Of course, if pastors want to mention “intersectionality” or “critical race theory” by name, they can. At the bottom of the page, I link to several resources that may be helpful for background reading. However, I want to encourage you: just preach the Bible. The Bible contains everything we need to teach the truth and... Continue Reading

As with all single-stranded approaches to the many stranded Gospel of God’s free grace in Christ, whatever truth the “help for hurting” Gospel contains, such is, at best, a lop-sided, approach – it also runs the risk of missing or mutilating the whole Christ that we preach. A “touchy-feely” tactic may seem to initially strike... Continue Reading

Disenculturation is the process used by missionaries to differentiate the gospel from culture. Having moved from one culture to another, missionaries can see that the gospel is like a kernel protected by an outer husk (culture). Their job is to ensure that the gospel kernel is free to enter new cultures without being captive to... Continue Reading

Alas, the pull of “simple, elegant, and wrong” explanations for reality exerts a powerful pull on humans. It might be tempting to ascribe “wokeness”, third wave misandry “feminism”, and the like to naked Nietzschean ‘will to power’. You might even be largely right about that — and Mencken, a lifelong admirer of Nietzsche, would surely... Continue Reading

Biblical faith isn’t supposed to look like a six-cylinder engine powering our lives. Rather, it looks more like the small accelerator pedal on the floorboard—unimpressive and utterly powerless in itself but designed for connection with the true source of power. Just as we wouldn’t say, “The accelerator pedal of my car powered us over the... Continue Reading

The Israelites were wanting “gods” to carry before them that they could see and manipulate and proclaim that their freedom was bought by and through them. The easy-believism crowd is wanting a “gospel” they can manipulate and use at their will to proclaim that salvation is by and through them. The Israelites rejected God for... Continue Reading

The past several years, the country has begun to ask questions of its heritage. Does America have a past we should celebrate? Or mourn? Our politics have forced us to two sides of ring: those looking back and those looking forward. These totalizing lenses have robbed us of a fully orbed biblical ethical vision that... Continue Reading

As we trace the Reformation from Germany through England—we must note that something explosive happened in Worms in 1521 when Luther took his bold stand at the Diet of Worms. It resulted in a German Bible which influenced Tyndale to translate an English Bible. Without those two Bibles, we would still be in the darkness... Continue Reading

The Bible is full of pointing out the analogies that nature and the created order give to us. Spotting and understanding these signs means having a mind attuned to analogical knowledge, one that sees not only what is in front of us, but what it is like, what it seems to teach, or reveal. All... Continue Reading

Yes, the future can be frightening. But God rules and reigns over it. While we don’t know what will happen, he does. And because he is a good God, we can trust our future to him. We can know that whatever happens is not outside his providence and control. No matter how challenging or difficult or... Continue Reading