Singing to the Risen Son: A History of Christian Hymns
The early church realized that their theology of Christ had to be equal to their devotion to Christ in worship
In the early second century, the Roman governor Pliny the Younger described a group of Christians singing “a hymn to Christ as to a god.” This impulse to sing to Christ as God only multiplied in the centuries that followed. Soon, Christians sang hymns to mark times of the day, to combat heresy, to distill... Continue Reading
Are We All Cainites Now?
As a culture, we demand justice, but with no fear of God in our hearts.
Paraphrasing the words of cultural commentator and theologian David Wells, our society has rapidly lost moral altitude. We’re not merely morally disengaged, adrift, and alienated; we’re morally obliterated. We’re not only morally illiterate; we’ve become morally vacant. The onset of this spiritual rot has come so rapidly that many would say that we’re in a moral... Continue Reading
Who is King: Christ or Caesar?
Most folks prefer to worship Caesar rather than God.
Too often whatever government rulers told the people to do, they would do it, no questions asked. They made the state absolute, even though the biblical Christian knows it has only delegated authority and limited power. Consider the almost complete silence of Christian leaders concerning the closures of houses of worship, and severe restrictions on... Continue Reading
Were The Christian Abolitionists Wrong?
What’s politics other than the pursuit of justice—or injustice—in society
Just as many people today claim pro-life advocates are one-issue voters who only care about pre-born babies at the expense of others, many people in Wilberforce’s time claimed he was a one-issue politician who only cared about slaves at the expense of others. Ahead of next month’s American election, Christian pro-life advocates are being... Continue Reading
Pro-Life Evangelicals For Abortion?
They might call themselves Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden, but they’re not thinking like Christians.
We Christians have freedom not to vote for anyone, but we do not have freedom to vote for anyone. We Christians have the freedom not to vote for pro-life politicians like Donald Trump, but we do not have freedom to vote for pro-abortion politicians like Joe Biden. If a pregnant woman promised to you... Continue Reading
Is the Evangelical Movement Really “Evangelical”?
This can happen only by a catastrophic failure of leadership.
Too many who would not qualify to serve as deacons or elders in the church by any biblical standard nevertheless hold positions of leadership and influence in the Evangelical Movement. That is evident from wave after wave of moral scandals that have rocked the movement for the past forty years. It is also reflected in the flamboyant... Continue Reading
A Plea To My Evangelical Friends for Biden
How should genuine Christians vote in the up-coming presidential election? A response to a group called “pro-life evangelicals for Biden.”
In thinking of the future of our children and grandchildren, we must ask if a political movement that integrates into its system without difficulty the wholesale slaughter of babies can be represented as a “biblically-shaped ethic.” Abortion is not an efficient solution to unwanted pregnancy. This ethic is shaped by the rejection of God the... Continue Reading
No Families, No Children, No Future
The most important thing that a generation can do is produce the next generation.
Thirty percent of women aged 25 and under have no interest in sex with men. If that does not alarm you as a religious traditionalist or conservative, then you might actually be dead. We absolutely must form right now — not tomorrow, right now — communities that socialize our children into the goodness of marriage and family. The... Continue Reading
Disciplinary Panel Finds Albany Bishop William Love Broke Church Law in Banning Same-Sex Marriages
The panel debated whether Love’s actions had violated church canon law.
“What I tried to do as best I can, by the grace of God, is to be faithful and obedient to that which I believe the Lord has called me to, even though it sometimes can be very difficult, and sometimes it’s not politically correct,” Love said. [Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. William Love,... Continue Reading
A Tale of Two Evangelicalisms
How can those whose theology and spirituality are so similar hold such widely different political opinions?
This demands that Christians, instead of using politics as a theological shibboleth, listen—though of course not uncritically—to what has shaped individual convictions. For behind each conviction lies a story, and knowing it often leads not to consent but to some kind of understanding. But reductionism is always a temptation: to reduce individuals to their political... Continue Reading
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