-- Every minister and every volunteer who works with children and youth should undergo a thorough criminal background check and be required to attend an annual boundary awareness workshop/review. -- All churches need clear policies regarding online and social media communications for clergy and laity. -- If you think you are above and beyond the need for clear boundaries, you probably have a problem.

Like almost all student newspapers, the Triangle is owned by the school and its stories are subject to review by school administrators. Although many public universities allow their student publications to operate with some degree of independence, most private colleges retain strict control over what their student journalists publish.

But sing-ability also factors into the making of a good hymn. Not everyone likes the same songs, and we don’t have to. It’s unrealistic to assume unanimous approval on music preference. If I like every song my music minister chooses, it probably means someone three rows behind me doesn’t.

It’s only a matter of time before a man who claims to be transgender demands to be placed with women during training, in the showers and in the barracks. The women in the units will have no recourse, especially if their objection to living, changing, bathing and bunking with a man is based on sincerely held religious beliefs.

Editor’s Note: Following in the footsteps of The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis, Jared Wilson writes from the perspective of a senior demon to his apprentice on how to oppose and confound Christians. This imaginative piece offers powerful insight into the subtle ways leaders might be led astray.     Dearest Grubnat, my puppet, my pigsnie, The reports... Continue Reading

My experience tells me that staff teams – in churches, denominations and nonprofits – really do want leaders. They expect the leader to identify a direction, set the pace and provide the resources and encouragement needed to move forward. If the leader fails to do these things, then the situation can become very chaotic.  ... Continue Reading

"Taiwan is only about 3 percent Christian, so it's hard to find good faculty who are also Christian." And the Christian teachers the school does hire don't understand how to live out their faith on campus, Wang said: "The trouble is that among the Christian teachers we are having a hard time encouraging them to exercise themselves as a testimony to Christ among colleagues and among students."

Recently I had the privilege of addressing the Ministry Wives Institute at Puritan reformed Seminary on the Motives and Method of meditation. Here’s the outline:

This is not about David Jang and the specific accusations made against him. I have no information beyond what Christianity Today and The Christian Post has already published. This is about encouraging a venture in Christian journalism to be more Christian and more journalistic

The most infamous bonfire took place in 1497 when thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, books, mirrors, clothing, playing cards, musical instruments and even (heaven forbid) manuscripts of secular songs were collected and publicly burned in Florence, Italy   500 – 1500AD   *Boethius (480 – 525), the Italian poet, philosopher and politician, governed musical thinking... Continue Reading