In accordance with both vernacular language and biblical language, it appeared to me that the term nation both in the Old Testament and the New Testament is identified as a people with at least three common characteristics (a common border, a common language, and a common religion).  The original text in the Great Commission is... Continue Reading

We shouldn’t confuse religious tolerance with religious neutrality. The former can be helpful, the latter is a fantasy. After all, religious tolerance is a religious idea based on a Christian understanding of what it means to be created in the image of God.   A string of legal victories for religious freedom at the Supreme... Continue Reading

As a dad, I know the value of a hard no. I cannot give my kids everything they ask for. There are things they want that I know are bad for them. They won’t appreciate that until many, many years from now. They don’t have perspective. And I don’t have perspective, the perspective that God... Continue Reading

God has used Sarah’s simple testimony to save and encourage thousands of suffering people, which should be a cause for celebration. Instead, the PCA will choose to distance itself from Jesus Calling through the reports of the upcoming General Assembly. While this is hard for her family, we rest in the knowledge that God is... Continue Reading

You should be mindful that your mind and thought processes are a vital part of your ministry, which means that you should take care of your physical health. Take part in some form of physical activity—regularly walk, ride a bike, do some calisthenics, and eat a decent diet…Remember, you’re not a soul trapped in a... Continue Reading

The loss of all-male spaces has made male friendship enormously difficult to create and sustain because it destroyed the milieux of that friendship. If you want to be friends with other men, it’s now something you have to do outside of everything else in life. No wonder so few men have the time or energy... Continue Reading

The Southern Baptist Convention will consider a resolution this summer supporting a government ban on pornography. Other denominations should consider doing the same. The time is ripe for Christians across the nation to speak with moral clarity. Pornography is unequivocally evil. For the sake of the common good, it should be illegal.   Pornography is... Continue Reading

The Constitution’s Article I, Section 7, deals with the procedure for bills passed by the Congress which are sent to the President for signature or veto: “If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law,... Continue Reading

Father famine has led to a generation of foolish and undisciplined men. The rapid expansion of the Internet exacerbated the problem. Our society was not prepared for an always-on, ever-present information source that could build toxic silos around foolish men, disaffected or otherwise. The fatherly failure to discipline men has thus extended to how men... Continue Reading

Lasting change must be built on what we collectively can be for, not just what we are against. Princeton law professor Robert P. George, proposed an idea for the month of June that has the potential to lead to significant change. Though he did not intend Fidelity Month to directly counter Pride Month, it is worth noting... Continue Reading