‘Fundamentalist Protestant churches had dominated island life for centuries; the power of the Church had seemed medieval to those looking on from the mainland. But it was real enough on the island…’. On a recent holiday trip my son and I popped in to an airport bookshop to pick up some light reading. It was... Continue Reading

Early this year Thomas Nelson released the book “Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship and Life Together” by Mark and Grace Driscoll. The book immediately became a best seller as well as a topic of spirited conversation and debate. Some loved it and others hated it. Few, however, were neutral in their opinion, regardless... Continue Reading

“What the virginity movement really wants from women is submissiveness. There’s a reason why their goal for women is only marriage and motherhood. The movement believes that that’s the only thing women are meant for.” “There is a moral panic in America over young women’s sexuality and it’s been breathing new life into a very... Continue Reading

“I’m not working hard and practicing day in and day out so that I can please other people. My audience is God. … The right way to play is not for others and not for myself, but for God. I still don’t fully understand what that means; I struggle with these things every game, every... Continue Reading

But closer inspection of the scriptures reveals a God who carefully places His people in the midst of the culture, not for the purpose of condemnation and prudish self-righteousness, but for the sake of influence, love, and yes, even betterment. Like you may have been, when I first heard of Whitney Houston’s death I was... Continue Reading

Mr. Kristof is a serious man, and he raises serious issues in this column. But with this one simplistic and condescending sentence he throws religious liberty under the bus and reveals what makes sense to so many in the secular elite. They will try their best, they promise, to respect our religious beliefs, and to... Continue Reading

It should be observed that the reason intinction developed as a method for receiving the wine was the fear that the laity might spill the precious blood. It is intimately related to the doctrine of transubstantiation and therefore out of accord with both Scripture and the Westminster Standards. Conservative Presbyterians love the Bible. In fact,... Continue Reading

Narrative in the Bible is always descriptive, in that it describes for us what happened. Additionally, it’s sometimes prescriptive, in that it tells us what to do and/or how to do it. It is the task of the exegete to know the difference. The committee, in its report, fails to even address or even acknowledge... Continue Reading

What I am saying is that most of our varying critiques of musical forms are often just narcissism disguised as concern about theological and liturgical downgrade. That’s why I think we need more, and better, worship wars. I have the worship music tastes of a seventy-five year-old woman. There I admitted it. That’s because a... Continue Reading

Scripture tells us (Hebrews 13:17) that some people will be hard to pastor, and tells us not to be those people. Knox and Ginger are the exact opposite –they have always been more of a blessing to me than I could ever be to them.) During Knox’s long hospitalization, the Lord gave me some wonderful... Continue Reading