It is Christ who is sovereign over all. It is He who claims ownership over everything. “The earth is the Lᴏʀᴅ’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it” (Psalm 24:1). Kuyper does in this sense defend a kind of theocracy, the rule of God over all things. But it is... Continue Reading

The Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazi regime is the most well-known horror of a horror-filled twentieth century. At Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Bergen-Belsen, the world confronts the realities of evil in this world and the human condition. Whatever it takes, we must never forget.    Eighty years ago, on January 27, 1945, Soviet forces overran a section of German-occupied Poland. The Nazis had... Continue Reading

“Even if the Trump administration … cages the vicious beast that is the FACE Act, there’s no guarantee that another Democrat or even another Republican that gets into office in four years may not unleash the beast again,” Crampton said. “So we want to see the thing put away.” That could happen through efforts outside... Continue Reading

“The trouble is that not only are you absolute in your political dogmas, but you preached them from a pulpit, by implication, stating that these were not just your opinions but God’s! It’s hard to be more absolutist than that! Perhaps the one thing that bothered me most about your sermon was how little of... Continue Reading

 A dozen years after Hitchens’s death, the movement he championed has given way to a renewed interest in God and a steady stream of high-profile atheist defections. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, once a member of the New Atheist set, stunned her fellow unbelievers in 2023 by announcing she had become a Christian.   On December 14,... Continue Reading

All of these points are developed within the body of our report. The committee believes that the following points that are held by one or more advocates of the FV are out of accord with Scripture and our doctrinal standards. Much has been written about the Federal Vision movement in America. It goes way back... Continue Reading

The euthanasia debate in American Protestantism emerged from the aftermath of the Scopes Monkey Trial and was prompted by many of the same characters. The trial, staged in Dayton, Tennessee, over educator John Scopes’ alleged violation of Tennessee’s Butler Act, which barred public school teachers from teaching evolution, was a microcosm of the debate between... Continue Reading

“Amazing Grace” couldn’t be a better song for this vibe-shift moment. The third verse sums up the emotion of being graciously preserved or plucked from the pit: “Through many dangers, toils and snares / I have already come: / ’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, / And grace will lead me home.” If... Continue Reading

When disasters befall our nation, our primary focus should not be to engage in minute speculation about who is being judged but to take stock of one’s own spiritual state and the spiritual state of the nation as a whole. In other words, we must be careful not to miss the reason God works his... Continue Reading

Let us not forget that God has always wanted our hearts. He especially wants it now, in your anguish, tragedy, confusion, and grief. Open your heart to him in prayer; draw near to him by pouring out your pain to him. Be brutally honest with your Father in heaven. Out of your calamity, call out... Continue Reading