Some years ago I was standing at a pedestrian crossing in the town of Echterdingen, near Stuttgart in Germany. It was a Sunday morning. The crossing light was at red. I looked quickly left and right, there was no car in sight and so I crossed. An elderly couple, probably coming from the same Lutheran... Continue Reading

In the volume on True Christianity, the authors put together a series of questions to help us discern the true state of our hearts and expose the reality of nominalism. During the past few months, I’ve been enjoying The Essential Edwards Collection, an accessible introduction to the work of Jonathan Edwards compiled by Owen Strachan... Continue Reading

What we can say, based on historical reflection, is that any Christian articulation of social justice that seeks to hand the poor over to government for dependency and control is antithetical to the concept of justice within the history of Christianity. While the term “social justice” means different things to different Christian and other religious... Continue Reading

Fully 70% of all Chinese will live in cities of more than 1 million people by the year 2025. By 2030, China alone will count at least 220 cities with populations exceeding 1 million. The human future is an urban future. In one of the greatest social shifts of all human history, over half of... Continue Reading

At the same time, some evangelical Christian voters are sticking close to more traditional, conservative political roots. Last month, tens of thousands of Christians rallied on the National Mall, in response to Fox news host Glenn Beck’s call for a return to America’s religious values. President Barack Obama has long sought to open a dialogue... Continue Reading

Recently Bill O’Reilly very pointedly asked Glenn Beck why he avoids the culture war. On the same-sex “marriage” issue Beck, who purports to be a conservative, said that really doesn’t care what people do as long as it doesn’t affect him. He then quoted Thomas Jefferson who said, “If it neither breaks my leg, nor... Continue Reading

Taylor: more than ever we need to be clear that Mormonism is fundamentally incompatible with biblical Christianity…It is a religion founded by a false prophet. On Wednesday, our beloved columnist Andrée Seu wrote a column on her observations on Glenn Beck and his faith, which has drawn a lot of attention in the blogosphere. Our... Continue Reading

Jesus is always our hope, when everything seems so bleak and hopeless. Yes, we are called to be diligent and hard-working in our service of Jesus Christ. But our faith always is not in our own faithfulness, but deep-down in our faithful Savior, the Mediator of the Covenant, through whom all God’s good blessings come.... Continue Reading

Mostly he uses Christian terminology, which is misleading. It would seem that Beck is a Christian. But how can that be? Mormons deny the essential doctrines of the Christian faith. This article needs to be written. I have to admit that I hate doing it because I’ve been a Glenn Beck supporter for well over... Continue Reading

“Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.” 1 John 5:21 Gracious Father, this final admonition in John’s first epistle lands on my heart with power. Idolatry is everywhere because there’s no such thing as a non-worshipper. Worship is the most defining category in the whole of life. Whoever or whatever reigns in our heart determines the... Continue Reading