I would also just like to point out, by way of encouragement, to evangelical parents a major implication of her research.  Biblical Christianity works.  To a significant degree, spiritual discipline and diligence by parents and churches in inculcating Christian teaching and practice among their youth is used by God to produce greater purity (and happiness). ... Continue Reading

C.S. Lewis was a twentieth-century novelist, Christian apologist, and lay theologian.  (November 22) marks the 50th anniversary of his death. You can find more resources on C.S. Lewis here. November 22, 1963, the date of President Kennedy’s assassination, was also the day C.S. Lewis died. Seven years earlier he had thus described death: “The term is over: the holidays have begun.... Continue Reading

Uwe and Hanelore Romeike fled to the United States in 2008 with their family after they faced the threat of thousands of dollars in fines and possible jail time because they chose to homeschool their children, which is illegal in Germany. They were initially granted asylum in 2010 by an immigration judge in Tennessee, but... Continue Reading

“This appears to be an isolated incident and there is not any ongoing concern for the safety of students or the community,” Lynchburg police said. “We are not currently seeking any suspects in relation to this incident.”   A 19-year-old Liberty University student was shot and killed early Tuesday at an off-campus women’s dormitory in... Continue Reading

“An organization does not have momentum, a movement does, and Moderator Bill Dudley is leading our denomination in a movement of God,” was both the introduction of the speaker and the theme of the event as mission-minded Presbyterians gathered at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church’s World Outreach Encounter in Memphis, Tenn. Dudley had the great challenge... Continue Reading

To put yourself under the means of grace, to listen to the preaching of the Word and come to the table of the Lord, to pray the prayer of humble access. It won’t be easy, and there will be lots of pain and humiliation, but it’s worth it. You are not alone. You will have... Continue Reading

The law’s challengers had submitted an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the law as litigation continues. Justice Antonin Scalia handles emergency applications from Texas, but likely due to the controversial nature of the law, he had his eight colleagues weigh in.    A divided U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas’ new abortion... Continue Reading

This time, two weeks ago, I began to feel a sense of dread and foreboding.  I knew what was coming and I hated it.  I was defeated going in and I came out defeated coming out.  I did not fight for the greater reality of God’s goodness and His faithfulness.  It wasn’t that I actively... Continue Reading

Leaving a church can be a means of grace rather than a source of pain for everyone involved. But for grace to be multiplied we’ll have to do some things before we decide to leave and actually exit. Receiving this grace will require putting to death the fear of man and believing that God exists and He... Continue Reading

We miss the real pleasure of the marriage bed because we miss the profound mystery of Christ and His bride. He doesn’t command us to get over ourselves, take off our clothes and be vulnerable with each other in a merely physical act. He has removed our shame so that we can! When shame is... Continue Reading