That is exactly what Scalia predicted in his dissent to Lawrence when he responded to the majority’s insistence that its decision had no implications for the issue of gay marriage. “Don’t you believe it,” Scalia retorted. “If moral disapprobation of homosexual conduct is ‘no legitimate state interest’… what justifications can there possibly be for denying the benefits... Continue Reading

In these troubling times when we become disheartened by those ruling over us, it is good to know “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.” Proverbs 21:1. Most of us here in the West have never faced serious persecution for obeying Christ,... Continue Reading

Here’s what our children don’t need: to be worshiped. Some parents tend to control and manipulate their children, trying to micro-manage them (guilty!), while others think they do no wrong and spoil and over-indulge them. These can both be symptoms of over-valuing our children to the point of worshiping them or finding our worth and... Continue Reading

Taking risks and working hard is important, but as my professors would always remind us “you can lose your ministry and keep your marriage, but you cannot lose your marriage and keep your ministry”. You don’t realize the weight and busyness of ministry until you’re in it. It’s very easy to neglect the family, and... Continue Reading

The point is, we are not born with an innate ability to love and do good. Scripture, and history, shows the exact opposite to be true. We need to reject the notion that our children are innocent, when Scripture declares it to be otherwise. So we pray to our Father in heaven that the LORD will... Continue Reading

I am having a hard time understanding these guidelines. My influence in the civil sphere has to be non-personal and non-directive? Or I will upset the feminine masculine dynamic? Should we then get rid of women doctors and nurses? I don’t see how one could do that job without being both personal and directive. I’m... Continue Reading

So take heart. You have a one-person extreme makeover team living in you. When you resist temptation you going against the grain of your old sinful habits – and that’s tough. But you are going with the grain of the Holy Spirit. You have his desires, his life, his power – and that makes all... Continue Reading

As I think especially about pastors today, my hope is that when parishioners enter their study they would see a desk piled high with books. And that those parishioners would know that their pastor is a thinker, has a passion for the Word, and is eager to pursue God with his mind, as well as... Continue Reading

“John Calvin once wrote that if we try to think about God without thinking about the Father, Son, and Spirit, then “only the bare and empty name of God flits about in our brains, to the exclusion of the true God.” Quite so, and that means that if we content ourselves with speaking of God... Continue Reading

Are you smarter than a Washington Post reporter? Do you know that “when human life begins” and “when an embryo implants in the uterine wall” are actually not synonymous statements? I bet you did. Or I bet you could figure that out pretty easily.   Last week, Sen. Marco Rubio took some heat for saying... Continue Reading