Before saying what I want to say here, I need to start with a disclaimer. The church of Jesus Christ is inherently political, but it must not be partisan. The mere existence of the church will have political ramifications, but this is no reason for the church to over-commit. It is the difference between being …
The Reason We Are in the Back Seat is So That We Can Be Salt and Light
If incoherence were beans, or cheese, or sour cream, or anything like that, Obama’s executive DECREE on bathrooms in government schools would be at least a nine-layer dip. Incoherence, how do I not follow thee? Let me be unable to count the ways. There are too many. They come too fast. They are throwing them …
Deny Him Seventy Times Seven
I was recently asked how the radical ethic taught by Jesus — if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two — relates to baking a wedding cake for a same sex mirage ceremony. And then shortly after that, I saw the meme off to the right floating around somewhere, and thought …
Seven Effective Strategies for Dealing With Lust
This post was originally published April 15, 2011. 1. Run away. Paul tells Timothy to “flee youthful lusts” (2 Tim. 2:22). Joseph employed this admirable technique when dealing with Potiphar’s wife (Gen. 39:12), and he did not know that in running from her arms, he was actually running toward a throne. This was not made …
Gaslighting the Christians
A servant is not greater than his master, and so in principle we should always expect to get the same treatment that Jesus did. But because — despite being His followers — we are still tangled up in our own sins and failings, there is always for us a measure of deserving some of it. …
‘Murica Furioso
Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t said much of anything political since Ted Cruz suspended his campaign, and this was because I didn’t want to give into the temptation to spit, or curse, or otherwise descend to personalities. Political discourse should be an activity that elevates while it engages, which is not …
Two Short of Kevin Bacon
Published in Daily News in the summer of 2015 Unfortunate is too mild a word to describe Nick Gier’s most recent foray into an old controversy (6/25/15). I do not mind a controversy when controversy is absolutely necessary, but it really isn’t called for in this instance. Christ Church is a church that has many …
The Bill Ayers Kind of Bomb
Ran in the Daily News May 3, 2017 A lot needs to be covered here so I guess I should jump right in. Lee Rozen recently argued that I seem to be proud of my “anti-gay, pro-slavery, patriarchal provocateur status.” First, I have never been pro-slavery. That is simply false. The debates I have been …
On ending slavery
Submitted May 8, 2017 Steve Wells responded to my column (His View, May 3) in the newspaper by citing some quotations from me, as though those quotations were inconsistent with what I said in my article. He wants to represent me as a returned prodigal who is dishonest enough to pretend that he had never …
Surrender the Good Surrender?
Carl Trueman says a lot of good things here, and I invite you all to reflect on them. Having done so, I want to take this occasion to argue with his selection of one word, about which more in a minute. Trueman sees right through the posing of those Christians whose idea of “engaging culture” …