It was recently my privilege to have published a new book with the title, Passing Through: Pilgrim Life in the Wilderness. The fundamental premise of the work is that the church needs to recover its pilgrim identity, and from that…
I have little idea what challenges American churches (and other institutions) that refuse to recognize same-sex “marriages” may soon face in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, announced today. The Wall Street Journal’s Jerry Seib says this feels…
At the National Prayer Breakfast on February 5 President Obama called Christians to exercise humility in their responses to Muslim acts of terror, referencing some of the great sins of the Christian tradition. His comments provoked a sharp backlash, much…
At the National Prayer Breakfast on February 5 President Obama called Christians to exercise humility in their responses to Muslim acts of terror, referencing some of the great sins of the Christian tradition. His comments provoked a sharp backlash, much…
As we were all pondering the death of Elisabeth Elliot this week, Rick Phillips reminded us of another June 15 death – the passing in 2000 of Dr. James Montgomery Boice, pastor of Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church. My first pastor.…
If you haven’t already, please read the first three pieces to this series on my personal journey towards understanding Race and the American church (the first can be found here, the second here, and third here). It is my hope…
Listening to the family members of those who were mercilessly killed in the Charleston church was an opportunity to witness some of the best theology you’ll see in your life. I only hope that if I am ever faced with…
Last evening I was greatly blessed, together with many members of the congregation I serve, to participate in a prayer vigil for the nine victims of the racist attack on Emmanuel AME in Charleston. The service was held at Allen…
“Do not think to yourself that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but…
Most evangelical presentations of the doctrine of Scripture are implicitly trinitarian. They identify the Father as Scripture’s primary author, the Son as Scripture’s central subject matter, and the Spirit as the immediate agent of prophetic and apostolic inspiration. Scripture is…
