More United Way chapters are leaning on the Scouts, and major corporations have been pulling their funding in recent months, United Parcel Service (UPS), Intel and Merck among them. This must worry Scout executives, five of whom make more than $410,000 annually, including Chief Scout Executive Robert J. Mazzuca, who was paid $815,000 in salary... Continue Reading

How many PCA communion tables are “being decently covered”? How many churches are limiting themselves to wine? How many communicants are sitting there “gravely” in demeanor? How many elders in our typical PCA practice are “sitting around” the table, or even “before it,” as opposed to standing there?   Anyone wanting to pursue the intinction... Continue Reading

Machen, in his lectures, sermons, and writings, was often referring to poetry and poetic form. Another example would be Geerhardus Vos, who is probably better known for being a pioneer in “Biblical Theology.” Did you know, however, that he was also a very accomplished poet, producing eight volumes of poetry and some several hundred miscellaneous... Continue Reading

MPs speaking in support of the bill admitted in the House what had been vigorously denied at the time of the Civil Partnerships legislation, saying that the redefinition of marriage has been part of a long-term plan. At the same time, however, they denied suggestions that there would be any future moves to further redefine... Continue Reading

Rather than progression, this was regression backwards to a Greco-Roman- Pagan view of the world. This was, at best, a confused and muddled attempt to make a statement which will undermine that most basic of human institutions, marriage; and at worst, the next step in the retrograde and twisted efforts of those who think that... Continue Reading

Abu Jaz bristles at the Christian church because it feels like “a very strange thing” to Muslims. For the same reason he can’t imagine not using the word “Allah.” On the latter point, I’ve read good arguments for and against retaining the term Allah. So my beef is not so much about the word as... Continue Reading

The new policy, if adopted, would allow local councils and individual troops to decide whether homosexuals can serve as Scout leaders. In theory, this change would be consistent with long-standing Scout policy, which allows sponsoring organizations to choose or approve the leaders of the packs and troops they sponsor. But in practice, the new policy... Continue Reading

Sexual temptations are everywhere; we are bombarded by sexual temptation via clothing (or lack thereof), television, billboards, songs, suggestive language, and solicitations on Facebook. Take, for example, pornography. No longer does a person have to walk into a store and purchase pornographic material—it is as close as the privacy of your computer screen, and it... Continue Reading

The Search Committee that recommended Oh was chaired by Dr. Roger Parrott, president of Belhaven University in Jackson, Miss., who said the Committee was very impressed by the overall quality of candidates it considered, indicating how much Lausanne has grown in global breadth and depth. “I found in Michael a penetrating vision for world evangelization,... Continue Reading

A Messiah College Old Testament professor named Eric Siebert just posted a shocking piece on Pete Enns’s blog. It’s entitled “When the Good Book is Bad: Challenging the Bible’s Violent Portrayals of God.” You should read it. If you love the Lord and his Word, it will take your breath away. You don’t need me... Continue Reading