“Christians are in the world in the sense that they occupy the same space, go to the same markets and interact in the same society as non-Christians. They are not people who form their own sub-cultures or ghettos to avoid the world.”   Near the end of His earthly ministry, Jesus prayed to the Father... Continue Reading

“It also makes me wonder if it is time to abolish the anachronistic distinction in sport between men’s (sic) and women’s (sic) competitions. Given that this rests upon outdated cisgender and heteropatriarchal categories, the very existence of such would seem to go well beyond a mere microaggression and to be a rather hate-filled and oppressive... Continue Reading

“Over the years, however, the message being preached in some of the largest churches in the world has changed—indeed, a new gospel is being taught to many congregations today. This message has been ascribed many name, such as the “name it and claim it” gospel, the “blab it and grab it” gospel, the “health and wealth”... Continue Reading

“The Bible categorizes homosexual sin differently than it does heterosexual sin.  While both are contrary to God’s law, only homosexuality is contrary to nature in such a way that it is inherently perverse and shameful. “   I am grateful to Sean Lucas for pointing out via facebook an excellent article by David Prince, answering... Continue Reading

“The suggestion that Scripture doesn’t condemn modern homosexuality is one component of the controversy surrounding Weatherly Heights Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ala., and its alleged approval of same-sex unions. Weatherly Heights pastor David Freeman asserted in a 2013 sermon that “the Bible does not address” “adult, loving, monogamous, same-sex relationships.”   It’s common for proponents... Continue Reading

The Supreme Court thought it was settling the question of abortion in Roe. Instead, a political and cultural movement grew up around the pro-life cause, and over the course of 40 years, the argument over abortion has continued in the courts and legislatures and at the ballot box. Which is why the gay-marriage movement wants... Continue Reading

The same people who first claimed only to only want tolerance of their behavior will allow no toleration for other views. Will a physician be forced to perform an artificial insemination for a lesbian couple? Will a lawyer be forced to take a case defending gay marriage? Lawyers are already losing their “traditional prerogative to... Continue Reading

Today’s progressives ought to put down Alinsky and pick up Voltaire or Mill or Jefferson. If they did, they might even come around to George Washington’s attitude on all of this (quoted by Ian McEwan): “If the freedom of speech is taken away then, dumb and silent, we may be led like sheep to the... Continue Reading

Will you trust in faulty man-provided lights? Will you walk according to the counsel of the ungodly, the admonition of the pagan psychologist, the pressure of peers, the philosophies of this present age, the mystic teachings of spiritualists, the doctrines of false religious teachers, or the fickle and double-minded whims of your own flesh and... Continue Reading

While it is very useful in the civic sphere for those who share common cause on matters such as abortion and homosexuality to stand together, if we ignore the different reasons which lie behind this common front, we risk reducing Christianity to a mere social ethic. For myself, I am pro-life because I am a... Continue Reading