The Bible is filled with captivating narratives, from the epic tales of the patriarchs to Jesus’ miraculous ministry. They not only reveal God’s character, but they also reveal what it truly means to be human, created and redeemed in His image. The best stories tell the truth about who we are.   Before its debut... Continue Reading

While influencing politics and persuading in the public sphere by an adherence to Christian values is a noble and upright aim of all Christians, Wolfe and Douglas [Wilson] take this idea too far.   A recent episode of Man Rampant, the Canon Press podcast hosted by Reformed pastor and author Douglas Wilson, features political theorist... Continue Reading

Doctors are meant to save life and offer relief from pain. Legislators and governors are supposed to make laws that are just and moral. The suffering and infirm should be offered hope, not the subtle, unspoken insinuation that his last days on earth are not worth it, that her presence, however brief and full of... Continue Reading

A good song is the melding of beautiful lyrics with an appropriate melody. We can have the most beautiful lyrics, but if they are trapped in an inappropriate melody, they will lose their luster and perhaps even communicate something that the lyrics do not intend. In the same way, the words/content of our sermon, no... Continue Reading

Do you not see that all your talk is just as much an exercise in self-deception here and now as it was to your British forerunners of Jones’s day? Your desired nationalism is a delusion, a fantasy to which you flee all the more as society worsens around us. It’s probably not going to happen... Continue Reading

There’s more to Christ’s authority in the Church than meets the eye. Although church leaders constitute a visible government, they are only a fraction of the authority that Christ has vested in His Body through His Anointing in the Holy Spirit. The invisible anointing in the Holy Spirit, which confers authority on all believers, must... Continue Reading

Not until suffering strips away sentiment and makes you long for a God who isn’t reacting, but reigning. Not scrambling for answers, but already working redemption. Because suffering burns off the excess. It peels back the polished and leaves only what’s real. And what’s real must be true. Suffering doesn’t just refine. It reveals.  ... Continue Reading

The past decade is a needed reminder of Solomon’s wise words in Psalm 127:1, “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” The people who gave their blessing to the judicial demolition crew that took a sledgehammer to marriage are learning that hard lesson now.   This summer marks the... Continue Reading

We need to see the “new sexuality” as an integral expression of age-old religious paganism. In our response, we cannot follow Lot, who would have sacrificed his daughters to placate the aggressors. Nor can we claim personal moral superiority. We must always hear, in the clamor for acceptance and recognition, the cry of divine image-bearers,... Continue Reading

We have to recognise the difference between things as we would have them—our personal ideal—and things that are of worth. Despite what we often think, these two things do not neatly overlay one another.   When my wife and I moved into our current house, we thought to ourselves (more often than perhaps we’d like)... Continue Reading