The adoption thesis must be abandoned, as it denies that Christ was the Son of God by virtue of the hypostatic union at the moment of conception. Instead, it inaccurately suggests that he who is already the personal Son was somehow adopted into sonship. If this were true, the Father’s love for the Son would... Continue Reading

Members of A4MR desire less division in the PCA. That is a good and worthy aim. But when vague accusations about extremes and the need for renewal are put forward without definition, it is worth asking a harder question. Are they willing to look in the mirror and consider whether their own rhetorical approach is... Continue Reading

That word “justice” seems to have drawn them to it. With some people it has a mesmerizing quality. Tell them that justice requires this or that, and they rush to do it without further thought. There is such a desperation to be “on the right side of history” or “part of something bigger than oneself,”... Continue Reading

We live in a time in which your generation has grown up in a totally different environment from those of us who are older, who sought to remain knowledgeable of and true to over two thousand years of biblical understanding of the need to maintain the moral purity of the church by its shepherds and... Continue Reading

I seriously question the usefulness of public debates. I would much rather pick up a book and read a reasoned, researched, and well-written case for a proposition rather than watch a debate. This is especially so on social media. Read the comments section on your typical blog and the debate usually spirals out of control... Continue Reading

Communications and travel have “flattened” out the world, so that streaming video conferencing and frequent travel by supporters and missionaries has made the strange much more accessible and less foreboding. Familiarity breeds contempt and lessens the bar of commitment.  Satellite TV and the internet have also familiarized the world in other ways, most of which... Continue Reading

In a world of digital shadows, we are forced to return to something more substantial. If you find yourself skeptical of the “evidence” you see on your screen, I invite you to reconsider the costly, blood-bought testimony of the Apostles. Their foundation is one that cannot be edited, deleted, or devalued because they were there,... Continue Reading

Both causal and logical slippery slope considerations are legitimate when constructed properly, and both play a critical role in providing clarity on weighty moral issues.   Slippery slope arguments are a form of reasoning that links one way of thinking to an unintended consequence that’s likely to follow. With moral issues, if a behavior seems... Continue Reading

Tell the whole story, and both ditches lose their appeal. The covenant was never about tribal pride. It was about Christ. And Christ is still gathering a people, from Israel and from the nations, into one redeemed family.   Right now, if you scroll long enough through conservative Christian feeds, you will see two very... Continue Reading

Gad Saad urges ordinary people to stop being bystanders in the battle of ideas and to boldly defend reason, truth, and Western values against the spread of “idea pathogens” like woke ideology and political correctness.   Let me begin with a disclaimer: If you know anything about Gad Saad—and about me—you might be thinking, ‘OK,... Continue Reading