Then there is the Mars Hill/Mark Driscoll solution. Driscoll seems to be more concerned with men being metro and girly. So to try to get men to stop wearing purple and plucking their eyebrows, his remedy is a manhood boot camp retreat where guys are yelled at into submission (or should I say leadership). Black... Continue Reading

We have, in large part, allowed society to explain the mechanics of sex, define the meaning of sex and erase the boundaries of sex. Its sacredness questioned, disbelieved and mocked. Unlike stray dogs in the yard where a bucket of water might separate, students grab smartphones and celebrate.   If you are the parent of... Continue Reading

You don’t have to leave home to be crazy on fire for the Lord. Jesus spent his first thirty years simply working and obeying. This tells me that it’s possible to be radical while changing diapers, or creating spreadsheets, or plowing snow, or doing whatever mundane task you are called to. For the Christian, there... Continue Reading

Pragmatic love is the type of love a person practices based on a “what have you done for me lately” mentality. Pragmatic love has an ultimate concern for self, and little concern for the other person. When pragmatic love is practiced, the recipient of this love is reduced to an object. Dear Christian husband and/or... Continue Reading

Rubio concluded by declaring that Jesus offers much more than lessons for life. “Jesus the man is also my Savior and the only way I’ll get to heaven,” he said. The audience filling a large hotel ballroom responded with a standing ovation.   Justifiably the President always gets the most media attention at the annual... Continue Reading

During his tenure as president of Dordt College, Hulst helped put in place a strong faculty development program so that Dordt’s academic program would prepare students well for their future lives and professions. He broadened Dordt’s and its students’ connections to people and institutions around the world, bringing in students and professors from other cultures... Continue Reading

Losing Adam means losing hope, for my solidarity with Adam as a man condemned finds its Scriptural counterpart in my solidarity with Christ, the last Adam, as a man redeemed. Adam is “a type of him who was to come” (Rom 5.14) – all the God-ordained parallels and constructs out of which my salvation finds... Continue Reading

The decision to postpone a vote on the policy came at the request of a task force made up of representatives of religious groups that charter Scout units. Churches and other religious organizations sponsor nearly 70 percent of all Scout units.   The Boy Scouts of America’s Executive Board has delayed action on a proposed... Continue Reading

For one, we know that many of these apocryphal writings are outright forgeries, pretending to be written by someone who was clearly not the author. That fact alone raises serious questions about the reliability of their content. Second, many of these apocryphal writings contain obvious embellishments and legendary additions. For example, in the Gospel of... Continue Reading

We’re often told that people quite like Jesus, but just don’t do church. Here are 300 people who do do church, and don’t like Jesus! Perhaps it’s that people like their version of Jesus (teacher, healer, nice guy, loving and affirming, non-existent, take your pick); the reason they don’t like church is because church challenges... Continue Reading