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Three Marks of God-Centered Churches
My last post focused upon the necessity for pastors to preach the full counsel of God’s Word and proclaim the truth for His glory. Today, I want to focus on the beauty of a local church centered upon God by specifically locking in on three biblical qualities which are found in healthy local congregations. First of all, strong churches maintain a powerful focus on God. Longing to know more of Him, they seek diligently for the Word.
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What Actions Should Christians Take In Turbulent Times?
The world is a crazy, chaotic, frantic, hair-on-fire kind of a place. News cycles change not from day to day but from hour to hour. Politicians make decisions which not only impact your life, but your ability to even make a living. Many theologians and pastors come out with doctrinal positions which are downright mind-boggling. In the midst of all these different areas (I feel like I just mentioned the tip of the iceberg), Christians are left wondering how shall we live?
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Does The Bible Condone Rape?
One of the frequently listed objections by atheists, liberal theologians, and progressives to the validity of the Scripture is their assertion it condones rape. They vehemently detest rape as an objectively evil value and therefore cannot see how the Bible could condone it. To be clear, I am a Bible-believing evangelical Christian who explicitly concurs that rape is a horrific evil. However, to say that the Bible condones it is to misunderstand what is going on within the text itself. The arguments centers around Deuteronomy 22:25-29, which says:
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Person of Interest
Today is the release of J. Warner Wallace’s intriguing new book called Person of Interest. Undoubtedly, this book is very well written and captivating from the first page all the way to the last. I had the privilege of being part of the launch team for this book. This post constitutes my attempt to give a robust review of this fine work. As a Van Tillian Presuppositionalist I have a fairly distinct approach concerning apologetical methodology than Mr. Wallace (more on different schools of apologetics here). Nonetheless, I appreciate many aspects of his work and consider these differences to be important, but brotherly matters to be handled with charity. I can certainly say I found Person of Interest to be an enjoyable book. It was fun to grab a cup of coffee, my furry fido friend, and dive into the book making lots of notes in the process. With that being said, let’s dive into some of the primary components of Detective Wallace’s newest contribution to apologetics.
Thoughts About An Atheist “Chaplain” and Unity
Recently, as you may have heard, Harvard’s chaplains installed a new president of the group. I don’t make a practice of writing about ivy league schools and their chaplain selections. Yet, this time is another story because the individual elected is Greg Epstein, who is a humanist atheist.1 An article in The Guardian captured this well when they posted a student’s thoughts who said:
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Divided Nation: Cultures in Chaos & A Confused Church
Admittedly, Ken Ham has been one of my heroes for many years. He has taken bold stands upon the Scripture and continued to fight against the false worldviews of our day. His newest, book Divided Nation, is no exception from the norm we have come to expect from this creation apologist. He begins by addressing the way America is greatly divided in our modern-day. He talks about the mass exodus away from the church in both America and the West as a whole. He says:
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