Theology That Bites Back
Empathy and the Clowns: Introduction: Many Christian parents are aware of the fact that the outside world is hostile to our faith, and as a consequence it is hostile to the approach we must take in bringing our children up in that faith. We are usually aware of the fact of the hostility, but we …
As we come to baptize this child, we are called to remember that baptism is primarily God’s testimony, not our own testimony. In the waters of baptism, God is declaring that Jesus is the Christ, that He is the way of true salvation, and that those who bear the mark of His testimony are obligated …
Our God is a God of abundance, and we need to be clear about this. This is not something that He has, but rather something that He is. He did not create the world, or us as a people to inhabit the world, because He was lonely. He was not in any way filling up …
Sermon Video Introduction: In order to work through a series of messages on parenting, it is necessary to pay some attention to the parents themselves. The parents are the ones doing the work, ...
Sermon Video Introduction: Over the years I have preached on marriage, and family, and child-rearing any number of times. Seeing as I am about to do it again, I need to begin by noting the way ...
In order for us to say that God is love, we must be able to deny, in the same breath, that God is solitary, or alone, or isolated. To be love itself, God must contain within Himself the subject and the object and the verb. He must be the Lover, and He must be the …
It has been drawn to my attention that some folks have wondered whether or not I was aiming at David Bahnsen (and friends) with this recent paragraph: “Professing Christians who are nervous about Christian nationalism will see their options begin to narrow. They cannot refute these observations, or at least to date have shown no …
So let us start at the base of the stairs, and go up them one at a time. Every society, of necessity, must have a final locus of authority. That authority must either be contingent and within the system, or absolute and outside the system. If there is no absolute authority outside the system, then …
Introduction: You know, this is one of our best therapy sessions ever. I never knew half of this stuff . . . A few years back, Joe Rigney made what might be called "an empathy splash" when he ...
Easter Sunday 2024: Sermon Video Introduction: Two thousand years ago, a man who had been wickedly betrayed by the religious authorities, and murderously crucified by the Roman civil authorities, ...
