Theologians and church historians have been pushing back against the subordinationism espoused by Drs. Bruce Ware and Wayne Grudem for years. Entire books have been written on the topic. Papers have been published. Moderated debates have been held. But all these efforts have taken place almost exclusively in a corner of the academic world rarely... Continue Reading

In the first place, it should be noted that Jesus asked the woman at the well for a drink of water in order to teach her about her own spiritual thirst and His ability to quench that thirst by means of His redemption. Jesus didn’t simply care about “sharing a drink with her.” He wasn’t... Continue Reading

So how can these minds be altered?  Through preaching!  Spirit-enabled preaching is the chief, God-ordained means of taking alienated minds and transforming them into willing receptacles that learn of God and obey him. One of the great statements regarding preaching, the 155th question and answer of the Westminster Confession of Faith, gives us means of addressing... Continue Reading

The church, not the parachurch or the internet-church or even the university or seminary, ultimately needs to enforce orthodoxy. If there are no ecclesiological structures for doctrinal accountability, then there can be no orthodoxy, only ortho-personality. And if there can be no orthodoxy, there are no guards against heterodoxy, only hetero-personalities. A debate about the... Continue Reading

“We still have freedom of religion in Canada—we can worship with our families, attend church, and hold whichever views we choose to hold. But what the cultural Marxists are attempting to do is to give people a choice in the West: You can be a Christian, or you can be successful.”   I always find... Continue Reading

“They tell us that differences between Christians about the acceptability of same-sex relationships are secondary issues and the Church should therefore follow a ‘Third Way’ which maintains unity in contrast to, on the one hand, the liberal insistence on homosexual practice as a right and, on the other, the historic understanding that this is an... Continue Reading

We’re not dealing here with a question of whether speaking in tongues is for today or whether Christians are required to tithe or whether Jesus is coming before the tribulation. We’re dealing with redefining the very meaning of marriage and claiming that a behavior that is plainly condemned in the Old and New Testaments —... Continue Reading

Let us never forget that America was originally a nation defined as a confederation of states.  Most of these states were officially Christian.  Church steeples still permeate the landscape of America as a witness to the influence of Christianity in this country.  Therefore, there is nothing wrong in preaching from the pulpit that the promises... Continue Reading

It also means more hopefully that, despite our anxiety and listlessness in the midst of this contemporary sexual revolution, the Church, dutifully sanctified and reformed by and according to Holy Scripture, may in fact be in a position to survive this cultural upheaval with something to say, both to it and to herself, as the Church. She may yet... Continue Reading

The problem with this investment in happiness is that the kitten has become a lion—and a hungry one at that. We have developed such a generation of happiness addicts that they can’t cope with criticism or real debate—Generation Snowflake, as one writer called them. We are so committed to the happiness project that we are... Continue Reading