Stott provided three “main secrets of spiritual development” in Basic Christianity, each one summarized by the word “duty”: Duty to God, Duty to church and duty to the world around us. Forty years later I wonder if Stott’s publisher would baulk at the word “duty.” Some would find it less than “gospel-centered.” It was forty... Continue Reading

There are mornings when I wake up feeling fragile. Vulnerable. It’s often vague. No single threat. No one weakness. Just an amorphous sense that something is going to go wrong and I will be responsible. It’s usually after a lot of criticism. Lots of expectations that have deadlines and that seem too big and too... Continue Reading

”I have preached way too many sermons without a conclusion, and heard too many,” says D. Clair Davis, chaplain and professor of history at Redeemer Seminary: “I’m positive that the lazy preacher’s ending, ‘Now may the Lord bless this to your hearts,’ is nothing but trash. How should the Lord bless it, that’s the … gaping hole.”... Continue Reading

Over the past ten years three scientists have made the most significant advance in physics since Einstein. But you’ve probably never heard of it, because two of them are Creationists and this discovery supports the veracity of the Bible’s creation account. For about a century the problem of distant starlight has been a challenge to... Continue Reading

In 2011 The Aquila Report has posted over 2,500 stories. This week we will feature the top 50 of those stories, 10 per day the rest of the year. The top story had over 6,500 hits. We try to average 7 new stories each day, with a large variety of subjects – all of which,... Continue Reading

There is a reason why six day creation is not regarded as an essential doctrine in the Great Tradition. In two thousand years there has been no monolithic stance on the days of Genesis. Even if a majority of Christian interpreters have taken the traditional view, we should take notice that the interpretation over the... Continue Reading

I understand why “mission trips” are so popular. They give American laypeople an opportunity to feel like they’ve done something to save the world without leaving their comfort zone for very long. Upon their return, they acquire the status of heroes of the faith (“Wow! You spent a whole week in Africa? Man, that is... Continue Reading

In 2011 The Aquila Report has posted over 2,500 stories. This week we will feature the top 50 of those stories, 10 per day the rest of the year. The top story had over 6,500 hits; Number 50 had 1,179. We try to average 7 new stories each day, with a large variety of subjects... Continue Reading

It’s no coincidence, I think, that in an age of diminishing rites and rituals, one of the most prominent male physical features traditionally associated with both maleness and religion is making a comeback. As a symbol of masculinity, beards set the men apart from the boys—and the women. Every year about this time, when the... Continue Reading

Admittedly, I’m not an historian and don’t know the answers to all these questions but if You Lost Me author David Kinnaman is right about nearly 60 percent of American young people involved in church life as teens drop out after high school, American Christians will need to look to Africa, Latin America, and Asia... Continue Reading