We don’t run away, so we get points for that. We are here, day and night, surviving the spills and the vomit, and sometimes even cleaning it up. Sure, we may not have chore charts that accomplish anything positive, or chore charts at all, or chores at all. We might just throw things into the... Continue Reading

If we associate God’s presence with a particular experience or emotion, what happens when we no longer feel it? We search for churches whose praise band, orchestra, or pipe organ produce in us the feelings we are chasing. But the reality of God in our lives depends on the mediation of Christ not on subjective... Continue Reading

As the Church, the Body of Christ, we should be especially aware of the problem of domestic violence. Not only should we care about the problem at large but we should also be sensitive and alert to those in our Body who have been or who are being hurt and abused. For as Paul said, we are... Continue Reading

The doctrine of imago Dei teaches that every human being, every man and woman, every boy and, yes, every girl is made in God’s image, destined to reflect His character and to represent Him on this earth. Our core identity comes from God’s identity. Pay attention: imago Dei is not simply a starting point for other... Continue Reading

If we want to have all the children in our worship services, we must make it accessible–even desirable–for young children to be in the service instead of children’s church. We must help our congregation to be welcoming and thankful for the presence of children–rather than being bothered by them. The pastor must be the cheerleader for... Continue Reading

A celebrity is one who seeks fame. A popular leader is one who has fame thrust upon him. For the former, fame is a goal. To the latter, fame is an undesirable but understandable effect of faithfulness. Celebrity pastors seek platforms. Popular pastors know platforms collapse easily under the weight of human glory, so they... Continue Reading

I am fully aware of the logic of the closed communion position. It has a certain force of moral clarity to it. If we believe that baptism is only the immersion of believers, then let’s act like it! However, in this matter I choose to give clear expression to catholicity. If I believe that my... Continue Reading

Offering advice to parents with children in college right now, George discusses the weakening intellectual rigor and moral decay dominating most American campuses. In this interview, he asks parents to be vigilant and says, “no credential is worth having your child indoctrinated into some secular liberal ideology and away from the faith of his family.”... Continue Reading

In other words, we exist “to glorify God BY enjoying Him forever” and we “enjoy God BY glorifying Him forever.” To be more precise, they are saying when we are embracing our created, redeemed, and sustained ‘responsibility’ “to glorify God” we will “enjoy God” and when we “enjoy God” we will instinctively and increasingly “glorify... Continue Reading

Paul says that God, having begun His work in our lives, “will bring it” to completion. This indicates that God not only guarantees the completion of our salvation, but is actively involved in the believer’s life to bring this to pass. God works in our lives in the way a craftsman works to finish a... Continue Reading