Modest Expression
I think the word modest itself has been hijacked to merely mean “dress code.”
I can look at one person and consider their strength. I can look at another and think of their meekness. Some people exude class, while others want to splash the canvas with bright colors. We are telling a story with the way we dress about a beautiful, creative, able God. The discussion of modesty has to go way deeper than cleavage and thighs!
Happy Birthday, Francis Scott Key
The whole Chick-fil-A kerfuffle underscores a very serious problem in our culture
Thus, a Christian businessman who works for a company that espouses Christian principles answered a question from a Christian news agency with a response that has been the Christian viewpoint for over two thousand years (I did the math).
Ahh, Ted, that would be the great leaders themselves, so it would…
With the death of John Stott and the retirement of Billy Graham, what hope is there for a united evangelicalism?
I see the desire for a great leader to unite Christians as irrelevant, an imposition of Carlylean or celebrity culture thinking on the Bible. The New Testament knows of no such thing. When facing the end of the time of the apostles, Paul does not tell Timothy to look for the dynamic individual to whom all can look for leadership; rather, he tells him to appoint ordinary, respectable, competent members of the church community as overseers.
Blogging Prophets
I am convinced that if Elijah were alive today, he would have a blog
Unfortunately, instead of encouraging people to speak their thoughts, feelings, and opinions, we have discouraged people from speaking at all. We have encouraged “civil”–that is, noncontroversial–, conversations full of platitudes and qualifiers, devoid of feeling or passion, offending no one but saying nothing. We have squelched robust conversation for fear of offense or error, resulting in the suppression of both error and the truth.
It’s All About Tolerance
What, precisely, do we mean by tolerance?
In other words, I can hold to the value that other people have a right to their beliefs, without believing that all points of view are equally valid. Or be compelled to uphold the pursuit of such beliefs.
North Korea Lite
Thoughts on the Olympics’ opening ceremony
A specter now haunts the London Olympics: that of public indifference, bought at the cost of billions that future generations will struggle to repay.
Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: A bold mistake
The event also sends a message of separatism and territorialism
I do not question the motives of Mike Huckabee or those thousands joining him, but what about the wider effects? How is the Kingdom of God served by this? Is Jesus represented well to the gay community and the politicians pandering to them?
Is Chick-fil-a Day a “bold mistake”?
I don’t think that means that everyone needs to stay home from Chick-fil-a today.
The apostle Paul writes, “If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men” (Rom 12:18). This means we should not relish division between Christians and their opponents. We should avoid putting any obstacle in the way of their hearing the gospel.
Modesty: Legalism, Antinomianism, or Obedience?
A continuing discussion on the boundaries of modesty
If we’re motivated to modesty by a concern for God’s glory, our witness, and love for the souls of our fellow men, we’ll wear clothes that free us to live out kingdom lives in a fallen world. Fear of legalism is just as big an issue as fear of antinomianism – both are antithetical to... Continue Reading
The Cure, the Weapon, and the Only Hope
The Church faces the same issues today as in the past; the solutions are in God’s Word
The solution to the Church’s woes isn’t that complex; we are experiencing symptoms of the same disease. We have ceased to trust. We have questioned God’s self-revelation in the Holy Scriptures. We fail to realize that the “solution” to every “issue” is to hold fast to the gospel that was first preached to us. The... Continue Reading