A Different Kind of Millennial Problem
Some of the reasons I believe millennials have been drawn to our church
“We do not wish to be more conservative, or more liberal, than the Bible. If God had wanted to add things to the Bible or take away hard truths, He would have done so. We have exactly what we have for the most perfect of reasons: the loving providence of God. Neither pharisaical additions nor... Continue Reading
Young, Restless and… Nietzschean?
Ghostwriting is lying, and plagiarism is stealing, and there seems to be a lot of it going around
“For some time now I have been harping on and on about the corrupting effects of celebrity culture on conservative evangelicalism. I think I was wrong: we are not dealing these days with mere celebrities; the ethical transgressions we are witnessing would indicate that we are actually dealing with a form of evangelical Nietzscheanism whereby... Continue Reading
Seven Good Reasons to Stop Breaking the Sabbath Right Now
If you are consumed with secular activities and unwilling to devote merely one day a week to God, you have every reason to be concerned with the state of your soul
“At a time when the Christian church is crying out for more and better leaders, an entire generation of young men and women are infantilizing themselves by not setting the Lord’s Day apart. They constantly choose secular activities over God and their spiritual growth is stunted. For the sake of your church, stop breaking the... Continue Reading
Superheroes In the Pew
My heroes consists by and large of the men and women of my church
“They are the faithful plodders of God’s Kingdom. They love the worship of God and the ministry of His Word. They work long hours in their spheres of labor, in the home and out of the home and yet make it a priority to come to services of worship and the times of prayer. They... Continue Reading
The Culture War’s Sore Winners
Liberals should own up to their culture-war aggressions and success
“Political mobilization depends on a sense of victimhood, grievance and looming apocalypse, so no matter the correlation of forces on a given issue you can be sure that the professional agitators on both sides will have an incentive to inculcate solidarity by insisting that theirs is the heroic, hard-pressed side about to be crushed by... Continue Reading
Life as an “Ordinary” Pastor’s Kid
A response to Barnabas Piper's “seven rules” for meeting pastor’s kids
Back to Barnabas’ article. I was interested to read his take on being a pastor’s kid. Reading his list, though, I realized that I couldn’t relate to his concerns at all. It took me a minute to realize why: I’m not a celebrity pastor’s kid. Apparently it makes a big difference. Over at the Blazing Center,... Continue Reading
Purity and Peacemaking
Thoughts on some of the beatitudes
Some theologians and pastors seem unwilling to suffer for righteousness. As you know there are a number of controversial issues in our day. As I watch ministers or leaders, it seems to me—especially when they are willing to change beliefs that have been maintained for years—that one of the factors is that they do not... Continue Reading
5 Questions and the 5 Solas
Each of the five solas is an answer to a particular question
This is where the five solas came from. These were five statements about the content of the Protestant gospel, and by the end of the 1500’s, these were the terms which identified Protestantism. These five phrases are not an extensive statement on theology, but instead served simply as a way to explain what the content of the... Continue Reading
Ladies, Don’t be Fooled
Women Won in the Hobby Lobby Ruling
If there is such a thing as a “war on women,” it is being launched by “progressives” who view women’s worth according to how much free birth control we attain. Thankfully, our value extends beyond our ability to “family plan.” Women are hardworking, witty, caring and intelligent beings made in the image of our Creator,... Continue Reading
Truth in Mendacity
Isn’t it evident that man is prone towards forming all kinds of false worldviews? False religions? Empty ideologies?
Interestingly, Christianity asserts that the mendacity of mankind tells a tale. For where error is seen in such horrible abundance, there one will also see how fallen and confused sinful humanity truly is, which serves to illuminate one of the most basic tenets of biblical Christianity: The fallenness of man. Man is a very... Continue Reading
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