Taking Unpopular Stands in a Strange New World
Christians had to oppose cultures before change took place. They had no way of knowing whether or not their actions would bring change.
Christians today must oppose cultural evils, such as the taking of preborn life, the buying and selling of preborn lives, the ideological sexual abuse of children, and the persecution of religious minorities. Though the rapid changes in our society are confusing and distressing, we must understand them if we are to know when, where, and... Continue Reading
Institutionalizing Systemic Antiracism Racism
The basic idea is to embed race and intersectionality so deeply into the “culture” of education that the only way to get rid of it is to dismantle the institutions themselves.
Parents, students, faculty, and staff long silent on issues of education and the creeping influence of identity politics into their schools and curriculum are beginning to speak out. They are beginning to challenge the wisdom of handing students over to an unaccountable bureaucracy committed to turning out junior activists as opposed to burgeoning scholars. ... Continue Reading
Christian Leaders and Controversies: The Case of Francis Collins
There is always a dilemma for Christians in best handling and reacting to the positions and counsel of Christian leaders.
In essence, what these people were saying is that Francis Collins is such a good scientist because you can hardly tell he is a Christian from his work. As a much younger biology professor at the time, I was aghast at this. A Christian has separated his religious views from his personal life. Why is... Continue Reading
Brave Finns: 1939 and 2022
In 2004, Dr. Räsänen, a physician and former Minister of the Interior, wrote a short booklet on the Bible’s teachings regarding sexuality, including a section on homosexuality. Bishop Pohjola’s church published the booklet.
But the Finnish military members of 1939-40 have not been the only ones to exhibit exemplary valor in the Scandinavian “land of forests.” In a moral sense, in recent years up to the present day the high courage of two Finnish Christians – Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola and Member of Parliament Dr. Päivi Räsänen –... Continue Reading
Boyfriends Do Not Get Husband Privileges Period.
He’s your boyfriend. That’s it.
As your boyfriend he has potential to be your husband, but it’s not until he has reached that potential and has the capability to provide for you, make you his #1 privilege, create a home with you, and love you till “death do you part,” does he earn the husband privileges of your forever affection,... Continue Reading
What Jordan Peterson Can Teach the Church About Men and Meaning
Our spiritual needs are not limited to salvation—sometimes a thoughtful unbeliever can have a better grasp of those needs than most Christians do.
Peterson’s message is not sufficient to rescue anyone–including him–from God’s righteous judgment. But it has proven a strikingly effective antidote to the spiritual chaos men face in today’s world. The church should take notes, even as we pray Peterson follows the meaning he preaches to its true source. I recently wrote something on Facebook... Continue Reading
Letter from Scotland 1 – The Church of Scotland – the Final Nail?
The Church of Scotland announced that 29 of its presbyteries were in favour of ministers and deacons conducting the ceremonies of same sex couples should they so wish.
I remember when John Chalmers, clerk of the General Assembly stated: “We had a debate which made very clear that we were not interfering with our theological definition of marriage and were not going to the place where ministers or deacons could themselves conducting same sex marriages.”. He lied. Plain and simple. He knew that... Continue Reading
How Feminism Got Hijacked
The movement that once declared “I am woman, hear me roar” can no longer define what a woman is. What happened?
Returning the cause to the people for whom it was created is the only way to save it, and to stop the many discriminations that girls and women still face….First, we have to honor the actual meaning of words, like “woman.” We have to insist that those meanings are important. We have to go back,... Continue Reading
Baylor University Charters LGBTQ Group
There is no slippery slope from “safe place” to “no place for dissent.” The latter is simply an inevitable consequence of the former.
In the same month that Baylor announced the chartering of its LGBT group, Notre Dame announced the launch of a pro-LGBT alumni group. Anyone interested in how safe space thinking can develop, and how it can be used to disembowel an institution’s own religious commitments and marginalize those who actually adhere to those commitments, should... Continue Reading
Old Books & Present Problems
Our present Western culture has not abandoned morality. It has changed morality.
I think it is about time we pick up an old book called the Bible. I have no doubt that old Book will give us the perspective we desperately need. C. S. Lewis once wrote an essay to a very old book wherein he commended the practice of reading old books. He, as a... Continue Reading
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