Our state senator, Dan Foreman, caused a recent stir when it was reported that he was going to introduce a bill in the Idaho legislature that would make abortion first degree murder, not only for the doctor who performs it, but also for the woman who procures it. The first part of this article talks …
On Not Having a Cockroach Head
Allow me to say a few things about the polarization of our society, and the radicalization of some individuals out on the extreme edges. There are always extremists at all extremes—for that is who lives out there—but let me begin by addressing one that (some) would want to say is an extreme version of what …
Pharisee Devils
[Concerning 1 Tim. 4:2-3] “In scriptural terms, when a person’s conscience is seared with a hot iron, he doesn’t become an anarchist, he becomes a fierce moralist . . . A man with a seared conscience is the prohibitionist, the wowser, the fusser” (Food Catholic, p. 11).
Smart Kids and Dumb Phones
Introduction: One of the great challenges that Christian parents have today is the challenge of figuring out what responsible parenting looks like in the middle of this technological supernova we are living in. For example, when should your teen get a smart phone? What are the parameters? Who is competent to police those parameters? Basic …
Because Fallacies Can Operate on Any Material
“Once the principles of unreason are well-established in our midst, we will find that we cannot turn them off with a switch, simply because we are now dealing with something more serious” (Food Catholic, p. 9).
As Black as Your Grandfather’s Bible
If I might, I would like to deal with a number of issues at one fell, as they say, swoop. In the culture wars, the central battle is the battle over the dictionary. We are in a fight to the death over the authority to define. Shall it be God, or shall it be man? …
No Idol Is Exceptional
“American exceptionalism is the idea that America is more of a creed than a nation. This kind of American exceptionalism makes a certain kind of civic religion possible, a quasi-sacramental approach which all consistent Christians reject as, in equal turns, blasphemous and silly” (Empires of Dirt, p. 10).
A Simple Binary
“I would say the same thing about Jesus. If He is Lord, we should do what He says. If He is not, then we needn’t bother” (Empires of Dirt, p. 10).
The Fear of Woman Bringeth Two or Three Snares
Introduction: “The fear of man bringeth a snare: But whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe” (Prov. 29:25). This is of course true—being Scripture as it is. But it also needs to be pointed out that in another sense the fear of woman bringeth two or three snares. I am writing on …
Pauline, Not Paula
A few days ago, Michael Horton wrote a piece for The Washington Post headlined as “Evangelicals should be deeply troubled by Donald Trump’s attempt to mainstream heresy.” This is certainly true, and I am troubled by it. On top of that, I appreciated the historical sketch of the Word of Faith movement that Horton laid …