“As consumers of news, we become quickly bored with a repetition of antiquated news. With our wide tendencies toward A.D.D., we always crave novelty. Many think, the “new is true, the old is mold.” This is what C.S. Lewis labeled ‘chronological snobbery,’ the belief that we who come later in the parade of knowledge automatically... Continue Reading

“We might even be able to agree that the church must identify and keep her metaphorical Big Mac but what ought to strike us is that nowhere in the author’s list of possible candidates are those which ought to be obvious to us: the pure preaching of the gospel, the pure administration of the sacraments,... Continue Reading

“In recognizing our dependence upon God, we don’t necessarily think less of ourselves, rather we think of ourselves less. We do not waste much time assessing how well we have overcome various vices, but simply fix our eyes on Jesus and start focusing on the next vices that need to be overcome — remembering that... Continue Reading

This lack of clarity allows unbiblical ideas and behavior to get traction.  In a liberal church no one stands up, with an open Bible in his hand, and says, “Hey guys, we just don’t say/do things like that around here.  It isn’t biblical.”  That simple clarity just doesn’t exist in such a church.  There is... Continue Reading

Myth #5: Pastors can take vacations at any time. Most people like to take some vacation days around Christmas. That is difficult for many pastors since there are so many church functions at Christmas. And almost every pastor has a story of ending a vacation abruptly to do a funeral of a church member.  ... Continue Reading

Post-evangelicals often present the options as (1) an infallible Bible and an infallible Church, or (2) a correctable Bible and a correctable Church. But if we were to present these options to Jesus or Paul or Moses – or Gregory, Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, Wesley, Spurgeon and the rest – I suspect they would splutter in astonishment and tell us about option (3): an infallible Bible, and... Continue Reading

We’d also be foolish not to recognize that demonizing the police—who are bringing hope in so many communities—has great dangers. We’ve seen it. I’ve seen it. And, coming from a public service family, it disgusts me. Yet, indeed, we do stand at a moment where there is a great danger the police will be demonized... Continue Reading

The cosmology of killing is thus pagan and occultic to its core and originates in the first temptation, that man could be as God and determine good and evil for himself – to be beyond good and evil. The contemporary justification of the killing of the unborn, then, on the sole basis that it sanctions... Continue Reading

The point at which Christian discipleship conflicts with the contemporary world is in the area of sexual morality. It is here that not only does the world tell us that the requirements of discipleship are wrong, but we may not live our lives in accordance with them, making “no provision for the flesh” (Rom 13:14),... Continue Reading

Enjoy God together: Be intentional in taking time together as a family to explore God’s creation. Talk together about all God has done. Study his promises in his word and talk about how he has fulfilled them. Read biographies of missionaries and other heroes of the faith and be amazed at God’s work in his... Continue Reading