Let’s Stop Imaging Jesus
“It’s a new storybook Bible for children!” as I looked to my wife from the kitchen table. She rolled her eyes in that familiar way and glanced over to the stack of similar books collecting dust. “Will it make the…
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Carter’s Confusion?
Joe Carter in “How to Wait for Cultural Reckoning” highlights a truth that is vital for our ability to understand a Christian witness and how it relates to the Christian view of apologetics and evangelism. In particular, he demonstrates how…
Celibate Gay Theology Believes the Born This Way Lie
Celibate gay theology–which claims to uphold a traditional biblical view of sexuality– believes the “born this way” lie and has become the default compromise in evangelical churches and parachurch ministries. Celibate gay theology embraces homosexual orientation and identity but disallows…
What Those in Chronic Pain Wished You Knew, Pt 2
If you missed the part 1 of this article that explains what isn’t helpful to those in chronic pain, be sure to go read it first! What We Actually Desire: A good friend of mine shared with me that she…
The Dying Thief’s Theology
The thief who was saved on the cross has been the occasion of far too many unnecessary debates over whether one can be saved apart from baptism or without performing any good works or whether death-bed conversions are reliable. Such…
What Those in Chronic Pain Wished You Knew, Pt 1
You would never know it from looking at me, but I have lived with some level of pain more days than not for the last five and a half years. Culturally, 2020 was a year of COVID lockdowns, unemployment, riots,…
What About the Awkward Psalms?
Editor’s Note: This article is from the forthcoming book, God Is Our Refuge and Strength: 150 Devotionals Through the Psalms, by Bill Boekestein and Rob Ventura (The Banner of Truth, October 2026). What do you do with prayers that ask…
Surrejoinder to David Garner
Editor’s Note: On June 1, 2026 Dr. Lane Tipton published, “Is Jesus Christ the Natural and Adopted Son of God.” Drs. Letham and Tipton each published an essay at that same address. Dr. Letham’s appears first and Dr. Tipton’s essay…
SURREJOINDER TO DR. GARNER
Editor’s Note: On June 1, 2026 Dr. Robert Letham published, “Is Jesus Christ the Natural and Adopted Son of God.” His essay interacted with David B. Garner’s view concerning the Son’s adoption as set forth in his book Sons in the…
The Accessibility of Scripture
Paragraphs 1 to 7 of the Westminster Confession of Faith have shown that Scripture is necessary to know God and his gospel message through the illuminating work of the Holy Spirit. Added to this is the unchanging content of the…