“Just as Adam’s disobedience constituted us sinners, worthy of death, so Jesus’ obedience constitutes us righteous, worthy of eternal life (Rom 5.12-21). Accordingly, Jesus’ resurrection manifests our justification. Jesus’ resurrection is the divine sentence that follows from the divine verdict that declares us righteous.”   According to Carl Braaten, the gospel’s claim that God raised... Continue Reading

“The reason many corporations, members of the media, and ten thousands angry tweeters do not feel the need to examine the arguments for religious freedom is because they don’t think any rational arguments can be made in this instance. Traditional views about marriage are so 1990’s and so obviously immoral that anyone holding such views... Continue Reading

“In general, however, I do not think the church should seek to be combative in the area of performing godly marriages.  We would want the state to recognize biblical, Christian marriages as a way of positively serving the society in which we live.”   Here is another question that did not get answered in the... Continue Reading

“The Starbucks’ initiative reminds us that every man-made solution to the racial divide will fail, and every sociological explanation of racism will be incomplete. But the Gospel of Jesus Christ will succeed in rightly diagnosing the fundamental problem and offering the fundamental solution: namely, the reconciliation of all things in Christ.”   With good intentions,... Continue Reading

“It’s nice to be liked. But it also comes with temptation – that of focusing all the church’s work on things that will engender the world’s approval. A hundred years ago, social gospel Christians began to suggest that service and aid, not evangelism, should encompass all of a believer’s missionary responsibility. Thus began one of... Continue Reading

“How do you make music that feels authentically Christian and authentically hip hop at the same time, when so many of the messages commonly heard in hip hop are at odds with a Christian worldview that opposes violence, substance abuse, and promiscuity?”   “We don’t challenge any heresy in the church!” John Perkins declared at... Continue Reading

“It is my fear that most Christian parents do not recognize that before a child can even comprehend facts, his affections and imagination are already being shaped. In fact, I would suggest that most Christian parents never really even consider the moral imaginations of their children.”   Yesterday I had the opportunity to present a... Continue Reading

“One of the difficulties in this discussion, from a conservative perspective, is that the definition of “common sense” and “compromise” on these issues has shifted so rapidly in such a short time: Positions taken by, say, the president of the United States and most Democratic politicians a few short years ago are now deemed the purest... Continue Reading

“Let the Redeemed consider the many blessings granted us through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ! Among them is our adoption as sons and daughters of God. We are in the family—heirs of the Father and co-heir with Christ!”   There is a story of a man whose teenage son is brutally murdered... Continue Reading

“Ironically, the real victims of “discrimination” under the new cultural regime of intolerance are politically and economically uninfluential small business owners lacking the resources and connections of their elitist opponents who wish to squash them and silence their faith convictions.”   The media and corporate intimidation aimed at Indiana and Arkansas over their Religious Freedom... Continue Reading