The Biblical view of the Cross does engage hearts, minds and the thinking of our culture. It challenges and it goes far deeper than the cheap, superficial and shallow applications of Chalkes version of the Cross. Nothing challenges our culture like the Cross. It is offensive to our culture. Chalkes message on the other hand... Continue Reading

Stare Decisis is a perfectly fine and efficient principle when considering a hierarchical judiciary. It prevents lower courts from “going rogue,” and answering the questions of a case contrary to the opinion of a superior court. It would be a chaotic system, for example, in which the Supreme Court decided corporate speech is free speech (Citizens... Continue Reading

“If loneliness can lead to pornography use, and pornography use may bring about or intensify loneliness, these circular linkages may create a vicious cycle, pulling the user even further from health-promoting relationship connections.”   Quality relationships and close social connections are associated with decreased mortality risk for all causes.1 Yet among teens, loneliness, isolation, despair,... Continue Reading

If you had to go into physical combat, who would you want to lead you? Would you want someone from Delta Force, the Navy SEALs, or Marine Force Recon, or would you settle for a recruit who has not yet finished basic training? The answer is clear, easy, and obvious. Going into physical combat requires... Continue Reading

Progressives are quick to condemn all sorts of behavior they see in the world around them, while insisting Bible-believing Christians are wrong when they do so. So in the debate over same-sex marriage, for example, notice that we hear very few progressives say things like, “Well, we just don’t know the answer here. We can’t be... Continue Reading

The sign of the rainbow is not a sign of the exclusive sexual progressive agenda – it is a sign of God’s covenant not to destroy the earth with a flood again.  It is a covenantal sign of a covenant keeping God.  We ain’t handing over a Christian sign to the Regressive anti-Christians.   Please.... Continue Reading

The liberal critics of Trumpian evangelicals don’t really want that. What they may think is that voting for Hillary was the Christian thing to do. The hitch there is that committing Christianity to any political party or candidate is to go back before liberal politics separated religion from government, when the king was head of... Continue Reading

Journalists listen! “Evangelical” is a spiritual-theological identity not tied to any nation-state or political party or ideology! It exists throughout the world and there are more evangelicals in Africa than in the U.S.! Please stop treating evangelicalism as if it were the Republican Party at prayer. It is not and cannot be that!   A... Continue Reading

In yet another narrow decision, this one titled, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, the high court last week struck down a 2015 California law that forces pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to advertise abortions. These are centers established for the very purpose of not doing abortions and for providing an alternative to abortion. The California... Continue Reading

When Belgau argues that same-sex desire is not sinful, he is being a good Roman Catholic. But he is also articulating a viewpoint that is at odds with the Reformed tradition and, more importantly, with scripture. The Bible teaches that our desires—all of them, voluntary or involuntary—are morally implicated. Desire is teleological, and its moral... Continue Reading