Christian Education in Seven Books (1)
More and more Christian parents are waking up from the dreamy state of trusting the benevolence and goodness of the state and the wider culture to shape our children.
Books on education and Christian education abound, and probably add to the panic in many a parent, professor and principal. There are, nevertheless, a few singular books that cut through the morass, and distill for us the heart of what a Christian education is, and what it means to educate in a Christian manner. To... Continue Reading
Will Trump Be Indicted? Why Christians Should Care
The secular, progressive left seeks to remove any trace of God or His people from the culture.
The four-decade effort by the secular left to undermine the integrity of our elections and constitutional order is nothing less than an attempt to remove the biblical foundations of our government and culture in order to create a centralized, tyrannical government untethered from God which will be a terror to good conduct rather than bad... Continue Reading
What is Truth? Compromising for the Culture
Fidelity to Biblical teaching is the standard by which doctrine must be judged.
The nature of truth is under attack in our culture and we are woefully unskilled in debating truth. Truth is debated in the public square with snarky memes. I’ll admit that I like snarky memes, but let’s be honest, memes do not educate or persuade. We need church leaders who will stand for truth regardless... Continue Reading
Efficiency Is Not Our Highest Goal
The church doesn’t exist merely as a vehicle to get stuff done, it is a group of people bounded together in Christ who serve together in the cause of the gospel.
Our process, in the church, typically protect us as leaders. Multiple leaders let us share the burden of responsibility. Proper discussions amongst the elders, and real consultation with the membership, mean that more people can be brought onboard with whatever it is we hope to do. If you are all about efficiency, the fastest... Continue Reading
Corporate Social Responsibility and its Newest Version: ESG
The current guise adopted by the CSR folks is called ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance scores.
To get swept up in the latest CSR or ESG fad is bad business. By pursuing partisan political goals instead of traditional business goals, business leaders offend some consumers, demoralize or anger some employees, and poorly serve their shareholders. Since consumers, employees, and shareholders are the members of society that a business affects most directly,... Continue Reading
The Benefits to the Congregation of Corporate Regulated Worship
Consequences abound when we point to anything but God during worship.
What of the homogenous singing and liturgy in regulated worship? Doesn’t it, too, pressure the corporate body during worship? One could object that the environment’s reverence and uniformity cripples genuine emotion on the same token as the contemporary environment. But here the attention is pointed towards God, not a select group. The uniformity of regulated... Continue Reading
Are We Stuck in the Reformation Period?: A Brief Diatribe
Remaining in the culture of the Reformation period without expanding our defense of the faith against modern insurgent movements bent on destroying our church, then we are in great danger.
Neo-Marxists are re-creating history, inventing a new language, targeting the Christian family, and are seeking to eradicate the two sexes that God created in the Garden of Eden. Children are being chemically castrated and physically mutilated in order to change genders. A justice who sits on the Supreme Court who cannot define what a woman... Continue Reading
Christianity and the Working Class
One challenge for the church is that working-class Americans are increasingly unchurched.
How can churches become more welcoming to blue-collar Americans? The first step involves seeing them as “our people.” Nothing about the decline of America’s working class is irreversible. The middle-brow contempt for the working class must be replaced with a spirit of brotherhood and a sense that we are in the same boat. They are... Continue Reading
Glorifying God Includes Enjoying His Good Gifts
We may love the Lord, but can’t bring ourselves to love his gifts.
But what about us? We might not be calling evil good, but we do call what is good evil, do we not? For what is it when we call wine evil when God himself says it is a gift that gladdens the heart and is for us to enjoy? What is it when we sniff... Continue Reading
Dining Out on the Lord’s Day
Legalism pertains to finding loopholes in order to “obey” or not “disobey” by way of technicality.
Now for a blind spot to something no less obvious: Most elders in the Reformed tradition take exception to the Reformed view of Christian Sabbath recreation as taught in the Westminster standards. As unfortunate as that is, many among that number go even further by supporting going to restaurants and ordering out food on Sundays, which... Continue Reading
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