A blog called Desperate Preacher lists real-life horror stories of living in a parsonage. I never experienced desperation when I inhabited church-owned manses,* which were in the United States and abroad. But, I do feel that if a ministry family has the option of buying, rather than living in a manse, they should consider it. Having your own... Continue Reading

Biola president Dr. Barry Corey, pictured right, has issued a public letter of apology for retaliatory actions staff members of his Christian university took against pro-life student Diana Jimenez in June for showing graphic images of abortion on campus: For actions on our part that were perceived to be heavy-handed and retaliatory, I have apologized... Continue Reading

This law means that convictional Christians in New Jersey may no longer participate in these professions without compromising their faith. It also means that children with unwanted same-sex attraction will have no help from licensed counselors. Christians and other people of faith in New Jersey have just had their marginalization ensconced in law.   Governor... Continue Reading

While most pro-life work focuses on women in crisis pregnancies and their decision to keep or abort the baby, fewer Christians seem involved with helping women after they decide to have the baby. Megan said once she had Ethan, life as she knew it really did end: She’s had to shift her focus from her... Continue Reading

“The issue is that he has championed the church’s official position against homosexuality,” Dartmouth junior Andrew Longhi wrote in a blog post on The Huffington Post website. “The tendency to discriminate against (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people is so diametrically opposed to how I understand faith and religion that selecting a ‘social conservative’ to this post baffles... Continue Reading

If we believe like Carey, are we as zealous for God being glorified in the salvation of the heathen as he was? If theology motivated him, and we believe Carey’s theology, then our zeal and passion should be in his likeness as well. True Calvinists–Carey’s Calvinists and even John Calvin’s Calvinists–will seek the world with the... Continue Reading

Fox reported, “She said, ‘Sgt. Monk, I need to know if you can, as my first sergeant, if you can see discrimination if somebody says that they don’t agree with homosexual marriage.'” Having witnessed the commander’s ire regarding the instructor, Monk declined to answer. He also understood Air Force policy demands silence from homosexual detractors.... Continue Reading

The RTS Board of Trustees has elected Dr. J. Ligon Duncan, III, as chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary. Duncan is currently the John E. Richards professor of systematic and historical theology at RTS in Jackson, Miss., and the senior minister of historic First Presbyterian Church (1837), where he has served for the past 17... Continue Reading

“Abigail loved Christ with all her heart, and we know that she is with him now,” he posted Wednesday. “While we are left here in grief and sorrow, we cling to Christ’s promises that Abigail is now where he has wiped away every tear and where there will be no more death or sorrow or... Continue Reading

Well-meaning folks are eager to get a Reformed Black man into leadership and help them become more multi-ethnic and multi-cultural. But these sincere offers are sincerely misguided. Most people present me with leadership positions having only just met me. They have no idea what my biblical qualifications, or skills or reputation are. They simply see... Continue Reading