What if science and Scripture and common sense would have us call it a person? What if the unborn child, the messy infant, the wobbly toddler, the rambunctious teenager, the college freshman, the blushing bride, the first-time mother, the working woman, the proud grammy, and the demented old friend differ not in kind but only... Continue Reading

Most western democracies function with a handicap of extreme political polarization. One extreme or the other comes to power and pushes an agenda that is not influenced by a middle ground. Meaningful solutions to real problems are almost impossible to achieve. Political dialogue everywhere has become harsh and frequently void of substance. This process has... Continue Reading

In short, Larycia Hawkins has managed to combine theological incoherence and empty symbolism with profound insensitivity to Middle Eastern Christians and to many Muslim women—and to do so at Wheaton College of all places! I’m driven to a simple question: What was this bright and capable woman thinking?   By now nearly everyone in the... Continue Reading

I have long come to appreciate that old rural church in which I was raised. Today, many of those old, stodgy saints have gone to be with the Lord. And many of those old, stodgy songs have become my favorites. One in particular reminds me that the Lord’s Table is a blessed invitation to all... Continue Reading

And if there’s one thing I learned through all my immersion in this biblical-worldview subculture, it is this: the world doesn’t give a rip about our biblical-worldview subculture—unless, of course, it affects them personally, or becomes useful to satisfy their appetite for ridicule and mockery. This is especially true of the secular-pluralist world, which prefers... Continue Reading

“The impact of Old Princeton continues, however, through the reprinting of many of the books of Alexander, Hodge, Warfield, Machen, and the other Princetonians.  Charles Hodge’s Systematic Theology was used as a major text in several American seminaries as late as the 1960s.”   On August 12, 1812, people crowded into the Presbyterian Church in... Continue Reading

“Let us look to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith and persistently request his aid to walk worthy of our calling. Today, let us focus more and more on Christ and our neighbor so that we have less time and interest to focus on ourselves.”   Lucifer is a selfish individual. He cares not about giving God... Continue Reading

If you were told that a tiger had gotten into your house, you’d go home from work a bit more carefully, wouldn’t you? You’d approach the door with extreme caution. You’d open the door only having taken multiple precautions. James is calling us to exercise the same care and caution with our tongues.    Every... Continue Reading

How much work are we prepared to do? Do we simply want to let someone do the work for us? As a teacher, I have seen that my students get much more out of the lesson if they have familiarized themselves with the content beforehand. I need to do more work than my students. Teaching... Continue Reading

Don’t we sometimes put God to the friendship test?  God, if you love me, you’ll do this, or you won’t do that.  And just like we do with friends, our sometimes unspoken criteria goes beyond what the Bible tells us to expect of the Lord.  But the more confident believers are that the Lord is... Continue Reading