Thursday, July 31, 2014

Suicide, Christians and the Church: A Reflection

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I can remember driving down the highway in Virginia in a state of depression. I’ve slipped into depression – probably a milder form than ...

Own Your Desperation

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Don’t be fooled by the world’s paradigm for leadership, or the whisper of your indwelling sin. We cringe at the thought of being ...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

50 Shades of Strange

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I have not read 50 Shades of Grey , nor do I plan to. The book is a bona fide publishing phenom, but every description I have read is t...

9 Things You Should Know About Male Body Image Issues

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Body image is the mental representation we create of what we think we look like; it may or may not bear a close relation to how others ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Does Struggling with Pornography Disqualify a Pastor from Ministry?

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It seemed like just another picture perfect fall day. My grandfather called my teenage cousin and me to go with him for a ride. We loved...

The Dangers and Duty of Confessing Sin to One Another

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“Open Confession is good for the soul,” or so the maxim goes. Perhaps it might also be said, “Open Confession is  good for your relation...

What Are We Saved From?

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A number of years ago, R.C. Sproul wrote a book with a title that asked a vitally important question. It was Saved from What? He began...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

The Gravity of Sin

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Christians are not meant to be spectators in the sanctifying process. Believers are commanded to strive against their flesh for the sake...
Friday, July 11, 2014

What Makes for a Good Elder?

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This past week one of the best elders I ever served with went home to glory. I lost a dear friend. This has led me to reflect on what ma...

A Sexual Revolution for Young Evangelicals? No.

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I n any discussion about the future of religion in America, especially as it relates to stalled growth in churches and denominations, tho...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

The Primary Reason I’m a Preacher — John MacArthur

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“Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babies, long for the pure milk ...

Biblical Theology and Shepherding

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How would you write a pastor’s job description? Where would you look for models? Maybe you’d ask a few other local churches for theirs and...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

When the Abortion Industry Self-Destructs

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In one sense, there are really just two types of people when it comes to the topic of abortion: those who think it is okay to kill unbor...

Who was George Blaurock?

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George Blaurock’s name marks Truett-McConnell College’s proposed student recreation center (SRC) – a facility not yet built, but already ...

6 Reflections on Sleepovers

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I didn’t see this one coming. After over ten years of daily blogging, I tend to have a pretty good sense of which articles have the po...
Monday, July 7, 2014

Is God Too Holy for You?

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God’s holiness carries a sense of loftiness and purity and awe-inspiring wonder and perfection. It is awe inspiring, but it also can be...

Missing the Point About the Contraceptive Mandate

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We at Answers in Genesis have been praising God this week for the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the Hobby Lobby company regardi...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

Is Feminine Modesty About Sex?

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During the summer, the topic of modesty comes out from hibernation. But with the renewed conversations come many assumptions about mod...

The Bible’s Clear Condemnation of Homosexuality

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“For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatura...

Life as an “Ordinary” Pastor’s Kid

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Over at the Blazing Center, Barnabas Piper, son of pastor John Piper, has an article on what to do when you meet a pastor’s kid . He’s app...
Friday, July 4, 2014

Two Cautions for Conservatives

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I am a conservative. I am a conservative in religion, politics, family values, and even fashion. I am an ordained minister in the Presb...

Be the Opposite of a Hypocrite

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Knowledge doesn’t terminate on the knower. We don’t learn in order to conceal, just like a lamp isn’t lit to be put under a basket ( Mat...

10 Questions with Barnabas Piper on His New Book “The Pastor’s Kid”

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Today Barnabas Piper’s book  The Pastor’s Kid: Finding Your Own Faith and Identity is being released. Being the son of John Piper (who ...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Biblical Theology and the Sexuality Crisis

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Western society is currently experiencing what can only be described as a moral revolution. Our society’s moral code and collective ethic...

Is Religious Freedom Under Attack in the USA?

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Actually, I don’t believe it’s “religious” freedom that is under attack in America, but “Christian” freedom is certainly under fire in th...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Confessing Our Sins Together

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In a chapter on confession and communion in Life Together , Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes that “he who is alone with his sin is utterly alon...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

7 Good Reasons To Stop Looking at Porn Right Now

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There are certain topics I return to on a regular basis and, if you are a regular reader of this site, you know that one of those topics...

Let’s Be Watchful Out There: About Relational Heresy

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It’s instructive that the Bible not only alerts us to watch out for doctrinal heresy, but also for relational heresy.   The Bible comm...

Seven Reasons the Pastor’s Salary Can Be a Source of Tension

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If you want a lively discussion, then the topic of the pastor’s salary can usually meet that need. I have discussed this issue in the p...

Cutting through the Confusion about What to Call “the New Calvinism”

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The mention of Calvinism may provoke revulsion or comfort—but it rarely produces apathy.  “Calvinism,” journalist H.L. Mencken opined...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The Seven-Year Itch and the Joy of Lifelong Marriage

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German politician Gabriele Pauli shocked her conservative party and sent waves through news outlets worldwide when she proposed in Sep...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

What Is Hell?

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We have often heard statements such as “War is hell” or “I went through hell.” These expressions are, of course, not taken literally. R...
Friday, June 20, 2014

The Deep Joy of Self-Denial

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Jesus gives us commands — “demands,” we might call them. They are words issued to us from his comprehensive authority in all of heaven a...

The Goodness of Gender

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The jarring “It is not good for the man to be alone” was not an “oops” moment in the creation story. Adam’s aloneness was underscored as ...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Should We Pray for Revival?

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When do you think the following observations were made? Ministers today seem more concerned with political power in society than spi...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

9 Things You Should Know About Transgenderism

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Transgenderism has been a frequently discussed topic over the past few weeks. On May 30, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...

When It’s Time to Leave a Church

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I detest church hopping . Yet I accept the fact that there are times when Christians transfer church membership. But there is a proper...

Why Churches Talk the Great Commission but Don’t Do It

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In seventeen years of doing church consulting, no church leader has said to me, “Our church really doesn’t want to do the Great Commissi...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Hope in the Struggle with Sin and Self — A.W. Pink

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“He who is really honest with himself and has had his eyes opened in some degree to see the awful sinfulness of self, and who is becoming ...

Seven Ways to Hurt Your Pastor

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If you really want to hurt your pastor, then this blogpost is for you.   This past week alone, I had conversations with dozens of pa...