We Are Not Germs: The Case for Human Dignity
We came from somewhere significant and we are headed toward a destination of importance.
Rights granted on the basis of pure emotion ultimately unravel. What emotion gives, it can also take away. But if our human dignity is given by God and that is recognized by our culture, then we have fundamental human rights that inform how we treat other people. Several years ago, the mother of a... Continue Reading
Trading Glory For Shame
Our shame was never meant to be natural. It only became that when we exchanged God’s glory for a lie.
The shame of a life past is oftentimes compounded by the failures of yesterday, and even the battle you still wage today. But the light of Christ is brighter still. “Both the man and his wife were naked, yet felt no shame” (Genesis 2:25, CSB). That hasn’t been my experience. Healthy body image aside,... Continue Reading
Giving Sight to the Blind
God’s highest goal is change His people into the image of Christ.
I would suggest that it is arrogant and destructive at worst, uncharitable at best, for us to seek to definitively interpret the suffering of others. Jesus points us to a completely different paradigm. Back in the 1980’s when my wife and I were pursuing our Master’s degrees in music at Arizona State University, before... Continue Reading
Preparing For Perseverance
It’s easy to retweet James Coates’ courageous act; it’s more difficult to repeat it.
Though many of us young men are so quick to publicly criticize pastors who are unwilling to defy the government, how many of us are unwilling to privately defy Satan? For instance, how many of us are unwilling to fight against porn? Earlier this week, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Reforms announced James Coates was set... Continue Reading
Rain or Shine, He Showed Up
Love while you are still able, for, in due time, you will be at a funeral, either of someone dear to you or our own.
To lose a loved one is to lose a piece of ourselves. I suppose this should be expected in marriage when the two become one flesh (Gen. 2:24). Loving deeply brings immeasurable joy but also an acute void when the cruel sword of death makes its cut. Cold driving rain pelted my umbrella as... Continue Reading
U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time
While precise numbers of church closures are elusive, a conservative estimate is that thousands of U.S. churches are closing each year.
The U.S. remains a religious nation, with more than seven in 10 affiliating with some type of organized religion. However, far fewer, now less than half, have a formal membership with a specific house of worship. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans’ membership in houses of worship continued to decline last year, dropping below 50% for... Continue Reading
The Cure for Hypocrisy
Of all the spiritual dangers to which Christ alerted His disciples, few of them outweigh His warnings concerning hypocrisy.
The key, then, to putting hypocrisy to death and fanning sincerity into flame is to orient our hearts toward godly simplicity—toward a pure, undivided, and singular commitment to God. Such a heart has one leading aim; one deliberate, unreserved desire; one great devotion to which everything else is subordinate. A heart ruled by a simplicity... Continue Reading
How the Humanities Help Us Flourish in These Precedented Times
Science alone is insufficient for the cultivation of human flourishing in these challenging times.
The loudest voices right now are exhorting us to “listen to the science.” And we should. But we would do well to listen also to the wisdom of our ancestors. For if science is what will get us out of the pandemic, it is the humanities that will help us flourish while we endure it.... Continue Reading
Notifying Lazarus
The Son of God hates sin and is moved by its effect on His creation.
Here we find that the Lord Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Him shall have life. Do you believe in Him? The raising of Lazarus from the dead in John 11 always elicits memories of what older preachers have said as they thundered through the text. I’m not sure who... Continue Reading
The First Gay Captain America is Coming
Introducing a gay Captain America in a comic book aimed at youth is nothing if not strategic: 4 ways to care for our children and our future.
Just as proponents of the sexual revolution intend to impact future generations with their version of sexual morality, so we must do the same. Such thinking is not only strategic for God’s people—it is biblical. Aaron Fischer is coming to comic books in June. Part of the “United States of Captain America” series, he is the... Continue Reading
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