If we hide pregnancies we hide the dignity, wonder, and beauty of human life. We dehumanize the miracle of life that is the child in the womb. Why would you not want to share that something so wonderful and exciting has happened? By doing so, family and friends can pray for you and the baby.... Continue Reading

While homosexuality clearly involves a sub-culture in America, it is also defined by the Bible in moral terms.  The issue, then, is not whether Bible-believing Christians can accept people from a different sociological sub-culture – we can and indeed are eager to do so – but whether we can accept moral behavior that is specifically... Continue Reading

That’s what strikes me about Lena Dunham’s story. Admittedly, I don’t know anything about her parents other than her Dad’s profession and the fact that, by Dunham’s admission, the spectrum of her behavior regularly included the sorts of things she now probably wishes she never told us about. Therefore, it’s fair to assume that basic... Continue Reading

The three most recent, interrelated novels—Gilead, Home, and Lila, which was released last month—are exquisitely imagined human stories that work out many of the theological themes to which Robinson’s writing returns again and again. It is not quite accurate to describe them as “engag[ing] deeply with the thornier aspects of Calvinist theology,” given that Robinson’s characters—themselves... Continue Reading

The law was originally given to support the institution of marriage. Thus when we’re told by God not to commit adultery in act or in our hearts, he is really telling us that these relations are off limits. But within those limits is the proper place for human sexuality. Within the marriage relationship established by... Continue Reading

Sin promises so much but delivers so little. Sin always amplifies its benefits and minimizes its cost. Sin always aims at the uttermost, always nudging toward utter death and destruction. And yet we love our sin, and secretly harbor it, and grieve to turn aside from it. John Owen has a challenge for you. Before that... Continue Reading

In some cases even the Devil cannot modify common sense.  For example, if you want to lose weight, then you need to reduce your calorie intake.  However, in regard to many issues in the public square today, truth is no longer a matter of common sense.  Truth is a matter of authority.  It’s a matter... Continue Reading

The word “orthos” in “orthodoxy” means “straight,” and the word “heteros” in “heterodoxy” means “other” with an implication of “different.” Accordingly, the real state of the case is that “orthodoxy” means “straight doxy” and “heterodoxy” means “something different from straight doxy”; or, in other words, it means “crooked doxy.”   The following editorial by Dr.... Continue Reading

“By the instrument of faith, this Spirit gives light to our minds concerning the gospel of Jesus Christ and the words of Scripture. This point bears restatement: the Holy Spirit works in us, bringing about this change. The Spirit who gave the prophets and the apostles the Scriptures is the same Spirit who convinces us... Continue Reading

“People critical of discussions on modesty often ask the following question: “Why is the responsibility for keeping the 7th commandment always the girls’?” They make a very good point. In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount the assumption is that you do not have to look lustfully. It is a choice, and a sinful one at that.... Continue Reading