So said Woody Allen as he sought to justify his sexual relationship with his step-daughter. In one sense it is easy to dismiss Allen’s behavior as isolated albeit disgusting. Recently, however, David Espstein, a political scientist from Columbia University, has been charged…
Is there a difference between being tempted and lusting? Is it sin to be tempted to commit gluttony? Is it a sin to be tempted to not be generous? Is it a sin to be tempted to disobey your parents?…
Now I’m getting pegged as being too unclear on sin for drawing a distinction between same sex attraction and homosexual acts. How about that! I’m too nuanced, too sensitive to the spirit of the age. This is truly a first. Someone…
Martin Luther identified a theologian of the cross as one who calls a thing what it is. That sort of clarity seems to be in short supply in the church today. Love for God’s truth seems to have been replaced…
Hello Ninja!, by N.D. Wilson. Illustrated by Forrest Dickison (Canonball, 2013) When I was contacted by Canon Press to see if I would review a bedtime story for toddlers, they had me at Hello Ninja. I mean, hello, this would…
In the most recent edition of Mortification of Spin, Carl and I discuss the role and importance of elders in the local church. It is clear in Scripture that the church is to be led by a plurality of godly…
I’ve written a post over at Ref21 concerning the Phil Robertson flap. Specifically I seek to distinguish between our reactions to same sex attraction and homosexual acts. I also seek to defend the “yuck factor” as a legitimate response to…
Instead of posting a list of my favorite books I read this year, I though I would share with you the ones that drew several articles out of me. These are the books that made me have the most reflections. I actually…
As the most recent meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society made clear, the battle over the trustworthiness of the Bible is far from over. I recently posted some resources that have been helpful to me in my ministry as a…
Okay, so that’s an exaggeration. But as I have read the many commentaries offered by various evangelicals on the Phil Robertson flap I cannot help but wonder if some of the discussion confuses categories. Some, while in sympathy with Robertson’s…
