Mid-winter always seems to be a time when homeschooling families find themselves in the doldrums, often second-guessing their curriculum choices, if not their homeschooling decision, and thumbing through the pages of their fresh new calendars, wishing for summer! If this is you, maybe its time to take inventory and do some pre-spring cleaning in your... Continue Reading

We need to teach the Bible, equipping women to understand it on their own. Because that is the thing that can’t be taken from them. Frankly, a lot of the traditional women’s Bible studies in evangelical churches do NOT do this. Pastors and elders, I hope you will actually open one or two of the... Continue Reading

We’re not trying to be meanies. Really. We just think the triune God is a non-negotiable. We also believe the canon of Scripture closed with the death of the Apostle John, meaning Muhammad’s revelation misses the deadline by half a millennium. And since the Apostle Paul told us not to believe anyone, “not even an... Continue Reading

Lord, will water baptism be a sign of the same thing as circumcision? (Col. 2:11-12). Yes, Abraham, it too will be a sign, not of faith but of my promise to faith.  As my servant Peter will later proclaim in Jerusalem on the day you long to see: “For the promise is for you and... Continue Reading

“When spiritual battles take place in our thoughts, praise be to God that we have everything we need to fight those battles – perfect gifts given to us by our good Father who loves us – the Bible and the Holy Spirit that teaches and transforms, our ability to pray and be prayed for, and... Continue Reading

“Among other things, three key events occurred at Mount Sinai: the LORD’s glory was revealed to Moses, the plans for the tabernacle were laid out, and the Law was given. On the Mount of Transfiguration, we see analogies to each of these.”   In my previous post, I introduced my exploration of the significance of... Continue Reading

“Secularity thus defined became indispensable for the achievements of science and technology in modern times, and contemporary societies would be intolerable without these achievements. However, one must not therefore conclude that the secular discourse has completely pushed out all religious discourses.”   As reported in Catholic Education Daily on December 7, 2015, there is a... Continue Reading

“To be fair to Mr. Lucas, conceiving of the mystery of life in a dramatically plausible way is no small task.  The poets of old balked at it.  And yet like so many of his generation, modern technology has made the path of wonder look so easy, so mundane.  Technological advance has fostered the vain... Continue Reading

Abusers, as our reader points out, rarely work their evil spells of abuse in public. At least not so as the uninformed would notice. They put on the fine, pious, “christian” facade in front of an audience and save their raging / viciousness / silent treatment for later at home or in the car. They... Continue Reading

Notice the focus of these verses. Being chaste is not about “saving yourself” for a spouse, or having great married sex, or following some kind of approved formula. It’s about setting a godly example for others of a faithful and self-controlled Christian life.   In light of my previous post on Purity Culture, I want to delve a... Continue Reading