The Pink Elephant in the Room
Amid all of the discussion surrounding the so-called Pence Rule and also the forthcoming book from my friend, Aimee Byrd, there is one lacuna that is slightly puzzling. It is certainly the case that what the Rule seeks…
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The Pink Elephant in the Room
Amid all of the discussion surrounding the so-called Pence Rule and also the forthcoming book from my friend, Aimee Byrd, there is one lacuna that is slightly puzzling. It is certainly the case that what the Rule seeks…
The Pulpit Direction
Preaching Christ is part of the definition of preaching, but it is not the only task of preachers. Warning every man and teaching every man in order to present every man perfect in Christ (Col. 1:28) requires wise and specific…
Will the Real Potiphar’s Wife Please Stand?
“We should be friends,” quoth Potiphar’s wife; but Joseph turned, and ran for his life. “Avoidance is not purity!,” she cried; but he ignored her plea. One example from Scripture that I often hear to support the Mike Pence…
Theological Education and the Local Church
Theological poverty is rampant in the majority of the Western Church today. North American evangelical/Protestant churches are suffering an endemic deficiency with regard to biblical and theological understanding. This is no new assessment,1 and the consequences to our spiritual health have…
The Gospel of Inclusion
Sometimes I enjoy listening to the This American Life podcast on my road trips. It is a secular podcast that provides storied snippets portraying all kinds of different thoughts and experiences within American life. Although I often am saddened by…
Understanding the Single-Issue Voter
Moving around often as a child and as an adult, I had the privilege of joining or regularly attending many different American churches in different regions. I’ve been a member of small (40-80 people), medium (200 members), and large (multi-service)…
Freedom’s Just Another Word…
I was a junior in high school when the Roseanne episode featuring a lesbian kiss aired on network television, and I can remember well the controversy that surrounded that episode. Recent conversations surrounding the presence of a nine-year-old character named…
Imagine There’s No Hell
At the Desiring God 1990 Pastor’s Conference, Sinclair Ferguson gave a talk titled, “The Biblical Basis for the Doctrine of Eternal Punishment.” It is, without doubt, one of the most significant treatments of the doctrine of hell that I have…
The Exception and the Rule
Over the years, many have approached me in order to ask what I believe the Bible teaches on some particular theological or ethical subject. In many cases, no sooner have I finished answering them that I’m met with the reply,…