If you have been hoping for a new reality show highlighting the big life of a rich preacher in Texas then good news is on the way! Ed Young Jr., pastor of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, TX is negotiating terms…
If you have been hoping for a new reality show highlighting the life of a rich preacher in Texas then good news is on the way! However, if you are like me and dread the idea of yet another sad…
I stumbled upon an article making a prediction for journalism in 2014. Jason Kottke announces that the blog is dead. Basically, his conclusion is that “blogs are for 40-somethings with kids.” Ouch! You can imagine how offended I was as…
Desiring God has published an article by Nick Roen entitled “Is It Sin to Experience Same-Sex Attraction?” Roen believes there is a distinction between experiencing temptation and engaging in sin. I believe this is a helpful and, most importantly, biblical distinction.…
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…
