“President Obama Won’t Say if He’ll Stop Pretending to Oppose Same-Sex Marriage Before the Election.” – New York Magazine Some predictions are rather safe to make. 2012 is almost certain to be a determinative year on the issue of same-sex marriage. Multiple courts appear poised to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act [DOMA] and,... Continue Reading

It’s not wrong to feel good about doing good. Kant told us that if a virtuous act made us feel good, it wasn’t virtuous (or something like that). Nonsense. It’s okay to feel satisfaction when you help somebody There has been a lot of healthy talk in Christian circles lately about how best to go... Continue Reading

The Westminster Confession claims here that the law of the Ten Commandments is the same in substance as the law given to Adam before the fall. Of course, the form is different, but the substance is the same. The Westminster Confession asserts that “God gave Adam a law. . .” and that “[t]his law, after... Continue Reading

It would seem that to accommodate the multisite model, some are trifurcating the duties of a pastor into categories of prophet (preacher, exhorter), priest (counselor, encourager), and king (visionary, overseer, administrator). Never mind that those are roles, only fulfilled by Christ, not biblical categories for different kinds of leaders. Technology continues to advance at a... Continue Reading

The one thing you’ve probably learned from these little vignettes is that life is never dull in Cyprus. It’s a country filled with both passion and pathos, and it often plays itself out in ordinary life…such as having your neighbor’s swimming pool blown up by a bomb. “Bomb!!??” you’re probably saying to yourself. Yeah…a bomb.... Continue Reading

I’ve never quite understood this. Scripture admonishes: “The fool has said in his heart ‘there is no God.’” Secularists need to relax. They already have their own holiday: April First. As the political season heats up it occurs to me that, as important as elections are, unless the hearts of men are changed, the heart... Continue Reading

We don’t need more mission trips that do casual labor. We’ve got that covered. But there are certain types of medical personnel who are desperately needed; it goes without saying that the longer they can stay, the more of a contribution they will make. I will happily pick them up at the airport, and give... Continue Reading

Either at a conference or on the internet, you have heard exceptional preaching, but each Sunday you’re back in your simple little home church that hardly anybody beyond your town knows about, with its “nobody” of a pastor who will probably never preach to thousands. Many who have had the privilege of hearing John Piper... Continue Reading

The Bible is the model for and subject of more art and thought than those of us who live within its influence, consciously or unconsciously, will ever know. Literatures are self-referential by nature, and even when references to Scripture in contemporary fiction and poetry are no more than ornamental or rhetorical — indeed, even when... Continue Reading

Editor’s Note: We do not maintain a separate section for ‘Letters To The Editor’. However, we do invite such and may publish them among the regular articles in our Opinion and Commentary Section, such as the one below. When I read the article about “Short term Missionaries vs. Vacationary” I had mixed feelings. It was... Continue Reading