Called Home to Glory: Lee Anderson, Elder at First Presbyterian Church and Former Chattanooga Free Press Publisher
Lee Stratton Anderson, the former publisher of the Chattanooga Free Press who died in Atlanta early Thursday, June 16, morning at age 90
Widely known and respected as a patriot, Christian and civic leader, Anderson was one of the longest-serving newspapermen in the nation when he retired in 2012…. Hussman said he remembers Anderson’s dedication to his job, his community and his church, First Presbyterian, where his eponymous Sunday school class once drew 450 people. Hussman also remembers... Continue Reading
What the Hook-up Culture Has Done to Women
In thirty years of teaching, I have come to know thousands of women between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six. These women are hurting.
An entire generation of women is wounded yet unable to find the source of the bleeding. There is, indeed, an “unconscious despair” behind their “games and amusements.” They “hook up,” feel awful and have no idea why. It’s hard to heal when you don’t know you’ve been damaged. And the despair and shame that these... Continue Reading
Prove your Passion by Prayer
True believers are already filled with the Holy Spirit. They cannot have more. They cannot have less.
Consider the work of the Holy Spirit: Grants you the proper understanding of God’s good Law; Convicts your soul of not keeping God’s good standard; Opens your eyes to the truth of the Gospel — Jesus’ finished work on your behalf; Convinces your heart to respond in faith to Jesus as Savior and Lord; Resides... Continue Reading
Comparing A Beth Moore & Martyn Lloyd-Jones Teaching On the Same Verse
Comparing Martyn Lloyd-Jones and Beth Moore on their interpretation of Ephesians 3:19.
Because writing a discernment lesson about a false teacher takes so much time, which means I have to spend a lot of time wallowing in her muck, it necessitates a spiritual wash afterwards. I got curious about Moore’s teaching on Ephesians 3:19, which The Hairbrush Story was allegedly about. She focused on the part of... Continue Reading
The Culture War And Missions
One of the dangers for Christians is making the gospel secondary to the culture.
Eat the food, wear the clothes, live among the people. Travel as they travel and experience what they experience. Live the daily life of the people to whom you have been sent to minister. Rejoice in their victories and shed tears for their pain. But missionaries are not anthropologists, they are warriors. A Christian is... Continue Reading
School Sends Sheriff To Order Child To Stop Sharing Bible Verses
A public school in California ordered a 7-year-old boy to stop handing out Bible verses during lunch; they dispatched a deputy sheriff to the child’s home to enforce the directive.
Students do not check their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door, he said. “If students are permitted to pass out Valentine or birthday cards at school or to talk about Superman and Captain America at lunch, they cannot be prohibited from sharing Bible verses and discussing their faith during their free, non-instructional time,” Mihet told... Continue Reading
Dr. Liam Goligher Responds to Dr. Mike Ovey
Dr. Liam Goligher's first guest post on Housewife Theologian has generated a lot of discussion and reaction from around the world. I'm pleased to share this follow-up by Liam, one that particularly addresses a question raised by Dr. Mike Ovey
“There is implicit in the subordinationist view a denial of the unity of God defined in terms of singularity and simplicity. Jesus echoes the language of singularity when He says ‘I, I am;’ we find that self-designation particularly in Isaiah in setting God apart from the idols of the nations.” It has been my... Continue Reading
SBC Repudiates Display of Confederate Flag
Messengers to the 2016 Southern Baptist Convention renounced display of the Confederate flag
“The Confederate battle flag resolution was another step in the convention’s effort to address its past actions regarding slavery and racism. The SBC, which began in 1845 in part in support of slaveholding missionaries, approved a resolution in 1995 repenting of racism and asking for forgiveness from African American Christians.” Messengers to the 2016... Continue Reading
Motivated by Feminism? A Response to a Recent Criticism
Complementarianism as currently constructed would seem to be now in crisis
“When I was an undergraduate, my Ancient History professor once told the class that there were three ways to respond when your argument had been shown to be wrong. The best was to concede the point in public and humbly change one’s mind. The second best was simply to keep silent. Not so humble as... Continue Reading
What Would Jesus Say To Us After the Orlando Tragedy?
The questions that fill our minds in times like these are natural and reasonable
“God was not absent when the gunman went on his rampage. He sees murder in the heart of oppressors (Genesis 4:6-7) and vows to avenge it (Nahum 3:1-6). He hears when the blood of the innocent cries out to Him from the ground (Genesis 4:10).” Early Sunday morning, a man stepped into an Orlando... Continue Reading