“In each chapter, Kapic takes these rich truths and connects them to the everyday questions and realities sufferers know well. As someone who has watched family members struggle with long-term pain, and personally dealt with chronic joint and muscle issues for the last seven years, I’m profoundly grateful for this work.”   Seasons of prolonged... Continue Reading

“The truth is that God gave kids parents because they don’t have enough sense to raise themselves. So, why in the world do we give their feelings so much power in our homes? Stop the insanity, y’all. You are the parent. You know what is best.”   If you have kids of most any age,... Continue Reading

These are two very different stories but at the root they are about people who are fighting for life. Charlie Gard’s parents want him to have every possible chance to survive and yet they are being told that because a ventilator may cause pain it should be removed. This is despite the fact that, according... Continue Reading

Mattson essentially accuses conservative Christians of succumbing to the Satanic offer of worldly dominion that Jesus rejected. But is the Religious Left absolved for grasping political power because its agenda is reputedly more generous? Do religious liberals ever err in their promotion of ever larger more powerful government? When did Jesus, or the Apostles or... Continue Reading

Before the Reformation, education was the privilege of only wealthy aristocrats and priests, but the reformers argued that it should be made available to all. Their schools were the first to educate girls and saw the importance of developing the potential of every child for the glory of God. The later reformers like John Calvin... Continue Reading

Since 1810, U.S. postal law had called for the transportation of the mails without regard to the day of the week, and it required postmasters to open their offices on every day of the week. While this issue may appear inconsequential to Americans in a 24/7 society in which personal electronics and social media provide... Continue Reading

“My faith needs to be so deeply ingrained in me that it informs every situation, every decision, every discussion. And, when that happens, before I know it I have spent a large part of my day with the kids just naturally talking about what the Christian life is all about, who Jesus is, and what... Continue Reading

From the Federal Council of Churches in 1908, to the Manhattan Declaration in the present day, it’s the exact same story: Redefine Christianity so that faith in the Christ of Scripture and/or the Gospel of Scripture is unnecessary, so that you can partner with enemies of the Gospel who call themselves Christians, form a large... Continue Reading

When we gather for public worship, we do so primarily as citizens of a universal body of believers, as citizens of the heavenly city, whose builder and maker is God (Heb 11:10). That is why in rightly ordered Reformed and Presbyterian churches one does not see national flags in the auditorium. Like Hoeksema and the... Continue Reading

Monastic life is a life marked by doors. There is a door to the Refectory, to the Calefactory, to the Church, and to one’s cell. One enters monastic life by passing through the door of the Enclosure.  Yet, there is no door in the monastery the monk must pass through which will cleanse the monk... Continue Reading