Simple words, but well-timed words. Simple words, but words that carried divine power and authority. I took her words not as advice from a friend, but as instruction and assurance from God. They are, after all, a direct quote from Galatians 6. To me they said, “Yes, it has been a long and trying day. But don’t... Continue Reading

The doctrine of inerrancy becomes useless when men like Wright, Keller, and Waltke let atheists weigh in on what parts of the Bible are acceptable to believe. And while they don’t explicitly deny Scripture, their reinterpretation relegates it to a meaningless text. It is true that not all scholars who take such positions call themselves... Continue Reading

On the other hand, there are many nowadays who seek a pretext to excuse intemperance in the use of external things, and who desire to indulge the lusts of the flesh. Such people take for granted that liberty should not be restricted by any limitations at all; but to this we can never agree. They... Continue Reading

Those who suffer the fallout of “the mommy wars” will be relieved to hear that their suspicions have been confirmed. There are forces at work in this world that are hell-bent against them. But this devilish letter, intercepted by the Ministry of the Defense Against the Dark Forces, reveals that their strategy is coming unhinged.... Continue Reading

The article, Women on Trial: One Observer’s View, generated many comments, both favorable and critical of the article. Below are representative comments. Since some of the authors desired that they not be identified, we have chosen to allow each comment to stand on its own. From the author, Dr. Valerie Hobbs: I am aware that... Continue Reading

For Christians, the biggest differences between old and young earth views stem from our presuppositions. Were high-energy, short term events the dominant shapers of earth’s surface? Or was it low-energy, slow, and gradual? The interpretive differences result mainly from how much emphasis the researcher places on catastrophism (high energy, short duration) versus gradualism (low energy, long... Continue Reading

No matter what his true intentions were, these are Obama’s remarks that we should be discussing. Today one out of five people on our planet live in extreme poverty, more than 800 million people suffer chronically from hunger, and about 160 million children under the age of five are stunted in their physical development. The... Continue Reading

Death for the Christian and the non-Christian alike is the terrible fall-out from the Fall. While Christians should grieve with hope (1Thess. 4:13), even we still grieve. When your non-Christian neighbor experiences a death, you can sympathize with the real horror of a life ended and a relationship severed. What’s more, in a culture where death... Continue Reading

I understand that some good Christians have an underdeveloped eschatology that rarely touches on crucial New Testament themes. But many of these same Christians have a sweet and simple longing for heaven, a commendable confidence that because of Christ they will, in fact, die and go to a better place. Correcting eschatological imbalances is good,... Continue Reading

Let us who serve as pastors not take for granted our times to pray publicly for those we serve. Those pastors who have a gift for extemporaneous speech may be especially susceptible to not giving much preparation or even thought to our public prayers. The time of pastoral prayer can be either “filler” between songs... Continue Reading