Continue Reading

Jesus Christ himself, our God, Creator, Redeemer, burden-bearer is the only one who can not only fully understand, but also fully help. I need to be humble enough to admit my weakness, and I need to ask constantly for his strength and grace. He promises to be with me (see Deut. 31:8). Unless he is... Continue Reading

 A man cannot really believe that Jesus Chris has taken away his sin by such sufferings as those of the cross, and yet trifle with sin. A man is a liar who says, “I believe that yonder bleeding Saviour suffered on account of my sins,” and yet holds good fellowship with the very sins that... Continue Reading