The second, I think, suffer the most anxiety, because while they worry about the alternatives, they will not adopt the tiger mother style, which is just too alien, too different from the dominant, affirming style of affluent American parenting. Most of us would feel a little silly, if not false… The trampoline, that upset them.... Continue Reading

I’m ready to say that creativity might be one of the marks of revival, because so often some new way of communicating the gospel has been part of the mix that God used to bring a mighty revival. How do seasons of revival come? One set of answers comes from Charles Finney, who turned revivals... Continue Reading

This is one of the most painful experiences I have had as a pastor. Fortunately, it has not been common for me. However, this past year I faced this on more than one occasion in a single month. I experienced a flurry of emotions. I realized part of the blessing of a pastor to care... Continue Reading

One retired, well-respected seminary president once told me, soon after I was called to be president of RTS Charlotte, “Mike, here are my two words to you about being a seminary president: first, stay humble. Second, you know all of those great, grand visions you have to build this or do that or start this?... Continue Reading

Because the Bible has so much to say about it, healthy Christian people have always maintained a deep concern for the pursuit of holiness and the practice of godliness. Obedience to God matters to God and it should, therefore, matter to God’s people. In fact, one way to gauge our love for God is obedience... Continue Reading

If I could ask the committee a question it would be this: If the investigative process was so thorough, why devote so little in the report to substantiating Meyers’ innocence? Why isn’t there more material devoted to the specific concerns raised in the LOC, and not just whether or not Meyers believes the first and... Continue Reading

The recently disenfranchised lame duck Left pulled off its most extreme legislative coup thus far, by homosexualizing the United States military—using their own version of the admittedly lame Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Clinton legislation. DON’T ASK (Awkward Questions): They did not ask, in a Pentagon poll, if repeal was morally appropriate. They asked whether, in... Continue Reading

It is the issue of ONLY VOLUNTARY support versus FEES for necessary functions that will have to be settled… Don’t risk something that the Presbyteries are going to reject. As of today, the Presbyteries hold the real power. Fifth and final in our series of Alternative Plans published on The Aquila Report. This one came... Continue Reading

Thomas Jefferson not only thought that “all men are endowed by their Creator” with the right to life, but gave it top priority among man’s “unalienable rights.” “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” On any given day, scientists jolt us... Continue Reading

The Bitters, who tend to gravitate toward Christian hipster culture, are on a mission to expose the “conservative conspiracy” wherever they can find it (or create it) under the guise of “healthy critique.” Bitters define themselves by what they are not Is it me or does it seem that many kids reared in affluent conservative... Continue Reading