Photo by London Scout on Unsplash Today is Mother’s Day. Here are three facts you should know about the holiday and about mothers in America (original post can be found here): In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation that officially established the first national Mother’s Day holiday to celebrate America’s mothers. Many individual states celebrated Mother’s…
Have you ever thought of waging spiritual warfare with a butter knife? Paul explains in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 that the spiritual warfare of gospel ministry is all about tearing down the resistance in people’s hearts to the captivating truth and beauty of Christ. What that resistance is changes throughout time and culture. In Paul’s day,…
Here are a few links that are worth a look. Denny Burk, in light of an article by Julie Rogers in the New York Times, rightly asserts, “People living in sexual immorality do indeed have to choose between their sin and Jesus.” Read his important post here. Is Jordan Peterson a liar, lunatic, legend, or…
*This is a short excerpt from the full document attached. For a defense of our position (below), read the paper here: Should Wives Submit to Abusive Husbands – (Joint Statement) At the beginning of this paper, we need to make clear the context and aim of what follows. In recent days comments by Paige Patterson, the…
Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash Do you grow tired of the militaristic posture characterizing many individuals engaged in a discussion? I sure do! Whether it’s a fly-by political discussion with someone at Fry’s, an in-depth conversation with an acquaintance over religion, or a perusal of Facebook where people pontificate on any and all issues, I find myself…
Here are a few links that are worth a look. Jason Meyer on Hyper-headship Ed Stetzer encouraged Paige Patterson to do the right thing for the good of the SBC. Owen Strachan responds to Andy Stanely on theology and unity. Trevis Wax on the danger of not scraping your knee.
The seven year old who pushes her sister so she can go down the slide first. The five year old who stomps her feet and boldly declares that she will not wear that particular shirt. The three year old who defiantly pees on the couch to show her disapproval of her mother’s instructions. The one…
The Eastward Expansion of the Church In AD 66, the Jews rebelled against the occupying Romans, with the Romans putting an end to the rebellion in AD 70 (read more here). During this time, Jewish Christians fled for safety east of the Jordan River to a town named Pella. Bryan Litfin writes, “From there the…
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Photo by Mario Azzi on Unsplash Depression is “just this detached, meaningless fog where you can’t feel anything about anything.” Depression is a malady that has hit close to my heart, as family members and close friends have struggled with it. Although I’ve personally not battled with intense and pervasive bouts of depression, there have been at times a…
Theology Along the Way 