Bush’s confirmed picks to the Supreme Court, from a pro-life standpoint, were superb. His actual policy changes, from bans on partial birth-abortion to stopping taxpayer funding of the deliberate destruction of human embryos, were wonderful George W. Bush is an interesting man with a complicated presidency that most Americans—going into Bush’s final year of office—deemed... Continue Reading

“Imagine a group photo of all the students who come to your church (or live within your community of believers) in a typical year. Take a big fat marker and cross out three out of every four face …About that time, I began encountering many other “leavers”: a basketball buddy, a soft-spoken young woman from... Continue Reading

We have not yet moved the conversation past anything but practical issues of buying postage and printing documents. There are significant issues of theology and Biblical interpretation at stake. Whatever we vote to do, we ought to bring these issues to the fore, as our forefathers have done on these very issues, and debate them... Continue Reading

The next danger is the minister in a confessional church who thumbs his nose at the church’s public standards of doctrine and practice. Yesterday, I noted how the big personality can shift the church in the wrong direction. A closely related phenomenon is that of the minister who thumbs his nose at the church’s public... Continue Reading

Who’s at risk? Teens who send 120 text messages or more in a single day. “Hyper-texters,” they’re called. Teens who are high-volume texters are 3.5 times more likely to be sexually active My children and I love texting. It’s an instantaneous way to keep in touch and share moments that otherwise might be missed. Like... Continue Reading

We are supposed to be big-hearted and smart-minded. Usually it is hard to be both, for we cannot read the thoughts and intentions of those who approach us. We should not give when it is foolish, yet who has all wisdom? A woman comes to the pastor, weeping over the rape and murder of her... Continue Reading

Over the past three weeks, the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) has been conducting a review of the recently released and extensively revised new NIV (2011). As of now, the translation is only available online. Zondervan’s release of the TNIV in 2002 (New Testament) and 2005 (full Bible) brought about a significant controversy... Continue Reading

Every time our worries and our wealth expose that we are seeking earthly treasure as opposed to heavenly treasure, we show that our true allegiance in that moment of sinful-madness is satanic not heavenly I am still reading Running Scared by Ed Welch. This morning he opened my eyes to the subject of, what he... Continue Reading

“But surely men ought to be told to repent as well as to believe. They should be told why they are to come to Christ, and what they are to come for, and whence their need arises.” American Christianity in general, and Fundamentalism in particular has been greatly impacted by the Revivalist movement. J.C. Ryle,... Continue Reading

The application of confessional accountability…is a reminder of how Baptists hammered out their understanding of confessionalism in times past — and a sign of things even more difficult sure to come. Well, it looks like Georgia Baptists had a debate worth having. Associated Baptist Press reports that the Georgia Baptist Convention voted to separate itself... Continue Reading