“When societies lose their belief in good and evil as real, metaphysical categories, they also lose the ability to recognize the oldest manifestation of evil in their midst. The hatred of Jews, therefore, survives because it finds refuge in a culture that no longer believes evil exists.”   Just 87 years ago Kristallnacht, or the... Continue Reading

We willingly recognize any historical errors and seek to correct them.  We willingly seek to be complementarily balanced relative to male and female in the church remembering we are “one in Christ Jesus.”  We seek to recognize genuine spiritual gifts to be used for the benefit of the church. We define or delineate marks of... Continue Reading

AI chatbots are harming children through suicide encouragement, violence promotion, sexual exploitation, and self-esteem erosion via unchecked content on platforms like Meta and Character.AI. Tragic cases include teens dying by suicide after AI coaching or minors in explicit bot roleplay.   The Harms of AI Chatbots In case you haven’t been following as closely all... Continue Reading

The Church doesn’t need another round of exposés. It needs an awakening. Discernment without love is suspicion. Love without discernment is sentimentality. The Church must recover both, truth that sees clearly and love that stays steady.   Discernment was never meant to be content. It was meant to be courage, the kind that loves truth... Continue Reading

As a Christian, you are given a new identity that you grow into…you then become more of who you were made to be. Christian identity formation works because if will give you the most grounded sense of being and the most transcendent path to becoming.   Given that I’m writing a lot on identity, including my... Continue Reading

As for whether I would counsel my family to flee in such circumstances as you report you experience, I state unequivocally: yes! For my own land was settled by people fleeing persecution and hardship in Ireland, Britain, France, and elsewhere. The travails of the French Huguenots excelled your own, and yet they fled when they... Continue Reading

Throughout the entire Bible, God listens to, elevates, protects, and liberates women in cultures that demeaned and exploited them. He hears their voices when they cry out to him. We must do no less.   The religion that was once two-thirds women is beginning a reversal of that trend, according to polls by Barna and... Continue Reading

I don’t know any British churches who are engaging well with these questions. I’m not. We aren’t used to talking about politics. We are probably going to need to learn. This will likely involve offending some people. We might stick our foot in it. My only advice is to stick close to the Bible.  ... Continue Reading

When men left the home during the Industrial Revolution, the family shifted from a place of productivity to a place of consumption. The sexual revolution finished the job—teaching men that pleasure was their purpose and fatherhood was optional. Then feminism filled the void, redefining virtue as victimhood and replacing protection with performance. Now, three generations... Continue Reading

Humility, which fosters trust, is found in living out God’s truth, often to our own detriment. My pastor, in good times and bad, is an example to me as he exhibits this humility: not causing division in the church, not discrediting or slandering any person, not exalting himself before the congregation, not trying to gain... Continue Reading