Why I Plan to Vote Against BCO Homosexual Changes
The proposed changes will amend the BCO to allow men in the PCA who identify as homosexuals Christians to hold church office as elders and deacons.
The proposed amendments give clear constitutional authority for Side B Christians (gay but celibate) to be office holders in the PCA. The present BCO without these changes does not give this position any constitutional status…My Presbytery (Westminster) has stated clearly in a statement on “Conflict Resolution” that Side B Christians are not eligible to hold... Continue Reading
5 Signs Your Church Might be Heading Toward Progressive Christianity
There are signs—certain phrases and ideas—that seem to be consistent in Progressive circles. Here are 5 danger signs to watch for in your church.
Identifying the signs is not always obvious—sometimes they are subtle and mixed with a lot of truth. Progressive Christianity can be persuasive and enticing, but carried out to its logical end, it is an assault on the foundational framework of Christianity, leaving it disarmed of its saving power. Several years ago, my husband and... Continue Reading
Immigration: The Same Yesterday and Today
Immigration has been one of the most polarizing political issues in the United States over the past 20 years.
This is my fifth post in a series on positive cultural trends…. My goals are to cheer up my fellow Christians, too many of whom have become overly pessimistic in recent years, and to remind all of us that Jesus the King is still acting within our cultures to bless us and glorify Him. ... Continue Reading
Med Schools Are Now Denying Biological Sex
Professors are apologizing for saying ‘male’ and ‘female.’ Students are policing teachers. This is what it looks like when activism takes over medicine.
Katie’s latest reporting illustrates some of the most urgent elements of that threat. It focuses on how biological sex is being denied by professors fearful of being smeared by their students as transphobic. And it shows how the true victims of that denial are not sensitive medical students but patients, perhaps most importantly, transgender ones.... Continue Reading
Male and Female: Shouldn’t Different Sexes Mean Different Sports Competitions?
In many sports, at all levels, we have separate men's and women's (and boys' and girls') competitions.
There are only two coherent positions (1) abolish separate men’s and women’s competitions and teams and let women (try) to compete with men in all sports; or (2) separate the sexes in athletics by, well, *sex*–a biological category–not by “gender” or “gender identity.” In many sports, at all levels, we have separate men’s and... Continue Reading
Unspeakable Truths about Racial Inequality in America
“My responsibilities as a black man, as an American, and as an intellectual are not in conflict.” I defend this position as best I can in what follows.
The invocation of “structural racism” in political argument is both a bluff and a bludgeon. It is a bluff in the sense that it offers an “explanation” that is not an explanation at all and, in effect, dares the listener to come back. So, for example, if someone says, “There are too many blacks in... Continue Reading
What Does “Demisexual” Say about Christian Hope?
It’s difficult to keep up with these new identifications and all the rules governing them. Someone recently suggested, perhaps we should just change the acronym to “LGBTQ-TBA”
We must be prepared also to offer the far better vision of identity, love, sex, and friendship found in the Christian account of reality. To not offer the better way of the Gospel would be heartless and foolish. Not only do we have a better story to tell, but the timing is right. This late... Continue Reading
A Reply to ‘The PCA Conflict Over the Moral Law’
I respectfully disagree with how the author of “The PCA Conflict Over The Moral Law” has framed things in this piece --under two headings only: conservative and progressive.
From what I heard from many of the dissenting voters at GA was NOT a progressivist agenda, but a reasoned assertion that those who came before us did a pretty fine job of upholding these things in how they set up BCO 24-1, and that it does not need to be re-written. I respectfully... Continue Reading
Guilty, Anyone?
Guilt-inducing racism is being employed as a political tool, imposed on the schools, teaching children that they are collectively and individually responsible for racism by virtue of their skin color.
Here is a last word. A worldview without forgiveness, such as the worldview of CRT, offers no hope. There is no vision of a world in which this sin is defeated or redeemed, much less one in which the guilty are forgiven and restored. But the great message the gospel brings to the world and... Continue Reading
Be True to Yourself?
Maybe the best way to BTTY is to admit that left to ourselves we have no ultimate meaning.
The alternative to BTTY is to seek meaning outside of ourselves in Jesus Christ. But how does faith in and submission to God—our infinite, external authority—satisfy rather than stifle us as human beings? “Be true to yourself.” -EVERYONE This cultural gospel is so common it doesn’t strike us as odd. Put simply, BTTY asserts that... Continue Reading
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