When our brother writes, “It’s indisputable that all good preaching is text-driven. But not all text-driven preaching is done in the same way. As important as the intellect is, it is not everything—it is not even the main thing when it comes to preaching the Word of God,” he betrays an improper anthropology. To say... Continue Reading

  Some of my fellow biblical theologians may chafe at my interpretation. Adherents of biblical theology, such as myself, believe that specific stipulations of each covenant do not all remain in force, only the overarching promises and principles of some covenants are foundational. The problem is that some writers maintain so few elements from previous... Continue Reading

…it is enough to say, and that with the utmost firmness, that while there is occasion for believers to differ about civil matters like domestic or foreign politics, there is no sense in which the Christian faith requires us to support the present movement for Palestinian Arab statehood.  Those who suggest otherwise distort the faith... Continue Reading

Here is what concerns me.  The Statement says that I am not allowed to hold a view that “posits superiority of race or ethnic identity born of immutable human characteristics.” Of course, I believe that all men and races are equal as being partakers of the image of God, that all men and races are... Continue Reading

God has done for me what He did for Paul when He sent him his thorn in the flesh, which Paul talks about in 2 Corinthians 12. Paul acknowledged that his physical illness was a messenger from Satan. But he realized that Satan, in turn, was on God’s leash. God sovereignly governs the acts of... Continue Reading

Children are a heritage from the Lord…they do best when they are the provenance of an excellent wife together with a husband…lays down his life for the ones he loves. Musk’s strong instinct to save civilization is good, but a world full of lost children, looking for their father, carrying in themselves the grief and... Continue Reading

I am a Semitic Palestinian Christian. I was born under difficult Israeli occupation, baptized in a church that stood centuries before the Reformation, and raised in the land where Christ walked. My worship is in Arabic. My theology is anchored in the early Church. And my grief is profound.   What happens when the land... Continue Reading

Children are learning about sex for the first time from social media algorithms designed to drag them toward ever-more degrading content. They are learning from sites like Pornhub, which use addictive tactics like infinite scrolling, variable rewards, autoplay features and subscription services to unlock more. This is the gamification of graphic porn.   Imagine you... Continue Reading

What I did find persuasive was George’s appeal to grace. I hear George’s plea to let grace prevail. But I have to say that Bryan’s current path speaks the more apt message for our day: pursue the path of humility even if it leads to obscurity. This too might be grace prevailing.   The ongoing... Continue Reading

The consequences of his withdrawing his resignation I have mentioned above. The office of stated clerk would be reduced in effectiveness and esteem by doing so, and the PCA would be worse for it. Chapell would be put in an impossible position which he lacked the personal capital – the respect and confidence of others... Continue Reading