The God who created language also created the heavens and the earth. Whenever we speak, we ultimately speak of Him. Cursing does not necessarily reveal a meager vocabulary or low intelligence; but it does show a deficit of wonder and imagination.   In the summer of 1995, my father spent weeks building a shed in... Continue Reading

Treating people as adults is not treating people as experts. It’s assuming that if you start at the beginning and go at an appropriate pace, you can reach almost anywhere.   I fear that, without really intending to, churches have a habit of infantilising people. We should treat people like adults. My new staff team... Continue Reading

The algorithm isn’t the danger. The heart is. Guard it. Shape it. Submit it to the Word. Let it be examined by Scripture, not by trends. Because in the end…the algorithm is a mirror. And if we don’t like what we see, it’s not the mirror that needs changing. It’s us.   I opened the... Continue Reading

The need of the moment is to exercise discernment so as to not be led astray by strange doctrines (Heb. 13:9) and every passing opinion (Eph. 4:4), but to hold to “the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). That is by no means easy just now, and all of... Continue Reading

There are nearly 3,000 mosques in America; Texas alone has several hundred. It is obvious that Islam is growing in influence in America. From the mayor of New York City to numerous mayors in other cities including Minneapolis (MN), Dearborn (MI), College Park (MD), Bell (CA), and 7 other cities in New Jersey; their influence... Continue Reading

God’s revelation shapes every aspect of how we live, including how we approach education. Every curriculum rests upon a creed; every lesson conveys a worldview. The question is which creed, which faith? We welcome, therefore, the intellectual honesty that identifies God as the source of our rights, our duties, and the author of the best... Continue Reading

The first half of the nineteenth century saw the flourishing of American religious periodicals that played a significant role in the culture of the day. They informed readers of religious news as well as providing useful educational material regarding church history, doctrine (especially the sponsoring denomination’s), and missionary reports from various denominations. A smattering of... Continue Reading

We begin by telling the truth: that our culture is ill; that its disease is spiritual; that its cure is repentance, not policy. We recover the humility to receive the world as a gift, the courage to resist its idols, to honor objective reality, and the imagination to rebuild on foundations of transcendence.   Every... Continue Reading

So, what is Andrews’ solution to the problem she names? “Feminisation is not an organic result of women outcompeting men,” she explains. “It is an artificial result of social engineering, and if we take our thumb off the scale, it will collapse within a generation.”   In a recent popular essay, American cultural critic Helen Andrews... Continue Reading

So what kind of leaders do we need? If not driven by ambition, ideology or expediency, what other drive is there? Mission.   Every week, it seems there is another religious leader revealed to have a hidden shadow life of immorality, a ruthless approach to power and control, or a narcissistic personality. Is it just... Continue Reading