Some Thoughts on Gay Rights
The rise of gay rights, including, now, the all but inevitable legal support for same-sex marriage at home and abroad, has the effect of a tidal wave: better get out of the way, or be drowned in obscurity. Sure, there…
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The preacher’s vocal hygiene
No, not advice about brushing your teeth regularly, flossing wisely, or avoiding Stilton and garlic soup before that pastoral visit – that would be oral hygiene. This is – to give it its technical name – vocal hygiene: keeping the…
Helpful words from the past for our generation today
From such love — may I ever be delivered! (J.C. Ryle, “Christian Love” 1878) Christian love does not consist in approving everybody’s religious opinions. Here is another most serious and growing delusion. There are many who pride themselves…
How to turn a church around in 25 years
I don’t know Ken Moulder but he is interviewed here and for all ministers this is worth watching, it’s so encouraging. Keep going.
All Other Ground is Sinking Sand
What I would like for us to begin to think about in this post is a Reformed theology of persuasion in apologetics. Possibly one of the more frustrating aspects of a Covenantal apologetic for some may be that, with any…
All Other Ground is Sinking Sand
What I would like for us to begin to think about in this post is a Reformed theology of persuasion in apologetics. Possibly one of the more frustrating aspects of a Covenantal apologetic for some may be that, with any…
Follow-Up to O’Reilly, the Bible and Gay Marriage
Tim Challies was very kind to post a link to my previous post on Bill O’Reilly, the Bible, and Gay Marriage. One of his commenters brought up an objection that I thought I might respond to here. I had written…
Bracket Analysis (No, not the Final Four)
In a recent article, Albert Mohler has accurately and astutely observed the widespread bracketing of public moral arguments by those seeking to defend the traditional and conjugal view of marriage in America. It’s true, from attorneys defending Proposition 8 and the…
Bill O’Reilly, Gay Marriage, and the Bible
I happened to see a video this morning in which Bill O’Reilly was arguing with Laura Ingraham over O’Reilly’s complaint that conservatives need to do more than “thump the Bible” in making our case against gay marriage. Not only was…
Pastors and Their Critics: Critics
In yesterday’s action-packed episode, I presented some ways ministers might deal with criticism. Today, I want to look at those who bring criticism to pastors. If you’ve been in a church for any length of time, you know the pastor’s…