But more and more young adults, even secular ones, are voicing disenchantment with today’s hookup culture. No matter how depraved and twisted the world becomes, human beings know deep down that sexual sin is wrong, Meier said. That’s because God created us as sexual beings. Sex affects us not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually,... Continue Reading

Sometimes I think we also need to examine our own prejudices against the youth. With their skinny jeans, blue striped hair, and their faces buried in their phones, we may be turned off by the culture of the youth in the same way that we accuse them for not valuing us. Can we look past... Continue Reading

Do you see the contemporary relevance? Witherspoon argues that some Christians are so eager to rout the legalist and glory in justification that they use “uncautious” expressions which make it sound like they have no place for the law or obedience. And on the other hand, some Christians are so eager to defend justification from... Continue Reading

Think of all the successful people you know, what is it that distinguishes them all? It’s teachability, isn’t it.Think of all the people you know that never really made the most of the gifts and opportunities God gave them. Unteachability is the common thread, isn’t it? If there’s one thing I want to to teach... Continue Reading

This idea of the Lamb of God is a strand that runs throughout the history of redemption. It can be traced all the way back to Genesis 22, when God called Abraham to go to Mount Moriah and offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice. Abraham, in obedience to God, was prepared to do just... Continue Reading

As usual the disciples were missing the point. And what Jesus says in His rebuke to the disciples is a rebuke for us all. He is telling us that children have value. They are not just cute accessories for life, or people we just deal with until they are old enough to contribute something. They... Continue Reading

After recently facing some financial challenges, the seminary decided to more or less literally sell itself for $50 million to a large donor who helped transform it from a Christian seminary into Claremont Lincoln University, devoted to jointly training Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Jain clergy. In celebrating the move, Claremont President Jerry Campbell bizarrely... Continue Reading

In the video “Stuff Christians Say,” two guys toss around a dictionary’s worth of Christian lingo: non-denom, God thing, secular, relevant. It’s funny because the actors sound like the people we all know who repeat the latest religious phrase until it becomes ubiquitous and meaningless. As I watched, I hesitated to dismiss some words used... Continue Reading

If you suspect that how you *think* about God might be at least as important as how you *feel* about God, … If you believe that the fact that a doctrine is described in the Bible supercedes your personal feelings about that doctrine, … If you feel that nagging suspicion that something isn’t right when... Continue Reading

We live in a fallen world, and both Christians and non-Christians sin against each other. And very often in devastating ways. Sadly, even Christians fall into horrible sin at times and it can be life shattering when you are sinned against. Sin causes anguish, sadness and misery. So when someone sins against you, I would... Continue Reading