We need to guard against the notion that church is something we go to. Church, biblical church, is something Christians are. It is true that the church gathers to be built up, but the church is just as much the church when it scatters to bless.   One of my geeky hobbies is going to... Continue Reading

Notoriety promises what it cannot deliver, while exposing us to temptations we may not be prepared to resist. Along the way, celebrities report losing privacy, facing relentless expectations, and suffering mistrust and isolation. Now that the gatekeepers are gone, everyone can chase celebrity—but the risks, and the emptiness, remain the same.   Most of us,... Continue Reading

Too many children are still being let down by the very adults who are supposed to protect them. Their teachers, doctors, therapists, and even parents are more interested in conforming to woke fads than actually helping them. This grotesque experiment on kids has got to end.   With the re-election of Donald Trump in the... Continue Reading

I humbly exhort you, my fellow pastors, please do not gloss over or forget in each sermon and Bible lesson to preach Christ, His whole gospel, and the blessings and power of being in union with Him. Do not just use the words “gospel” or “in Christ” and assume people know them or do not... Continue Reading

Why is it that Machen’s grandchildren are more peaceful than his children? There are certainly many factors, but one must be the average age of the ministers and elders. When the OPC and BPC formed the ministers were relatively young, for the old men did not always leave the PCUSA and their pensions there. But... Continue Reading

Time would fail to consider all his claims, but it is not feasible to confirm many of the alleged cruelties Nassar mentions. I am loathe to accept his view without independent confirmation,  and there is countervailing testimony on all the things he mentions, which paints things in a far different light. On one other point... Continue Reading

A nation built on turning the other cheek would be overrun. An economy of enough might not survive its own mercy. A justice system shaped by mercy would be mocked. A calendar built around rest would fall behind. Voters wouldn’t buy it. Investors would pull out. Poll numbers would crater. But maybe that’s the point.... Continue Reading

“Were this dread specter of a society totally engineered by the state to materialize further, a newly radicalized America would take its place next to a long-radicalized China, and together, these two autocracies, one soft and one hard, would tower over humanity and the world as a two-headed superpower despotism…”   Marxism and related ideologies... Continue Reading

You might ask, “Pastor Ball, what is this view that you hold that is so shocking?”  Well, here it is—it was a big mistake for America to allow Jews, Muslims, and Hindus to construct places of worship on American soil.  Not only do I believe that this was a major error, but I believe it... Continue Reading

In the 2020s, during a period of high emigration within our country for reasons ranging from Covid reaction and Blue-Red State politics to traditional ones (work, family, retirement), Christians will do well to heed the warnings of their forefathers two centuries ago. . . . Don’t be a Freddie.   Recently, a Christian brother told... Continue Reading