“…things are so chaotic at my house that I can barely get myself out of bed and get the children fed and off to school, I don’t know how I would ever be able to pull off devotions too,’ what would you say to him?” (The following response is not made up or enhanced in... Continue Reading

As president, Obama has frequently testified to his Christian faith, most notably at four National Prayer Breakfasts, and linked many of his policies to biblical teachings. Contrary to the wishes of many of his supporters, he has also continued George W. Bush’s Faith-based Initiatives. President Obama’s recent statement on gay marriage has again thrust his... Continue Reading

If Emory University professors want to argue that evolution has no ethical implications, they are free to make that argument. (I wonder how many of them actually believe this.) But, if they do, they need to recognize that they are not just arguing against “benighted” anti-evolutionists, but they also are arguing against many of their... Continue Reading

The passage overall is concerned with men and women inhabiting their proper roles, and a part of that means looking the part. Men should look like men, and women should look like women. And so Paul says, “Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor... Continue Reading

We “authentic”, anti-legalists can become just as guilty of legalism in the opposite direction. What do I mean? It’s simple: we become self-righteous against those who are self-righteous. The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel. And there is perhaps no group of people who better embody the sin... Continue Reading

One great difficulty that we Reformed folk have in thinking about worship is that our worship in many places has unwittingly been accommodated to evangelical ways. If we are to appreciate our Reformed heritage in worship and, equally importantly, if we are to communicate its importance, character, and power to others, we must understand the... Continue Reading

God was covenantally obligated to grant eternal life to Adam if he had obeyed. We know this because God was covenantally obligated to raise Christ from the dead, declaring him the Son of God with power (Romans 1:4). Christ fulfilled the required conditions, and therefore God in his justice gave him his due reward. Reformed... Continue Reading

Other congregations are constructed so that the baptistry can appear when needed, and be tucked neatly away the rest of the time. At Parkside Church, where Alistair Begg ministers, the floor opens up, and a pool of water appears where the pulpit was. This may be a logistically viable option, but ignores the theology of... Continue Reading

“Instead of obliterating the distinction between the Kingdom and the world, or on the other hand withdrawing from the world into a sort of modernized intellectual monasticism, let us go forth joyfully, enthusiastically to make the world subject to God.” — J. G. Machen The following quote has been making the rounds as something attributed... Continue Reading

Worship services have to have what sociologist Rodney Stark calls the “wow factor,” which they can market aggressively. In the Wall Street Journal, Naomi Schaefer Riley discusses the upside and down sides of such wowing and marketing in a column about the absence of young people at most non-wow kinds of celebrations The class will... Continue Reading