His central assertion is that “It is time we add another category to what we normally consider divorce exceptions for Christians, one we might call intolerable conditions, or cruelty.”  Essential to his contention is that the normal restrictions, outlined in Scripture and our Confession, restricting divorce only in the cases of adultery (Matthew 19:9) or... Continue Reading

May 2020  be year be a year of “Amens” for all of us. May we quickly learn not to complain and murmur and let unbelief take root in our hearts, but with the help of the Spirit, may we learn to submit ourselves to the Word of God and the work of the Spirit in... Continue Reading

The Christian church cannot expect its rising generation of young people to hold the line on traditional sexual ethics and marriage if that generation is not properly catechized in the basics of the faith. Same-sex marriage is not really the issue. Thorough catechesis is … if Christian marriage makes sense, it only makes sense within... Continue Reading

The Palestinian Jews of the first century AD and the Roman occupiers felt mutual contempt for one another, much like the situation with the British in Burma. Initially protesting that the accused was innocent, Pilate was pressured by the will of the people he ostensibly ruled into taking an action he had wished to avoid—executing... Continue Reading

While we may like or dislike different theologians and politicians, we should be circumspect before we drape our personal preferences in the garb of biblical fidelity and then hold others to our own preferred standards. This strikes at the heart of our Christ-wrought Christian liberty, a doctrine codified in the Westminster Confession of Faith.  ... Continue Reading

Same-sex marriage didn’t create these problems. Many in America had unwisely already gone along with the erosion of marital norms in the wake of the sexual revolution—with the rise of cohabitation, nonmarital childbearing, no-fault divorce and the hookup culture. It was no surprise that many would then question the relevance of the male-female norm. Legal... Continue Reading

When homosexuals say, “I am a gay Christian”, we must say, “If God has cleansed your heart by faith, then you are a Christian only. If you find your identity partly in anything else, then you don’t understand God’s cleansing grace.” If our identity is in Christ, it must be only in Christ. If our... Continue Reading

The UMC “deal,” boils down to this: the American WASP UMC told their African brothers and sisters in Christ that these Africans don’t get to dictate policy to the WASPs. The African churches were started by western UMC missionaries, and the churches were successfully transitioned to growing, indigenous-led, healthy congregations. Now that the black-led African... Continue Reading

I left because of battles within the church. Battles about issues on which there should be agreement for a church worthy of the name. I left because a percentage of anything I gave to my local church would fund unorthodox activities. My parents would have had me remain to support orthodoxy within the church. Only... Continue Reading

Here is the sad lesson for conservatives. Once a church, for any length of time, accommodates theological and moral liberalism, it is almost never brought to reformation. To put it another way, a church that will not take decisive action to remove those who are theological liberals and teaching and believing what is contrary to... Continue Reading