Far more important than any discussion about political philosophy or one nation’s relationship to another is the question of every human being’s relationship to God. Jesus was teaching that all of us are made by God, that indeed you are made by God. You are created in his image and in his likeness, and therefore you belong to him... Continue Reading

If you are a teacher, you entered the profession in order to expand young minds. If you are watching them being warped, it’s your responsibility to fight that. If you are a journalist witnessing lies being spread by your colleagues, it’s your responsibility to stand up for truth. If you are a professor, watching your colleagues being... Continue Reading

It is true that Christians are imperfect and absolute epistemological certainty may elude Christians at times, but in the end standpoint epistemology denies the possibility of meaningful dialogue, but more importantly it removes the possibility of objective knowledge of God subverting biblical authority   In the latter half of the 20th century (1978), a number... Continue Reading

Sometimes I find myself thinking that certain sins are set to dog me for my whole life, they loom large, they seem too big too strong, I am defeated by them before I start. Now, we will sin – I don’t believe the Bible teaches sinless perfectionism, but it does teach progressive sanctification.   Living... Continue Reading

There are certain seasons of life, like post-college, where the question of “what should I do with my life?” becomes a constant one in your mind. And for good reason: no Christian should want to waste their life or make bad use of the time God has given them. But here is the reality: you don’t... Continue Reading

Thankfully, there is an alternative to gender ideology’s discordant dualism. When gendered embodiment is treasured, maleness and femaleness are understood not as acts we perform, but as our very bodily essence. Being a man or a woman is not simply what one does, it is who one is. This releases men and women from unhealthy and unrealistic gender stereotypes, past or present.... Continue Reading

As we heed Paul’s example to practice such therapy by Christ’s strength in Philippians 4, we can trust we will have His peace that is not of this angry world and transforms us like the man called Legion: clothed, unchained, sitting still, quiet, and in our right mind.[15]   To understand anger and its peaceful... Continue Reading

No matter how health-conscious men and women may choose to be, the Scriptures make it clear that no one can escape the reality of sickness and disease in this fallen world. We read about King Asa: “In his old age he was diseased in his feet”…“and his disease became severe. Yet even in his disease... Continue Reading

 I can see humanity inventing a benevolent god or even a bad god who is easily appeased. But would we invent a holy God? Where does that come from? For there is nothing in the universe more terrifying, more threatening to a person’s sense of security and well-being than the holiness of God. What we... Continue Reading

The dove with the leaf in her mouth, like the ark itself, is a shadow cast by the cross of Christ, where we see definitively that God is not safe but he is good! That the judgment and wrath he must pour out for guilty sinners can make sinners clean, make them righteous, make them... Continue Reading