The Problem With a Nicodemus Culture
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View ArticleWhat Are You Not Wanting the Bible To Say
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View ArticleCountry Club Evangelicalism
At First Things, Matthew Schmitz warns his fellow Catholics of “country club Catholicism,” a sophisticated language game by which categories like sin and righteousness are diluted so as to no longer...
View ArticleRussell Moore at the Mount of Olives
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View ArticleWhy You Need the Whole Bible (Even If You Dont Know Why)
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View ArticleDriving Back the Cloud of Fear: A Christmas Meditation
If there is anything we Americans hold in common this Christmas, it is fear. I felt it creeping up my neck four weeks ago when my dad called me on the way to work. “Did you hear about San Bernardino?”...
View ArticleDriving back the cloud of fear: A Christmas meditation
If there is anything we Americans hold in common this Christmas, it is fear. I felt it creeping up my neck four weeks ago when my dad called me on the way to work. “Did you hear about San Bernardino?”...
View ArticleExplainer: Wheaton College moves to remove professor over same God comments
What is the Wheaton “same God” controversy about? On December 10, 2015, Dr. Larycia Hawkins, an associate professor of political science at Wheaton College, posted a photo of herself on Facebook...
View ArticleCasualty Call: A Marine’s Reflections on Good Friday
Note: This post, which I originally wrote in 2003, is dedicated to all our Christian brothers and sisters in the military — the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines in foreign lands — and all of those...
View ArticleDon’t move too quickly past lament on Good Friday
“I just don’t like Good Friday,” a worship leader once told me, “It’s such a downer. Easter Sunday is so much more fun!” Most evangelicals are not as honest about their Good Friday reservations, but we...
View ArticleWhy Christians Have to Talk About Hell
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View ArticleThe life and doctrine connection: It’s complicated
Paul’s injunction for Timothy to keep a close watch on his “life and doctrine” in order that he might save his hearers has rung in my ears ever since I was called to the ministry (1 Tim. 4:16). Life...
View ArticleThe Reformation and public theology: What 16th century theologians can teach...
You may know about the spiritual sea-change brought on by the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. But do you know about the ways the Reformation helped change Western politics? This...
View ArticleHusband, your wife will benefit from your theology
I want to take you back to a scene you’re most likely familiar with. It’s a scene in which a deceptive snake is in dialogue with a woman in a garden. He says to her, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall...
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Ethics and culture reads for 2017 (Part 1): Eight books on theology, history...
This will be a year of incredible new books. Maybe you made a New Year’s resolution to read more. Maybe you received a gift card to use on new books. Or maybe you just love to read. Whatever the case,...
View ArticleHow (not) to talk about religious pluralism
Over the weekend, a tweet from CNN promoted a new series called “Believer” with Reza Aslan that begins airing on Sunday, March 5. Now, the series has not yet begun, so there’s some degree to which I...
View ArticleThe image of God and racial reconciliation: A biblical theology of kingdom...
The theme of diversity is undeniable in the Bible. God never intended for us to be a monolithic people. Thabiti Anyabwile addressed this issue in his message “The Image of God and Racial...
View ArticleWhy good theology is necessary for good parenting
I was early into my teaching career, and I still found myself making rookie mistakes. A seasoned teacher always keeps a watchful eye on her students, particularly during a testing period. But it was...
View ArticleWhy God’s unchanging commitment to us matters
Many of us know what it’s like to question God’s love. This needs no explaining. There are times when it is natural for humans to question God when his love doesn’t feel the way we expect it to; we...
View Article500th year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation
Andrew Walker, director of policy studies, breaks down what the 500th year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation means to modern day Christianity. The post 500th year anniversary of the Protestant...
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