As for Fifty Shades of Grey, while it is in many ways like Playboy for men, there are motivating factors for women that are very different than a man’s for pornography. I think that understanding the reason that so many women are flocking to this book/movie can be a powerful tool to pointing them back... Continue Reading

Let me grant that much of modern “science” is politically correct more than verifiably true. But with that said, to put vaccines in the same category as macro-evolution and global warming climate-change is to ignore basic evidence. Measles used to ravage the world, and now it has practically been eliminated because of a vaccine. To... Continue Reading

About once a year, someone will write a lengthy, semi-disgusted post about the awful state of modern worship. Like a prosecuting attorney making closing arguments, they will systematically list why they can’t sing at church anymore. These posts inevitably get passed around, and the author receives a bunch of virtual high-fives from other disgruntled worshipers... Continue Reading

Well-ordered church polity allows for congregational election of elders and this should be a check on the ability of the pastor to appoint Yes Men.  Yet everyone knows that there is a certain culture and psychology to churches.  In some places, the pastor can be treated like a dog, in others like a god.  The... Continue Reading

Yes, some offenses require repentance before granting forgiveness, but there are other offenses that must be overlooked if we are to survive in any relationship (1 Peter 4:8; Prov. 10:12; 12:16; 19:11). But when to do what?   “When you have been sinned against you have two options: to either lovingly cover or lovingly confront.” (Jim... Continue Reading

How should Christians respond to this latest phase of the LGBT revolution? The short answer is that we have to speak the truth in love (Eph. 4:15). Contrary to editorialists at The New York Times, we must insist that truth and love are not enemies but friends (Ps. 85:10). That means that we can dissent... Continue Reading

When ministry leaders disqualify themselves from ministry, we should seek their removal from leadership out of love for God and His church, and for the sake of spreading the gospel of Christ. But when fallen ministry leaders are not seeking to serve in leadership, we should seek to cover their sins in order to help them... Continue Reading

Sadly, it has been ages since our education system has equipped us and our children to weigh moral arguments. It’s not only easier on our brains to stick with sentiment, it’s what most of us have been trained to do, and so it’s habitual. Slapping labels such as “mean” or “nice,” “hater” or “war on... Continue Reading

Basically, the idea of two kingdoms is a modest one. It says that God rules over everything in His Creation. There are two primary aspects of that rule – the world and His church. While these aspects are not mutually exclusive, God ordinarily rules the affairs of the church in a way that is different... Continue Reading

Ryrie famously reduced dispensationalism to three essentials, which he reiterated in the later revision to his book, retitled Dispensationalism. Thesesine qua non include the following. First, dispensationalism “keeps Israel and the church distinct.” Second, this distinction arises from “a system of hermeneutics that is usually called literal interpretation.” Third, God’s underlying purpose in the world consists not... Continue Reading