Where Are You Anchored When Storms Come?
When storms come (and they will), where are you anchored? Do you toss to and fro by the waves, or does your anchor hold? Salvation is anchored in grace, rooted in God’s favor toward us in his Son, the Lord…
Blog
Read MoreWhere Are You Anchored When Storms Come?
Defending Tullian Tchividjian
As most of our readers know, Tullian Tchividjian resigned from his ministry in a PCA church because he committed the sin of adultery. Many were quick to comment, either defending him or attacking him. Based on my own pastoral experience…
What Goes Under the Umbrella of Women’s Ministry?
In my last article, I discussed how Christ has given the church the gift of ordained ministerial office and that this is how the church ministers to every member through Word and sacrament. With that in mind, let’s get back…
Traces of the Trinity
Peter J. Leithart, Traces of the Trinity: Signs of God in Creation and Human Experience. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2015. ix + 165 pp. $15.99 In this extraordinary book, Peter Leithart’s starting point comes from New Testament revelation about God:…
Traces of the Trinity
Peter J. Leithart, Traces of the Trinity: Signs of God in Creation and Human Experience. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2015. ix + 165 pp. $15.99 In this extraordinary book, Peter Leithart’s starting point comes from New Testament revelation about God:…
Planned Parenthood’s Politics and the English Language
In 1946, George Orwell wrote “Politics and the English Language,” an essay in which he complains that people had begun to speak and write without clarity. Laziness is sometimes the culprit, but too often people use pretentious diction and meaningless…
Planned Parenthood’s Politics and the English Language
In 1946, George Orwell wrote “Politics and the English Language,” an essay in which he complains that people had begun to speak and write without clarity. Laziness is sometimes the culprit, but too often people use pretentious diction and meaningless…
Is it Missional to tell the truth?
I remember when the word missional was new. It was filled with all the facial hair, slim-fit shirt, Avett Brothers cache that a single word could carry. If churches were not actively seeking how to be “missional” they were missing…
How the Church Ministers to Every Member
So I am a woman, who is a Christian, who loves to be a part of women’s Bible studies. I used to think that meant that I should be actively involved in a women’s ministry. But I haven’t always been…
True Freedom vs. Unrestrained Choices (to Marry)
According to President Barack Obama, “we are all more free” as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage last month — a claim that disturbed me slightly more than images of the White House bathed in…