“I will be governed by our polity, but with the following qualification ….” I met before my presbytery today [May 14] and read the following statement. The response was for a half dozen to applaud and the remainder sat in stunned awe. Dear fellow members and elder commissioners: Since the amendment to our Form of... Continue Reading

God in His goodness gave me that one moment of vindication. It would be nice to have more moments like that, but we have to trust the Lord. He is the One who is ultimately vindicated for His glory. That should be our focus, not our own vindication. Vindication. It’s not something we get to... Continue Reading

Most of Graham’s visitors come through the back door, as it were, arranged by the children as special favors to special friends. As kids, the siblings — Gigi, Anne, Bunny, Franklin, and Ned — bickered ruthlessly, “grumbling, interrupting, slurring each other,” according to their mother’s journals. Now they’re grown, ranging in age from 53 to... Continue Reading

A religious tightrope could separate Mitch Daniels from an attempt to solve the nation’s fiscal problems. If the mainline Protestant enters the presidential race, he could face Mormon, Catholic and evangelical contenders who will battle for religious conservative votes in key states such as Iowa and South Carolina. The primaries would test whether Daniels can... Continue Reading

I…discovered that, in the words of a professor friend of mine, “a lot of academia really sucks, most of it is over-specialized and uninteresting, and higher education is a depressing racket”. Stopping my studies was never really an option for me. Sure, my parents did tell me my senior year of high school that I... Continue Reading

“Live at peace with everyone, do not take revenge” was the entreaty that Apostle Paul made to Christians 2,000 years ago. It’s the same plea that evangelical pastor Alistair Begg made to the church on Sunday. “Ask yourself this question, whether in all honesty, we can say that the picture of whatever is evangelical Christianity... Continue Reading

The “pastor of presidents” and world renowned evangelist Billy Graham was admitted to the hospital Wednesday morning for pneumonia and pulmonary treatment. He is said to be resting comfortably at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., where he was admitted after having trouble breathing. A spokesman for Graham said the 92-year-old evangelist had been put on... Continue Reading

The conservative alternative to libertarianism is necessarily more complex. It is the teaching of classical political philosophy and the Jewish and Christian traditions that true liberty must be appropriate to human nature. The freedom to enslave oneself with drugs is the freedom of the fish to live on land or the freedom of birds to... Continue Reading

It was a big week for Lookout Mountain’s David Caines. He was named president of Kenco Logistics. Then on Sunday night it was announced that his family won the top $100,000 prize on “America’s Funniest Home Videos” on ABC TV. (Editor’s Note: David is the son of PCA Minister J. Render Caines of Covenant PC,... Continue Reading

Barbara Bush, Pope John Paul II, and Olympiad are bursting forth in magnificent color before my very eyes. I sit on our front porch, seeing my reflection in the iPad screen, squinting to see the words I am writing, because of glare (We should have upgraded to the anti-glare model, I think to myself), and... Continue Reading