The Phone is No One’s Enemy
They are part of the fulfillment of the mandate God gave to Adam and Eve in Eden.
Part of “subduing” and “ruling” (Genesis 1:26-28) is fulfilled in phones, computers, and other technology. Yes, these things can be and are abused. But the problem is in the person who operates it, or, in the case of children harmed, the parents who allow its use. But the phone is not the problem. We... Continue Reading
On Trans Lunacy
It is time to call out the trans revolutionaries.
In his latest book Pandemic of Lunacy, philosopher J. Budziszewski dismantles the delusion that manhood and womanhood can be whatever we wish, exposing the lack of scientific basis for transgender ideology and the real harms of “transitioning.” There are plenty of lunacies out there. The latest book by J. Budziszewski lists 30 of them.... Continue Reading
The Quiet Theology of “All Creatures Great and Small”
Compassionate and attentive to His creation. Human dominion was meant to mirror that same care.
The quiet goodness portrayed in All Creatures Great and Small resonates so deeply. It echoes something true about the world God is restoring. And what the show captures in glimpses, Christ is bringing to fullness: a life where ordinary faithfulness, shared burdens, and steadfast love are not small things at all, but signs of His... Continue Reading
Why Is the Church Ignoring the Growing Sports Gambling Crisis?
The consequences are catching up—bankruptcy, loss of savings, depleted college funds, and unchecked addiction.
Finding the practice [gambling] morally wrong and actively fighting the addiction in the pews are two different things.…a few churches and ministries are working to sound the alarm and address the issue. Calvin Ridley, star receiver for the Atlanta Falcons, was suspended for an entire season in 2022 for gambling on NFL games. The... Continue Reading
The PCA Committee Report on Christian Nationalism: The Problem in the Middle
The Religious polytheism endorsed by the Committee is a prescription for the death of a nation.
Note that the position of the Committee is that the free exercise of “all religions” in our nation is entirely consistent with the PCA’s constitutional standards. In this context “all religions” does not mean all Christian denominations as it did during the time of the writing of our founding documents. It means all religions including... Continue Reading
Consistency Is Not Enough
The important thing is to be consistent in the right and good things.
The struggle is normal. Perfection will only be experienced in Heaven. But there will still be benefits to enjoy here, when we work for positive change. Often you probably hear people talk about the need for consistency, how important it is, and the lack of it is their problem. Actually, everyone is consistent. The... Continue Reading
The Hollow Where the Larkspur Grew
I knew to watch for predators. Most of us do. But some things, like larkspur, do their greatest harm by presenting themselves as nourishment.
We’ve lost a horse to a lightning strike once. A predator got another animal years ago. We’ve had grizzlies on this property, plenty of mountain lions, and a couple of years ago I watched a wolf lope across a field one winter afternoon. Those are the dangers you think about out here. I wasn’t watching... Continue Reading
A Slippery Slope: Rio Grande Presbytery’s Suspension of a Serving Pastor
It appears to me that the suspension of TE Garris is just one more example of the “Cancel Culture” trend infecting the church.
Is such language to be no longer permitted when discussing serious matters with meaningful consequences? As all adults should know, the ability freely to engage in sometimes difficult discussions with one another—especially peers—is part-and-parcel for a society in which civil and religious liberties exist and thrive. The recent decision of the PCA’s Rio Grande... Continue Reading
A Reading in John of Damascus, with Commentary: Or, Another Problem with Theological Retrieval Demonstrated. (Part Two)
Continued analysis of John of Damascus’s arguments for image worship which are considered one of the greatest works on the doctrine of the Eastern communions.
Yet those who cannot read can hear the spoken word, which is how God’s Spirit worked through his apostles to convert the heathen. We nowhere read that the apostles went to the lost with images, nor that artistic skill at fashioning images is a gift of the Spirit. Yet time and again we hear of... Continue Reading
Out of the Echo Chamber
Why church politics gets better when we buy each other lunch.
In the end, a presbytery characterized by love shows the world that the Gospel is real. It proves to a broken, divided world that the church can handle intense disagreements without splintering into warring tribes. For many elders, Presbytery and GA meetings can easily feel less like courts of the Lord Jesus Christ and... Continue Reading