Sexual Sin and The Golden Rule
Society is pressuring the church to accept homosexuality as a legitimate moral alternate lifestyle; the church must maintain God’s created order and ethical norms.
Jesus reaches out to sinners with love, but Jesus does not condone their sins. He offers sinners not a tolerance to live in their sins but deliverance from their sins. If we need an example to show us how to implement the Golden Rule, surely this example is found in Jesus as revealed to us... Continue Reading
Greg Johnson’s “Still Time to Care” Repeatedly Misrepresents the RPCES
Greg Johnson’s interpretation about what the RPCES adopted on homosexuality in 1980 is erroneous and misguided.
In Synod’s long paragraph on Call to Repentance, we find that we must not deny responsibility for or excuse “unnatural desires” even if they began in infancy. (Johnson does not quote that part of the report.) Synod’s report then disagrees with Johnson head on when it speaks of cure when it says, “In sanctification we... Continue Reading
Christianity and a Word from Moby Dick
We must not abuse the idea of grace. It is not only the grace to believe that God gives us, but the grace to act.
Paul said, “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me” (1 Cor 15:10). Open your Bible and find out what that life is like.... Continue Reading
How Partisan Politics Captured And Fractured The Evangelical-Industrial Complex
The rise and fall of the Evangelical Industrial Complex call into question whether theology and politics should be treated as enemies.
So what went wrong? How did “the remarkable coming together” of these doctrine-bonded evangelicals fall apart? The short answer is the politics of the blue communities. What counts as winsomeness in any community is determined by that community, not by those looking to be found winsome to them. In blue communities, partisan political preferences proved... Continue Reading
The Judgment of Charity in Questions of Official Misconduct
To use the judgment of charity is to use a sound teaching in an unsound way. Its failure lies in its imbalance: it overemphasizes the charity element to the neglect of the judgmental element.
…it is not the duty of any listener, much less of the church as governing institution, to perform whatever adjustments are necessary to make a problematic teaching palatable. If someone’s teaching is so unclear or apparently wrong when left to itself that it has to undergo some manner of creative interpretation to be regarded as... Continue Reading
Doctrinal Latitude and the PCA
The PCA’s latitudinarians have made clear their belief that the PCA must allow the ordination to sacred office of men who identify themselves by unnatural sexual desires.
If the PCA cannot or will not rid itself of gay Christianity, Side-B homosexuality, Revoice, or whatever else you want to call it—we will find ourselves on the boneyard of formerly faithful churches. Such will be the price of this brand of latitude. Recently, a pastor in the PCA and member of the National... Continue Reading
Three Ways Social Media Has Changed Our Priorities and Perspectives
The rise of informational and moral autonomy—driven by the algorithms of social media platforms, are now contributing to a shift in our priorities and perspectives
It’s probably not a coincidence that during this period of increasing autonomy (exacerbated by social media use), mental illness, depression, and suicidal ideation are also on the rise. As we separate from one another and the transcendent God who created us, we sink into the despair of our own authority and isolation. New technologies nearly always impact... Continue Reading
The Sinful Desire
Jesus shocked His audience, teaching that the existence of the desire itself is the heart equivalent of the sinful sexual act itself.
As such, this discussion is really about the nature and goodness of the Christ we worship. Do we actually worship the same Christ? Do we all worship the One who makes us more than conquerors, and demands a holiness we can only achieve with His help?[1] Is this Christ unwilling or unable to help us... Continue Reading
Pornography Use Is Becoming an “Acceptable” Sin
A majority of men and women in a national sample express some level of approval for pornography use.
Don’t believe the lie that porn use among committed couples is an acceptable sin. It’s a sin that will harm your relationship today and lead you to hell tomorrow. The Story A recent poll shows pornography is affecting relationships between men and women—and reveals how indulging in porn is becoming an acceptable sin. The... Continue Reading
The Manly Virtue of Magnanimity
We should attempt great things while enduring great hardships.
Bearing burdens, eschewing meanness, and setting an example of noble generosity is not just a saner and more effective way to live; it is the way of the cross. For the manly virtue of magnanimity is the way of the One who accomplished great things by defeating His foes, even while crying out, “Father forgive... Continue Reading
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