On Steve Jobs, Roseanne Barr, and the Wall Street Mob
What the Wall Street horde and Roseanne do not understand is that in America people generally get rich by providing a product or service that people want. Sure, there are exceptions….By and large, however, “the rich” earn their riches through the consent of millions of citizens who voluntarily purchase products and service through their own... Continue Reading
Towards a Confessional Hermeneutic: Some Suggestions (with a bit of commentary)
Confessional traditions exist, not as ends in themselves, but to point us to Christ and to help us understand the richness of Scripture more fully… While we must be on guard against explicit and implicit confessional revisions that subvert the teachings of Scripture, at the same time we should welcome those that enable the confessional... Continue Reading
Onward, Christian Soldiers
You’ve heard it said, “You can’t legislate morality.” Baloney. That’s exactly what legislation is. The question is: Whose morality are we going to legislate? “Progressive” secular-socialists like President Obama insist it’s their own, postmodern brand of moral relativism. Liberals are nervous. They should be. As the 2012 election grows closer a soft rumble builds throughout... Continue Reading
Two PCA Presbyteries Have Found Teaching Elders Not Guilty of Federal Vision Charges: What Happens Next?
(Editor’s Note: PCA Teaching Elder Wes White has written a ‘Laymen’s Version’ of how he sees judicial process working in the denomination when charges are brought against a Minister for his theological positions. Two recent cases, one in Siouxlands Presbytery (Lawrence case) and one in Pacific Northwest Presbytery (Leithart case) were recently completed with not... Continue Reading
Rachel Evan’s 10 Reasons Why Women Should Serve in Church Leadership (NOT!)
It’s true that all the women mentioned in her list served at times in positions of Christian leadership but that does not mean they either meet the qualifications for ecclesiastical office in the present age or that it is God’s general design and purpose for women to exercise author over men. Rachel Evans, a popular... Continue Reading
Mercy, Mercy on Me – Ruhamah or Lo-ruhamah?
Empathy is the ability to feel what another is feeling. It comes from our having had similar experiences and feelings in such a way that we remember and are able to put ourselves in the place of another. If we lack empathy, we may at worst despise others and at best fail to help. If... Continue Reading
Dragged Kicking and Screaming into the Modern Age? Lessons from Piers Morgan’s Interview with Joel Osteen
Shouldn’t the Bible be “dragged kicking and screaming into the modern age”? There you have the modernist worldview reduced to a single question. The Bible will simply have to give way to modern moral authorities, and have to be interpreted “in a way that evolves.” An interview that begins with a statement like, “Well, Piers,... Continue Reading
Why ‘not many should aspire to be teachers’
Further, given the fact that the minister is ordained/commissioned by the church, and not by himself or some other group, when he drops a heretical or heterodox brick, the church — and only the church — is competent to handle the matter. One of the things I find most helpful in Presbyterianism is the clear... Continue Reading
Why men are in trouble – Time to ‘Man Up’
If you don’t believe the numbers, just ask young women about men today. You will find them talking about prolonged adolescence and men who refuse to grow up. I’ve heard too many young women asking, “Where are the decent single men?” There is a maturity deficit among men out there, and men are falling behind.... Continue Reading
Hope Sabotaged – Dealing with your inner Eeyore
“There are enough ups-and-downs in life, so let’s assume the worst—prepare for the worst—then the worst might not feel quite so bad.” I first noticed it when an up-and-coming executive was caught embezzling money. He knew the system. He didn’t need the money; he didn’t even care about money. And, he knew he would get... Continue Reading