Writing for outlets like the Washington Post leads to lots of interesting email. Some critics claim that my job as an educator at a religious institution is hopelessly impractical and a bad deal for my students EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from Against All Gods: What’s Right and Wrong about the New Atheism... Continue Reading

From the blog of Andrew Barnes: There are many questions circulating out there by some elders of the PCA concerning the future of our denomination. I believe it a good thing to look back at some of the writings of the fathers of our denomination as they were nearing the end of the PCUS and... Continue Reading

The Aquila Report looks like a safe place to me. Minds and hearts meet here and dream about ‘what if’ and tweak, and maybe someday craft a motion that will pass somewhere. Some people think they need ‘safe places.’ I don’t understand. Isn’t that what a friendship is? One of my friends talks to me... Continue Reading

The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy has removed “under God” from a recent publication of the Gettysburg Address There’s a reason why history is important. History is about knowing the truth about our past and therefore about ourselves. Not surprisingly, those who meddle with it usually do so from less-than-noble motives. In the... Continue Reading

“…what preceded the eventual divorce of opposing factions was assumed agreement by both sides on essential points of doctrine and practice…made by moderates who wished to avoid controversy for the sake of denominational unity and mission” I had to take a break from blogging to settle my family in Seoul, South Korea and to prepare... Continue Reading

To close out his Next 2010 conference message, “The Church,” Kevin DeYoung gave a list of suggestions for how to be a difference maker in the local church. He said: • Find a good local church. • Get involved. • Become a member. • Stay there as long as you can. • Put away thoughts... Continue Reading

These two different worlds exist side by side: congregations where men and women are equal partners in service of Jesus Christ, and others where gender hierarchy is taught as God’s will and the only truly biblical option. Anne Eggebroten visited Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, and what she found there shocked her. As... Continue Reading

Editor’s Note: The Aquila Report would love to receive commentary on this topic from those involved in Christian Education – at the middle-school, high-school, undergraduate, and graduate levels – AND from concerned parents. A friend who teaches at a well-known eastern university told me recently that plagiarism was turning him into a cop. He begins... Continue Reading

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” Matthew 18:21-22 Dear Lord Jesus, I come to you right now with joy in my heart and knots in... Continue Reading

Given the importance of these cases, it will be virtually impossible for the Supreme Court to avoid the issues entirely. While all eyes were on California, where a very high-profile case about same-sex marriage is moving to a judge’s ruling, a federal judge in Massachusetts handed down rulings in a pair of cases that struck... Continue Reading