America’s Overseers: How the Example of Harvard Discredits the Meme of Black “Marginalization”
The entire notion of “marginalization” is inherently, down to its rotten core, all about putting on a show to mollify intemperate activists and lighten the load on the guilty consciences of wealthy white liberals.
For those interested in keeping score, what we have here, on one of the governing bodies of one of America’s most powerful institutions and its most readily recognized, most well-endowed university, is that white people, who represent over 76% of the American population, are under 37% of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, a percentage almost certain to diminish still... Continue Reading
Two Creation Accounts?
It is my claim that there cannot be a discrepancy in the text, if it is read carefully, and without an assumption of contradiction.
There is no need to interpret the text this way. Even though the word “formed” is a vayyiqtol (normal on-line narrative, normally denoting sequential action), the statement of forming could just as easily be a summation of days five and six as a statement of sequential order. The emphasis in the context is far more on... Continue Reading
What Does the Lord Require of Me? The Ten Commandments and Christian Ethics
Fundamentally, we ought to read the Ten Commandments as the instructions of a loving Father to his firstborn son.
These commandments show what God’s character is like — what he cares about and values, how he loves, and what he prioritizes. And they do so in order that God’s son — his people — will come to resemble and reflect him, to share his priorities and values, to join him in his loves and... Continue Reading
Amazing Grace for a Prodigal Pastor’s Kid
I painfully learned that drifting away from God is directly proportional to one’s misery. It would take twenty years for me to fully learn that lesson.
As soon as I cried out to him, the lowest level of despair turned to joy and hope. I was, like the psalmist says, lifted out of the miry clay I was wallowing in and set firmly upon solid rock. I was finally rescued. It was all because of grace; all because of God’s amazing... Continue Reading
Magnifying God in Music: A Lesson from the Life of Spurgeon
“Take every note in the music of your behavior and seek to make each note in harmony with its fellow, lest, after all, the psalm of your life may prove to be a hideous discord." - Spurgeon
Spurgeon knew the song of the Church should rightly magnify the Lord. While preaching to his congregation, he implored them to “mark how the music of the church is set to the same tune as that of heaven and earth — ‘Great God, thou art to be magnified.’” Their pastor understood God should not be magnified... Continue Reading
What’s an Exile to Do? Trust in Your God, Stand Firm in His Grace
We’re not alone as we stand at the margins. While standing there, we do so firmly, taking courage from others, like John Mark, Peter’s son in the faith
So, what’s an exile to do when pushed to the margins of public life, relegated to social-cultural, if not geographical exile? Trust in our invincible God, and stand firm in His grace. The hatred of the world, the fleshly desires at war with our souls, the roar of that diabolical lion—all “threaten to undo us. Did... Continue Reading
You Are a Saint by Calling
Jesus called you out of the world, to live in the world, but without being of the world.
Take heart, today’s verse also reassures you that you are not alone in this calling. You are part of a community of saints; you are a saint “together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 1:2) who are called out of the world, but... Continue Reading
Elders are to Rule and Pastors are to Preach
The Church is weak, because she has failed to deal vigorously with matters related to function as well as form.
There is no doubt that much has been placed on the plate of the Minister in the 21st Century that is not on his menu. This does not mean he has no real work to do in helping with pruning and the like, but it is the responsibility of the Ruling Elder to make first... Continue Reading
We are the “Them”
May we not forget the state in which Jesus found us, and may that fresh memory break down the walls that exist between us.
The problem is with our definition of “them.” Even that pronoun indicates what’s wrong. “Them” indicates these are a different sort of people – maybe even a different class. That they are separate and apart. I suppose that’s true in a way – just as there were groups of people that lived on the fringes... Continue Reading
Working in the Presence of God
The best way we can glorify God through our work is by seeking his presence in our work.
One of the great temptations in work and ministry is to become so busy doing things for God we neglect spending time with God. We think we are smart enough and skilled enough to work and keep our gardens, but we forget it was God who planted our gardens. In the busyness of working and... Continue Reading
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