Empowering JD Hall Hurts Good People and Worthy Causes
JD Hall’s public support for causes I care deeply about is so self-absorbedly off-putting and unnecessarily abrasive; it undermines them.
How To Slay Your Dragon
Back in high school, I met a man named Charles. His last name escapes me now, but it’s not important to the story. Charles was a large, imposing, friendly fellow. But Charles identified himself as an Apostle. And Charles was … Continued
Deconversion Stories, Discipleship, and The Parable of the Sower
What is up with Christians leaving the faith? In July, Joshua Harris – pastor and famed author of ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’ – announced he is no longer a Christian, and he’s leaving his wife. Two weeks ago, Marty Sampson … Continued
The Problem of Evil in the World
Why do bad things happen to good people? How can a good God who loves us permit all the suffering in this world? These and other questions related to the problem of evil came up in a recent conversation I … Continued
One Christian’s Response to Harry Potter and Magic in Fiction
I was in high school when JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Perhaps I thought I was too old to read a kid’s book. Or maybe I was too distracted by sports and friends to care about the intense controversy … Continued
There Were Giants In The Earth In Those Days
Who were these Nephilim, these giants? And where did they come from? They were none other than the giants and heroes of ancient mythology.
Rediscovering Christ in the Age of Identity Politics
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male or female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus Galatians 3:28 (ESV) Intersectionality and Christianity In recent years, the American motto e pluribus … Continued
Christian Rebuke Today – Part II: When Rebuke Is Valid
Ultimately God decides whether a rebuke is valid. And we need not be ignorant concerning the mind of God. On the contrary, if we are tempted to throw our hands up and misquote “Who has known the mind of the Lord?” we would do well to remember that God has given us His Word, the Bible, to know what of His mind we need to.
Christian Rebuke Today – Part I: Unbiblical Objections
We must understand the place for rebuke and the subsequent calls for repentance in the life of the Christian today in order to truly live for Christ either as individuals or as bodies of believers gathering together in his name.
Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, and Slow to Become Angry
A certain passage of the Scriptures has been on my mind a lot lately in relation to not only the kinds of things I want to ingrain in my children, but also those I want to embody in my own … Continued