Colorado Springs Wife Committed To Taking Care Of Brain-Injured Husband
Injured in a car crash 39 years ago, Larry suffered a severe brain injury. But in sickness and in health his wife remained committed to him.
“When we stood there getting married, I remember the preacher saying ‘For better, for worse; in sickness, in health.’ I was 20 years old and I thought, I wonder what ‘in sickness and in health’ means,” Darnly said. “I thought, he’ll have a stroke in 40 years; I can do that.” Sickness came in nine... Continue Reading
4 Portraits of Gospel-Centered Black Church History: Lemuel Haynes
Lemuel Haynes offers a remarkable example of African American ministerial modeling
“Privately tutored, Haynes became the first African American to be ordained by any religious denomination. Upon ordination, Haynes then served white congregations for more than thirty years. Middlebury College awarded him the master’s degree in 1804, another first for an African American.” 1. A Gospel-Centered Ministry: “The Black Puritan” Lemuel Haynes offers a remarkable... Continue Reading
Without Chests?
A child needs to be trained in an area completely neglected by modern secularists: feeling correctly.
By contrast, modern education pretends to eschew all judgements (except for non-judgementalism), embrace all truths (except exclusive truth), and see all things ‘beautiful in their own way’ (except those who claim that beauty is an objective reality – they find those people ugly). Twelve years of this produces what Lewis calls “Men Without Chests”. That... Continue Reading
Shaping Your Child’s Discipline With Biblical Doctrine
Raising children is a matter of discipleship and good stewardship.
Discipline children with the goal of bringing them to Jesus, the only one who can truly change hearts. Let the Gospel of the cross be your proof to them that Jesus loves imperfect people. Remember that you are not asking them for perfection, but teaching them about the grace of the One who is perfect.... Continue Reading
Death, The Prosperity Gospel and Me
I am 35. A few months ago, I got a call from my doctor’s assistant telling me that I have Stage 4 cancer.
The prosperity gospel has taken a religion based on the contemplation of a dying man and stripped it of its call to surrender all. Perhaps worse, it has replaced Christian faith with the most painful forms of certainty. The movement has perfected a rarefied form of America’s addiction to self-rule, which denies much of our... Continue Reading
In The Light Of Home
What is this earthly, tangible thing called home, and why do we attach such deep emotions to it?
I like to think that our lives are burned into places like the negative of a photograph. The film is not the story, but it is the carrier of the story. Imagine if we could take this earth into a photographer’s dark room and develop it. What stories we would see there, carved by light... Continue Reading
Old Princeton: Archibald Alexander’s Letters to the Aged
Rev. Alexander’s last letters close with getting closer to eternity
May the Good Lord grant we who are younger with deeper appreciation that, The hoary head is a crown of glory and the beauty of old men is the gray head (Proverbs 16:31; 20:29). For, as Rev. Alexander writes in Letter One, “There is something peculiarly lovely as well as venerable in the silvery locks... Continue Reading
My Indebtedness to the Puritans
As a theologian I have read a lot of books about the teachings of the Bible, but none affect me more than the writings of the Puritans, and its parallel movement in the Netherlands
The Puritans not only commended love, but called Christians to excel in love with godly zeal. Oliver Bowles said zeal “is a holy ardor kindled by the Holy Spirit of God in the affections, improving a man to the utmost for God’s glory, and the church’s good.” My life has been profoundly shaped and... Continue Reading
Why the Media Need to Stop Hounding Dan Walker
Christian TV presenter Dan Walker has been criticised in the media this week for believing that God created the world. David Robertson responds
Why did the Daily Mail, Times, Independent and Telegraph (amongst others) run lengthy articles about Mr Walker? Is Dan the first Transgender presenter? Is he the secret love child of one of the Royals? No. It’s worse than that – he’s a Christian! And not just a Christian, but a Baptist Christian. Even worse than... Continue Reading
Top Generals: Women Should Register For the Draft
Top Army and Marine generals testified that women should be required to register for the draft now that the Pentagon has lifted exemptions for women from ground combat.
The Selective Service question came during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee about how the services would begin to integrate women into combat units and training programs for combat-related jobs. The sometimes contentious hearing also exposed the reluctance of Marine Corps leaders to bring women into certain demanding infantry, armor, and special operations... Continue Reading
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