Of course. Well, wait, it’s complicated. Most Christians agree that we are not to obey what Bible scholars call “the ceremonial law.” The notion that a believer must be circumcised…
Read The Blog PostThere’s a great deal of history and nuance to this question. One could argue that the terms are identical. Both groups trace their roots to a prior term, and the…
Read The Blog PostOf course. And of course not. The sermon is that part of the service where God’s Word exposes our failures and proclaims Christ’s provision. The end is not the sin,…
Read The Blog PostThere may be no more significant Old Testament description of how God relates to His people than this Hebrew word hesed. I argue that the best translation of this term…
Read The Blog PostThe power of the media is less what it gets us to think, more what it gets us to think about. That is, they have less influence on our credenda…
Read The Blog PostThe wisdom of this question, I would argue, is that it gets at the real horror of hell. A lake of fire is a frightening thought indeed. The greater dread,…
Read The Blog PostThough it is most often attributed to the great sports writer Red Smith, no one knows for sure who first bled this great insight- “Writing is easy. You just open…
Read The Blog PostIt is not at all unusual for us to defend our own peculiar perspective by painting our opponents in the worst possible light. There is genuine disagreement over whether political…
Read The Blog PostSure it is. As long as what we mean by “having a conversion story” is broad enough to include, “I have loved and depended on the finished work of Christ…
Read The Blog PostA mirage, wrapped in propaganda, surrounded by demagogues. It is Chicken Little running around crying out that the end is near because she stubbed her toe, while the sky was…
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