Last year 400,000 missionaries were sent around the world; 127,000, or less than one-third, came from the United States. Brazil has now become the second largest missionary sending country; they sent 34,000 missionaries last year, many of them going to the U.S. There is an ancient Chinese proverb that says, “May you live in interesting... Continue Reading

In other words, what God desires for a politically healthy nation with a strong Christian influence is not a society top-heavy with complicated laws and omnipresent bureaucracy, but a society of decent people who need few laws because their character largely suffices as law and who demand few government services because they serve each other.... Continue Reading

As a boy, I used to sneak a couple of volumes of the encyclopedia under the front seats of our family station wagon so that on vacation trips……My guess is that, all things being equal, a boy my age riding along in the family’s Prius this summer is more likely to be playing Angry Birds... Continue Reading

That isn’t a word, but it should be! In the middle part of the twentieth century, such divergent voices as Karl Barth and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones cast doubts upon the whole enterprise of apologetics –how to defend the faith. Both favored Christian proclamation over Christian argumentation. I resonate with that, a bit, if we view... Continue Reading

I have no doubt that on a congregation-by-congregation, pastor-by-pastor basis, Calvin College grads make better ministers than the typical Harvardian. But if the problem is an overall downward trend in the cultural influence of the churches, then perhaps those Calvin and Wheaton and Florida State pastors could use some reinforcements — not just from Harvard... Continue Reading

The ordination of women was not the end of the road—not by any means. Those who had stood up for adherence to biblical standards knew all too well that the push for compromise was merely a prelude to a long hidden agenda: extreme feminism, abortion rights, homosexual advocacy, and the tolerance of all sorts of... Continue Reading

Two prominent theologians took opposite sides and debated the theological system of Calvinism, which is experiencing a resurgence in church culture, on “The Exchange” webshow this past week. Ed Stetzer, president of Lifeway Research, moderated the discussion between Roger Olson and Michael Horton, who both have recent books released on the topic of Calvinism, but... Continue Reading

This is why we’ve seen the sudden re-emergence of the older culture war — the one between the religious right and the secular left that raged for so many years before the financial crisis and the rise of the Tea Party. When sacred objects are threatened, we can expect a ferocious tribal response. The right... Continue Reading

Here’s what I think (and I’m paraphrasing a pastor friend of mine here). With “Christian” pastors and counselors like these, who needs demons? Dear Dr. Moore, My wife and I are at an impasse. There’s been no abandonment, no sexual immorality, and no abuse. We just don’t get along. We shouldn’t have married. We should... Continue Reading

“The only virtue of my generation is that it ain’t ashamed to tell the truth about itself.” –Flannery O’Connor, Why Do the Heathen Rage? As Christ-followers we bear such a beautiful message – that God loves the unlovely, hears the cries of the weak, and through Jesus, has entered into the realm of the broken.... Continue Reading