Kaepernicking Replaces Tebowing
A touchdown celebration—flexing his right arm and kissing his biceps—is called “Kaepernicking”
I am saying that an anti-distraction bias by itself doesn’t explain Tebow’s exile: It will be a great mystery if none of the 32 NFL teams wants him. I’m also saying that worship of Man rather than God is now our national religion: Kissing your own biceps is more acceptable than bowing before our Creator. ... Continue Reading
John Brown the Calvinist
Calvinism rightly understood is a threat to the autonomy of modern man in modern America
In modern America, Calvinism is associated with fanaticism and hate. Calvinists are a deluded sort! Modern America is not threatened by evangelicalism. Modern America is not threatened by fundamentalism. However, Calvinism is a different story. In my mind, Calvinism rightly applied, is the only real threat to the fulcrum of a godless America. Calvinism which... Continue Reading
Against the Objectification of Females
It is not possible to see people as humans created in God’s image and as objects at the same time
The differences between the woman in the revealing swimwear, drunken coeds on Girls Gone Wild, a prostitute, a stripper or a sexually exploited child are only in the extremes and opportunities. The mindset is the same. Objects have no opinion, no right of refusal, no humanity, no femininity. Like a tire or a piece of... Continue Reading
What Chris Rock Can Teach Us About Marriage
The difference between a wife and a girlfriend
Even on its own terms, cohabitation doesn’t “prepare” couples for marriage. Without the security of permanence and fidelity a “relationship” is wholly different from a marriage. As a matter of fact, “dating” isn’t a preparation for marriage either, beyond the level of discovering whether this couple have a reason not to marry. Most Christians don’t look to Chris... Continue Reading
Preventing Inauguration Blues
Voting isn't the only means of social change
What are people to do, then, if their candidate is not on the podium on the day of the inauguration? Do they despair about America? Do they give up? No. They are to be reminded that a virtuous society has a larger network of mediating institutions that shape the mores and norms of human flourishing.... Continue Reading
Pro-Choice: What Does It Mean?
No unborn baby has ever had the right to choose or deny its own destruction
What is the substance of the pro-choice position? If a woman says that she personally would not have an abortion but does not want to deny someone else’s right to do it, on what grounds would this woman hesitate to get an abortion? Perhaps she simply wants to have as many babies as possible and... Continue Reading
May Christians Complain?
What's the difference between complaining and wrestling with God over our trials?
In crying out to God, in opening our heart to Him so He can see our deep pain, we do what the Lord Jesus Himself lovingly encourages to do in Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” He does not promise us to... Continue Reading
The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
Why do evangelical academics crave worldly acceptance?
The day is coming, and perhaps has already come, when, first, to believe that the Bible is the Word of God, inspired, authoritative, and utterly truthful, will be seen as a sign at best of intellectual suicide, at worst of mental illness; and, second, to articulate any form of opposition to homosexual practice will be... Continue Reading
Strange Foreign Customs
Following Paul's church-planting pattern
It has frequently been observed that evangelicalism today is a mile wide and an inch deep. That kind of evangelicalism is not worth preserving into a new century or propagating in another culture. It cannot stand up under the pressure of “trouble or persecution because of the word” that may result when a country’s economy... Continue Reading
How Do You Teach a Child About the Imputed Righteousness of Christ?
A coin, a dirty napkin, and a lesson
We talk about the gospel constantly in our house and in our family devotions with our children. However, we can be tempted to have these conversations with our children on a superficial level without discussing the deep theological truths wrapped up in the gospel. We think kids cannot handle it. For example, how does a... Continue Reading
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