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Tag Archives: Love
Whether Christians Should Ever Mock Anyone
Should Christians ever mock anyone? Let’s talk seriously for a moment on the topic of Christian ridicule, whether it exists, and what it entails if it ever is appropriate.More
Loving God With Everything You’ve Got, and Your Neighbor as Yourself
Given the importance of relationships to a happy, healthy, holy life, we do well to grapple with what to do when various relationships in life present competing claims.More
Until the Other Comes and Examines Him
In Western civilization and American culture, the wisdom of Proverbs 18:17 is central to our understanding of free speech and due process, not to mention critical thinking skills.More
Be Not Overly Righteous
For years, Ecclesiastes 7:16 has puzzled me. I come back to it again and again. How can the wisest man who ever lived tell us to not be overly righteous or overly wise?More
On the Nature of What Passes for Good Manners
America is divided on seemingly every question of truth and morality. As a result, what is meant by being polite or rude can be relied on to differ as well. More
These Men Who Have Turned The World Upside Down
With the appointment of “queer activist” Sam Brinton, it is right to question both the lipstick and the pig as well as those who are silently ignoring the oinking noise in the barnyard.More
Reflections on 15 Years of Marriage
On Saturday, November 25, 2006, I married Lauren Elizabeth Duff in Hillsboro, Ohio and she took my last name. I had just turned 20 and Lauren was 19.More
Be Warmed and Filled
Christians who are in a position to bless those who are less fortunate ought to have an innate desire to help their Christian brothers and sisters with more than just promises to pray.More
Doug Wilson and John Piper
For all that we bemoan the frenetic way debates are handled in modern American society, the antidote to the chaos may be this sort of long-form dialog.More