Who Am I to Judge? The Pope, the Press, and the Predicament
Pope Francis pulled a surprise on reporters when he walked back to the press section of his Alitalia papal flight from Brazil and entered into an open press conference that lasted more than an hour....
View Article“I Am Not a Monster”—Ariel Castro as Sinner and Sociopath
am not a monster. I am a normal person. I am just sick.” Those were among the words Ariel Castro addressed to an Ohio judge as he faced the bar of justice yesterday. Shortly thereafter, Judge Michael...
View ArticleWhat’s Missing from this Picture?—Fertility on the Rise, Worldview on Display
USA Today reported last week that the United States “is taking baby steps forward” in terms of the fertility rate. According to the forecasting group Demographic Intelligence, the USA’s total fertility...
View ArticleThe Wrath of God Was Satisfied: Substitutionary Atonement and the...
Current controversy over the nature of Christ’s atonement for sin points to a truth many younger evangelicals may not know, i.e., the substitutionary nature of Christ’s death on the cross was a major...
View ArticleExpository Preaching—The Antidote to Anemic Worship
Evangelical Christians have been especially attentive to worship in recent years, sparking a renaissance of thought and conversation on what worship really is and how it should be done. Even if this...
View ArticleThe Sheer Weightlessness of So Many Sermons—Why Expository Preaching Matters
If preaching is central to Christian worship, what kind of preaching are we talking about? The sheer weightlessness of much contemporary preaching is a severe indictment of our superficial...
View Article“It is the Price of Citizenship”?—An Elegy for Religious Liberty in America
Anyone who still doubts that the normalization of homosexuality and the legalization of same-sex marriage will represent a seismic shift in the culture at large needs only to look to New Mexico to see...
View ArticleThe Content of Our Character—Fifty Years Later Many Challenges Remain
“I have a dream,” declared Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as he addressed a crowd of several hundred thousand gathered on the Mall around the Washington Monument. The date was August 28, 1963, and...
View ArticleLeisure and Labor—Two Gifts from God
Christians understand labor as a duty, but miss the fact that it is also a gift. In the first place, God has made us able to work: e.g., to manipulate things, to cultivate the ground, to manage herds,...
View ArticlePreaching with Authority: Three Characteristics of Expository Preaching
Authentic expository preaching is marked by three distinct characteristics: authority, reverence, and centrality. Expository preaching is authoritative because it stands upon the very authority of the...
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