My larger point here is that the passing of Driscoll and Mars Hill from their place of prominence means that the days of YRR as a popular movement are over. Mark Driscoll, once so cool and fresh is now just the opposite. Misbehavior that only a few years ago seemed to be a rather enviable... Continue Reading

To be honest, I wasn’t sure exactly where I was going. At one point I remember having to look up our city on a map. Also, it would be another several years before we would be ready to go. We had years of seminary training left—among other things. Even in the midst of uncertainty, tentative... Continue Reading

This is why I said in my previous post that Gushee is an example of an ex-evangelical. It is very clear that the decisive influence over his change of heart was not scripture but his experiences. Evangelicals believe that the Bible is the norm that is not normed by any other norm. Nevertheless, Gushee says... Continue Reading

In changeable earthly circumstances peace is elusive. Tomorrow’s session meeting might radically change the life of a pastor’s wife, and there’s often little she can do about it. Pray for the pastor’s wife that her peace would come not from an outwardly settled  situation but from an unchanging God. “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind... Continue Reading

The Christian life is a life-long battle against sin. Many people would like to pretend or teach otherwise. In fact, some people would look at what has been written so far in this post and scream “legalism!” But it’s not legalistic; it’s reality. Those of us who love the Lord and have been called to... Continue Reading

Yes, human beings can make errors of interpretation because of intellectual and moral incompetence, but they are errors precisely because Scripture embodies truth and has a fixed, true meaning against which error can be judged. God has spoken, His Word is truth, and it is the church’s responsibility to regulate her speech in light of... Continue Reading

The State of Israel needs to reconsider its interpretation of Judaism from the rabbinical tradition of Rabbi Akiva and acknowledge that there may be another earlier Judaism that authoritatively interprets their history from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David and Isaiah. The current orthodox Rabbinical views are certain to result in a deadly confrontation with the... Continue Reading

Dr. James Montgomery Boice, before his death, lamented his concern that the church was being enticed “to do the Lord’s work in the world’s way.” We try to transfer principles of success drawn from Madison Avenue and from other secular institutions and imitate them in the life of the church. Such a process is deadly.  ... Continue Reading

“Ultimately, the only answer for our tendency to become celebrity Christian wannabes is constant repentance and faith in Christ for salvation, sanctification, and growth in Him. We must decrease and he must increase. So long as Christ is exalted, we should be satisfied in Him (Phil. 4:11-13).”   In pastoral ministry, writing, social media, and... Continue Reading

“Scripture was not given for the benefit of you or me alone. Instead, it was given for the benefit of the Church, throughout history and throughout the world. Consequently, we ought to read Scripture together as a Church. The Church as a body has centuries of experience of reading the Word, of immersing itself in... Continue Reading