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Don’t Give Up on the Public Square

Editor’s Note: This article has been adapted from the preface of Biblical Patterns and Government. Too many believers take a short-term view and become frustrated or retreat altogether from the public square when setbacks occur. Improvements in government may require generations.…

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Principles for Flourishing

As with so many aspects of the Christian life, the question of contraception requires wisdom. We’ve already considered different views of contraception, and argued that contraception is only permissible when biblical principles of human flourishing are applied within the context…

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Contra Cremation

Author’s Note: For some, this article will not be an easy read. Some readers may take offense, perhaps because of decisions that have already been made. But whatever your view on cremation, know that the Lord is gracious, and he…

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Go to Church

I have a confession to make, and it may not be very surprising: It’s hard to pastor people when the government has declared a pandemic. There are a few reasons for this. To begin, there really is a virus going…

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Party Like It’s 1992

Editor’s Note: This article has been adapted from the preface of  Biblical Patterns and Government. I had been up much of the night watching presidential election returns in November 1992.[1] Third party candidate Ross Perot, along with a moderate Republican,…

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A Paradigm for Procreation

A few weeks ago, we briefly sketched different views of contraception within Roman Catholic and Protestant circles. We left off with the view that the Christian use of contraception is only permissible when biblical principles of human flourishing are applied within…

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Character, or Competence?

Every so often, a friend and I indulge a favorite argument. The debate is over what matters more when it comes to leadership: Character, or competence? While we both have similar worldviews, I have contended that character matters more, while…

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Three(ish) Views of Contraception

Genesis 1:28 records God’s first command to the first human couple, Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden: “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and…