Let's be honest. There are too many power struggles in the local church. Gospel ministry easily becomes politicized. Pride causes you to hunger for power (even though you may not know it). The hunger for power causes you to collect ministry allies, and the desire for control causes you to locate ministry enemies. Somehow, some way, gospel ministry has become a political battleground for human power.

Our politicians and laws reflect the morality of America's citizenry. Does it not, then, seem more effective for social change for pastors to admonish Christians to focus on pointing their neighbors to Christ? The social change that Christians truly want in America will come when we, the people, desire to live according to our Creator's design.

The Presbytery of Glasgow says it will "take all necessary steps to recover all property and assets, including the church and manse buildings, and all monies belonging to the Church of Scotland congregation of St George's Tron". (Editor's note: Sinclair Ferguson, Senior Minister at First Presbyterian, Columbia, SC, had been pastor of this church from 1998 to 2003, when he moved to the U. S.)

One of my longstanding concerns has been the need for an approach to political pluralism in which people of faith are welcome to bring their convictions about morality, human dignity, and the nature of a just society to relevant discussions in the public square, to make their arguments in a publicly accessible way, and to... Continue Reading

I get more pushback from men who are well-established in the church than I do from women. Women sense the need. Women see their husbands bored. They see their sons dropping out. They see their brothers irreligious. They sit on the pew with nine other women. They know the situation on the ground.    ... Continue Reading

Hymns for the Christian Life was produced by Charlie Peacock (The Civil Wars, Switchfoot) and Ed Cash (Chris Tomlin, Kari Jobe) and explores such themes as work, family, money, community and social action, showcasing Irish melodies as well as American bluegrass and country music influences.     Preeminent Irish modern hymn writers and recording artists... Continue Reading

Currently, there about 80 full-time chaplains serving the federal prison system; all are Christian except for one Muslim. There are about 100 part-time chaplains, 20 of them non-Christian, according to CBC News. The total cost of the chaplaincy program is about $6.4 million a year. It’s not clear how much will be saved by the... Continue Reading

We should be more concerned about the loss of a Christian majority in the Protestant churches than about the loss of a Protestant majority in the United States. Most of the old-line Protestant denominations are captive to every theological fad that has blown through their divinity schools in the past thirty years-from crypto-Marxist liberation ideologies... Continue Reading

While the ranks of the unaffiliated have grown significantly over the past five years, the Protestant share of the population has shrunk. In 2007, 53% of adults in Pew Research Center surveys described themselves as Protestant. In multiple surveys conducted in the first half of 2012, fewer than half of American adults say they are... Continue Reading

O’Brien chose the name New Puritan Press to indicate that he intends to make the Puritans accessible to 21st century Christians.  “I was,” he says, “acutely aware of how difficult it is for most lay people and even pastors to read the Puritans.  My wife and I determined that I should take my long familiarity... Continue Reading