Roman Catholic bishops weigh whether to withhold communion from pro-choice, pro-abortion politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden. But then they get pressure from higher up in the food chain to relent. Atop the pyramid sits Progressive Pope Francis, so that stands to reason. Gone are the days when Americans worried that electing John Fitzgerald…More
Category Archives: Theology
Book Review: ‘The Civil War as a Theological Crisis’ by Mark A. Noll
If you want to understand the American Civil War better, read Mark A. Noll’s book – The Civil War as a Theological Crisis. In it you will find that before the question of slavery was a political or military question to be answered on the battlefield, it was a theological question. How we read and interpret…More
Israel Squares Off Against Hamas
In recent days, the terrorist organization Hamas has fired hundreds of Iranian rockets at Israeli cities and Israeli men, women, and children. The IDF – Israeli Defense Force – has used its Iron Dome system to great effect intercepting more than 90% of the Hamas rockets, meaning that about one in ten rockets have gotten through. As…More
Why Men Hate Going to Church
David Murrow’s 2005 book, Why Men Hate Going to Church, was brought up in conversation with my cousin Micah yesterday, and I want to encourage you to read it. The updated and revised version of it from 2011 can be purchased from Amazon here. A good YouTube video summary of it can be found from a…More
Taming the Tongue
“Anyways” – you would not believe how difficult it has been for me to try to eliminate just that one little word from my vocabulary. But this just serves to underscore the larger point of Biblical passages like James 3:1-12. Listen to this episode of the podcast to hear about my personal endeavor to get better,…More
Book Review: ‘Fault Lines’ by Voddie Baucham
Voddie T. Baucham’s Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe is an excellent book and you should read it. That is the short version. Voddie reminds me here why I have admired and appreciated him so much over the years. My wife Lauren and I had the pleasure of hearing him speak at…More
Hey Jude
Before heading off to Wyoming for Gas Chromatograph training this week, the New Testament book of Jude was on my mind, since we’ve been going through it as a church the past couple of Sundays. Call me crazy, but part of how I learn things – and how I know whether I have learned things –…More
Book Review: ‘Christianity and Liberalism’ by J. Gresham Machen
I just finished listening to J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism on Audible yesterday, and I am struck by the clarity and directness of Machen’s arguments. In sum, Liberal Christianity is a different religion. It is a counterfeit Christianity. It is a false gospel. And we need to regard it clearly as such. Just like the…More
Patience Is A Virtue
They say that patience is a virtue, but why is that? And why is it so hard to be patient?
Patience for me is a challenge not least because I have a bias for action, and things do not always go according to plan.
Try and strive and plan and maneuver and position elements and my internal world as I may, the Lord is God. And I am not God.More
Whether It Is Better To Be Kind or Right
Is it better to be kind or to be right? My wife posed a great question to our family at the dinner table on Saturday. After collecting our kids’ insightful answers, I weighed in on this poignant dilemma.More