Nice Guys Never Win; They Finish Last
Christians are gracious and kind, but they are also contra mundum
The unwritten law is that we must agree to disagree for the sake of peace. Truth is relative. What is true for you may not be true for me and what is true for me may not be true for you. Let’s just leave it there and go on our merry ways. In a religiously... Continue Reading
Whither the Boy Scouts?
The Boy Scouts are considering a major policy change concerning homosexuals. It will affect all of us.
This change is about survival for the Scouts, not new convictions. For years, the organization has been the target of gay activists and atheist groups. And those characters know exactly how to hit organizations that oppose them where it hurts most: in the pocketbook and in court. Already, many major corporations and charities have been... Continue Reading
How Do We Respond to ‘So What?’
In our society “so what” is becoming the way to answer difficult issues
Salon.com featured a piece by Mary Elizabeth Williams–in which she makes a pro-abortion argument while emphatically affirming her belief that a fetus is a living human being—with a stunning trumpet of a headline: “So What if Abortion Ends Life?” So, fetuses are human beings. But, so what? “All life is not equal,” Williams chillingly asserts, and a baby-in-utero,... Continue Reading
On Russia’s Adoption Ban
Vladimir Putin has sparked international outcry by banning adoptions of Russian children by American families
The reality is that Russia continues to bleed population. For about a decade and a half now, projections have been that Russia’s population will plummet from 140-150 million to 104 million by 2050. What are the chief causal factors in this? There are several, but among the biggest is abortion which occurs in Russia at... Continue Reading
Jesus Doesn’t Want Your Risk, He Wants Your Life
Being a Christian is fundamentally radical, risky, and crazy
I’ve been thinking a lot about risk lately. In my little circle of Reformed theology, taking risks for God is currently cool. It’s in. It’s what all the cool kids are doing. Piper and Platt and Chan are writing about crazy, don’t waste your life, radical love. And I really am grateful for these guys.... Continue Reading
How I Know the LGBT Movement Hates the Boy Scouts
Most of those that have put on the pressure on the relatively feeble Boy Scouts of America do not give a care for the organization; it is just another casualty in their culture war
The LGBT champions on company boards and positions of cultural leadership that are putting the pressure on the BSA have no love for the organization. If the organization keeps its current standards, it loses big-time corporate donors. If the Scouts change their policy, then they are going to lose grassroots participation via facilities, membership, and... Continue Reading
A Pattern Developing: Another Court Grants Injunction on HHS Mandate
It’s possible that the Supreme Court could take up appeals from the circuit courts on these cases in its next term, which begins in October.
The government argued, like it has in other cases, that the mandate does not violate the family’s religious liberty because the company is a separate entity that doesn’t qualify for religious liberty protections. The court rejected that argument, citing the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, which granted First Amendment... Continue Reading
When He Feels Far Off
God's nearness is not a feeling, it is a truth
When we doubt our feelings, when it seems he is not coming through, not answering us, or has turned a cold shoulder, it is time for us to first confess those emotions to him. He is not surprised by our doubt. He is not scrambling for plan B. He is not trying to sweep up... Continue Reading
Don’t Let the Screen Strangle Your Soul: Part 2
The danger of never being alone
What if we prefer endless noise to the deafening sound of silence? What if we do not care to hear God’s still, small voice? What if the trivialities and distractions of our day are not forced upon us by busyness, or forced upon us at all? What if we choose to be busy so that... Continue Reading
The Left’s War against Science
Ignoring scientific consensus when it challenges cherished beliefs
According to many, especially among the secular and liberal cultural elites, the arrow runs only one way. Conservatives and evangelicals have been engaged, we are told, in an ongoing “war” against modern science (science defined as acceptance of Darwinian evolution, global warming, and embryonic stem cell research). Despite evidence to the contrary, I simply want... Continue Reading
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