Gender cultural and political polarization is creating legitimately incompatible views of the good life that make marriage impossible. If men wants the white picket fence life and the women want to be focused on career ambitions, that’s going to be hard to reconcile. While compromise is inevitable to get and stay married, some divides are... Continue Reading

Secularism, far from transcending sectarianism and violence, is responsible for some of the most heinous, murderous regimes this planet has ever witnessed. Indeed, though many of its adherents argue that secularism is objective and indifferent, it “carries normative assumptions and frames of reference” that evince its own peculiar paradigm.   More than a decade ago,... Continue Reading

Smith calls the Synod’s action a “narrowly dogmatic decision.” He wants the University to say that “these are the sorts of questions on which Reformed Christians disagree and therefore room should be made for such disagreements at a Reformed Christian university. This doesn’t compromise our Reformed Christian identity.”   James K. A. Smith, professor of... Continue Reading

When the culture, weary of chaos, begins to grope back toward its outer-boundary natural law violations, evangelicalism will fumble unless we relearn the value of nature. We must be able to affirm the goodness of maleness and femaleness, the goodness of hierarchy and authority, the goodness of limits, the good of the family, the good... Continue Reading

The EU Executive must remember that al-Sharaa, to whom they have recently pledged to send millions of euros, was the leader of ISIS’ Syrian offshoot, Jabhat al-Nusra…. The EU Commission must take action to help stop the ongoing massacres targeting Alawites and Christians and help create a safe haven for those persecuted minorities in Syria.   ... Continue Reading

In the rest of Iraq, there is a claim that people are free in regard to religion, but this is not the reality. But in Kurdistan, there is much interest in guaranteeing religious freedom. He focused on particular legislation in Kurdistan about “minorities rights,” referring specifically to Kurdistan Law no. 5 (2015). This deals with... Continue Reading

Sometimes the candlestick is removed (as has happened to the Church of Scotland). And I would not be certain that God is not finished with Sydney.  Or at least it may be that first He will judge the city for its pride, wealth and hubris; before He moves in revival and renewal.   Dear Brothers... Continue Reading

There is a fairly strong line in denying ourselves comfort for the sake of the gospel and very little that would lead to the conclusion of encouraging Christian morals apart from actual conversion to make life easier or to aid the spread of the gospel or anything like it. Are these cultural matters really being... Continue Reading

Wherever assisted suicide is legalized, that suffering becomes even more acute, as family members face the specter of a state hellbent on affirming suicidal ideation and facilitating the lethal injection to accomplish the deed while they are forced to stand helplessly and hopelessly by.   In the United Kingdom, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s trainwreck assisted... Continue Reading

One of the most controversial topics within Christian circles today is the idea of a “gay Christian.” Some argue that as long as a person remains celibate, it is acceptable to embrace that identity. Daniel firmly rejects this notion. Words matter, and as he points out, placing the adjective “gay” before “Christian” alters the fundamental... Continue Reading