Maybe dressing down is effective outreach for audiences unaccustomed to church formality. But most in these same audiences probably still dress up for weddings, funerals, graduations and events they regard as significant. Evidently worship no longer counts as that significant to merit respectful dress. It once was a redeeming quality for traditional once Mainline Protestant... Continue Reading

The contraception mandate “directly compels plaintiffs, through the threat of onerous penalties, to undertake actions that their religion forbids,” Cogan wrote. “There is no way that a court can, or should, determine that a coerced violation of conscience is of insufficient quantum to merit constitutional protection.”   Yesterday, Judge Brian Cogan of the United States... Continue Reading

Wingard has been serving as the Senior Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Huntsville, Ala., since 2005. He also served churches in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Massachusetts…. He received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., a Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School, and a Doctor of... Continue Reading

So why highlight it? First, because it will help us to spot these characteristics when dealing with others who have fallen into public sin and scandal. Sadly, there are predictable patterns to these things that we’d do well to acquaint ourselves with so that we are not duped.  And second, because we can use it... Continue Reading

Camping was once well-regarded in among evangelicals, both for his encyclopedic knowledge of Scripture and his radio network. But in the late 1980s, when he began teaching that churches had strayed from the Bible embracing a false doctrine, he lost much previous support. He also discouraged his listeners from joining a church, saying modern churches... Continue Reading

“We are not a couple of people who are interested, per se, in being political pawns. I have never called myself an ‘ex-gay,’ though other people have called me that. But, then again, people have called me a lot of things, on account of the fact that I left homosexuality a few years back and... Continue Reading

When we encountered God’s sovereignty and outworking of salvation in our Scripture reading, we had no systematic teaching that informed us of the doctrines of grace. We had no covenantal understanding of God’s promises. Thankfully, we did have a firm grip on the inerrancy of Scripture, and though I didn’t have a theological term for... Continue Reading

No disrespect to doctors, but sometimes people heave health issues that will not be solved by prescription pills. Sometimes, people have to seek alternative methods to determine and then cure what ails them (and yes, great care and discernment are needed here), which is what we eventually did. And sometimes, the Lord in His mysterious... Continue Reading

Rev. Terry O. Traylor, 64, a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America, died on Thursday, December 12, 2013 of an apparent heart attack. Terry had served as the Senior Pastor of New Life PCA in Glenside, Penn., a suburb of Philadelphia, until September. He left that position to become a Church Planting Coordinator with... Continue Reading

“It is a shame that a Christian publisher would cite ‘market standards’ when there are biblical standards to go by,” Throckmorton said. “Christian publishers should aspire to more than mere industry standards.” At least one Christian publisher said Driscoll’s books do not even rise to that low bar.   Accusations of plagiarism surrounding Seattle megachurch... Continue Reading