With the advent of hymnody in Reformed churches…the criteria for meaningful worship began to turn toward the subjective experience of worship and away from the objective content of the Word, sacraments, and prayer. At the time of the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century, the worship of the Reformed churches was easily distinguished from that... Continue Reading

It is worth reading. I wonder how rarely we see this kind of opportunity, for a Christian to answer civil questions in the public arena about how he embraced Christ and what he believes? My mother says that I played in the floor of our living room while the Watergate hearings played out on our... Continue Reading

There is very little accountability among Christians in the United States, a new survey found. Only 5 percent of Christian adults indicated that their church does anything to hold them accountable… There is very little accountability among Christians in the United States, a new survey found. Only 5 percent of Christian adults indicated that their... Continue Reading

For example, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church has stayed orthodox thus far by God’s grace, not because of the superior godliness of its officers, still less because of its worship aesthetics, but because it has generally played by the rules and, more importantly, punished rather than rewarded those who break or subvert them. In this final... Continue Reading

“One statistic I saw when writing my book that floored me was that a child living together with unmarried parents in Sweden has a lower chance that his family will disrupt than does a child living with married parents in the U.S.” “When an institution so central to human experience suddenly changes shape in the... Continue Reading

The president, vice-president, and cabinet secretaries need to be clear voices for religious freedom, engaging leaders and the peoples of the world. And they need to insist that countries that violate the religious freedom of their citizens live up to the international agreements most of them have already signed. If you’re like me, you typically... Continue Reading

I don’t interpret my kids’ rejection of certain foods as a failing grade on my “good mother” report card. I am, for the moment, free of food-related anxiety… ‘Tis the season of dietary overindulgence, which starts with Halloween and lasts through New Year’s Day, when many resolve to undo the damage inflicted by too many... Continue Reading

R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has said he agrees that yoga is Hindu — and cited that as evidence that the practice imperiled the souls of Christians who engage in it. Yoga is practiced by about 15 million people in the United States, for reasons almost as numerous —... Continue Reading

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of coming home for Christmas every year. When you walk in the door and smell the candles and the aroma coming from the oven you know you’re home again. And the memories come flooding in until you feel like you were never really gone. The closest I come to... Continue Reading

“The sinfulness of sin” sounds like a vacuous redundancy that adds no information to the subject under discussion. However, the necessity of speaking of the sinfulness of sin has been thrust upon us by a culture and even a church that has diminished the significance of sin itself. Sin is communicated in our day in... Continue Reading