Judging Mrs. White
In education today, there would be no speech codes without postmodernism. And there would be no postmodernism without the influence of Marx. It’s no mystery that speech codes are used to defend the Marxist ideas that gave them life. They play the role their parents assigned them. It is a truism to say that Marxist... Continue Reading
Health and Human Services Secretary tells Pro-Choice Rally: “We Are At War”
NARAL used Sebelius’ appearance as confirmation that she “is guiding the implementation of the historic Affordable Care Act,” which contains abortions funding. “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act permits insurance plans that cover abortions to participate in new state exchanges, and to even receive government subsidies through the tax-credits that participants receive.” On Oct.... Continue Reading
My Take: Are Evangelicals Dangerous?
Bill Keller, then executive editor of The New York Times, topped all the rest by seeming to suggest that conservative Christians should be compared to those who believe in space aliens. He complained that “when it comes to the religious beliefs of our would-be presidents, we are a little squeamish about probing too aggressively.” (Editor’s... Continue Reading
Christians and Non-Christians, Married
“You should be thankful everyday that you’re married to a Christian.” She was smiling when she said it to her husband – not angry – and he received it well. He smiled too. She became a Christian early in their twenty-year marriage. He is not a Christian, and occasionally suggests that he didn’t sign up... Continue Reading
The Reformation and the Men Behind It
At the beginning of the sixteenth century, God began to raise up a series of strong-willed figures known to history as the Reformers. There had been earlier reformers in the church, but those who came to prominence in this period were the best educated, most godly, and most faithful reform leaders the church had ever... Continue Reading
The Lord of the Storm
The “storms of life” refer to that place in between the miracles of yesterday and the promises of tomorrow—those seasons of trial and even doubt that come to all of us at some points in our lives. In between memories of yesterday’s glory and promises of tomorrow’s dreams are storms. In yesterday’s memories, friends are... Continue Reading
Don’t Adopt! Buy a cat instead (just be sure to get it declawed!)
If you want your “dream baby,” do not adopt or foster a child: buy a cat and make-believe. Adopting an orphan isn’t ordering a consumer item or buying a pet. Such a mindset hurts the child, and countless other children and families. Adoption is about taking on risk as cross-bearing love. For years, I’ve called... Continue Reading
Ancient Texts and their Modern Appropriation; Creation and Confessional hermeneutic
This disjunction of Scripture and science runs the risk of gutting our doctrine of common grace–the truth that God has graciously equipped us with minds to think and to explore his world. When the antithesis effaces common grace we are, to modify William Butler Yeats’ memorable phrase, “slouching toward Fundamentalism.” There have been a number... Continue Reading
Devouring Life (aka, Life’s a Peach)
Little is more oppressive and unchristian than people and groups that dictate out of their own fears, and who define and value people by their own insecurities. It robs God of the joy He receives when we take in all that He has created, and deprives people of experiencing the majesty of His rule and... Continue Reading
Egypt Christians Facing ‘Early Church’ Persecution, Says Reformed Theologian; Could Result in a Stronger Christian Representation
“Coptic Christians and other believers in the Middle East must cling to the powerful truth of the risen Christ in these days as they possibly face the same persecution that Mark wrote about 2000 years ago,” wrote Dr. Michael A. Milton, chancellor-elect of Reformed Theological Seminary According to Milton, St. Mark spread Christianity to Egypt... Continue Reading