Asking chaplains to minister biblical truth to what the Bible condemns is nothing new. Asking chaplains to keep quiet about what the Bible condemns is. The senior chaplain came to me for counseling, struggling with how he would face the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT). I put my hand on his shoulder and... Continue Reading

One could almost say that higher education is over-run by students who are possessed of an endless range of emotions and a boundless desire to share them with others. But one emotion is notably lacking from their repertoire: Humility. The culture has changed a lot in the last couple of decades. Some of the changes... Continue Reading

Thus it is in the highly celebrified culture of the USA: church leaders who know that their people have a tendency to the sin of idolizing their heroes need to take account of that fact in how they decide to behave. So here are my suggestions: As a follow-up to a previous post, I want... Continue Reading

I was raised in conservative Christianity and had visions of what my life would look like if I made the good Christian choices that good Christian girls were supposed to make. I thought a lot about the Proverbs 31 wife and didn’t chafe against the expectations. Then I collected a closet full of bridesmaid gowns... Continue Reading

Then again, Karl Giberson believes that the human authors of Genesis were “ancient and uncomprehending scribes” and that Genesis “began as an oral tradition for a wandering tribe of Jews thousands of years ago.” In his 1996 novel, In the Beauty of the Lilies, John Updike told of the Reverend Clarence Arthur Wilmot, the fictional... Continue Reading

According to the New York Times, last month, Life Always, the group behind the website ThatsAbortion.com, put up a billboard at the corner of Watts and Avenue of the Americas in New York City. The billboard didn’t feature any grisly photos of aborted fetuses or hateful remarks about abortionists. Instead, passersby were greeted by the... Continue Reading

As Colin Hansen recently reported in a Christianity Today article, in some biblical translations, selected vocabulary has been removed to eliminate cultural stumbling blocks. [1] For example, missionaries in the 1980’s replaced familial language for ostensibly less offensive terms in a Bangladeshi translation of Scripture: “Messiah” for “Son of God,” “Guardian” for “Father.” Naturally, Muslims... Continue Reading

Just a quick note to commend Scott Seaton and the PCA’s Potomac Presbytery for introducing Overture #9 concerning Muslim-idiom translations. I was with Frontiers for 18 years (director of development/advancement) and can confirm that this is HUGE issue. I see that you’ve posted an article by Georges Houssney — excellent. The insider approach is built... Continue Reading

If My people who are called by My name” – He’s speaking not to the nation as a whole, but to the people of God, God’s remnant within the nation – “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways”... Continue Reading

What should we do then? We should stop inflating, cut government spending, and reduce government regulation of the economy. Only such a policy will restore our economic footing. Doing so will allow the natural division of labor to develop and encourage capital accumulation and wise investment necessary for economic prosperity. Defenders of the Federal Reserve... Continue Reading