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June 2016

June 21, 2016

Why go to church?

Do we really have to join public worship every week? Why not just have my...

June 21, 2016

Something worth celebrating while losing the public square

The idea of this article is to provide a little “older-brother” wisdom and point out that government...

June 20, 2016

When a man refuses to shake a woman’s hand

I remember recently greeting an Orthodox Jewish woman's hand. She was a rabbi's wife. She...

June 20, 2016

What happens in communion?

I once thought the Eucharist is simply a memorial of what happened two thousand years ago....

June 20, 2016

Is infant dedication in the New Testament?

Critics of infant baptism say they don't see it in the NT. But what about...

June 19, 2016

Is it biblical to baptize infants?

If baptism is about faith, how can we baptize infants?

June 18, 2016

Money and joy

There is a connection between money and joy, but not the one most think.

June 17, 2016

Transgender failures

Here is a startling report on the failures associated with attempts to change gender. Plus the...

June 17, 2016

Three types of tithing

In the OT there were three times and types of tithes. What are they? Are...

June 16, 2016

Is tithing in the New Testament?

We all know that tithing is an OT concept. But are those right who say...

June 03, 2016

Jewish-Christian Alliance to Rebuild the West

If you're anything like me, you wonder if the West will survive. You also...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

Why couldn’t priests with defects serve in the Temple?

It doesn't seem fair. Leviticus 21 rules that "no one who has a blemish shall...

May 18, 2016

A dangerous book from a distinguished scholar

Last week when I was perusing the "Summer Books" issue of the Christian Century, I was alarmed...

May 16, 2016

A tribute to Donald Bloesch

Donald Bloesch was a theologian who was also a saint. He was a clarion voice...

May 13, 2016

Lest I complain about air travel these days . . .

I travel a lot, and am apt to complain about the hassles of flying, airports,...

May 12, 2016

Did Israel steal land 68 years ago?

Sixty-eight years ago today, the modern state of Israel was born. The tiny nation, surrounded...

May 08, 2016

Is Zionism merely nationalism?

One reason why many Christians and secularists dismiss Christian (and Jewish!) Zionism is that they think...

April 2016

April 30, 2016

Minneapolis conference on Israel June 28-29

Irrevocable: The Promise and Challenge of Israel in the 21st Century Tuesday, June 28 ...

April 29, 2016

Reading Esther in the Shadow of ISIS

Where is God when his people suffer oppression? Why does he seem hidden as ISIS...

April 28, 2016

Doorposts and gates

This is the last of our series on the constitution of the Old Testament--the Shema...

April 27, 2016

Binding our arms and eyes

This continues our series on the Shema (Dt 6:4-9), the constitution of the Old Testament....

April 26, 2016

Are Mormons moving closer to orthodoxy?

According to Richard Mouw, retired president of Fuller Seminary, they are. In an article in this May's...

April 22, 2016

How do we get our kids to love God?

God is not interested in just us. He wants our kids to come into relationship...

April 21, 2016

How to grow in love for God

If you read my post yesterday, you know the gist of God's command to his...

April 20, 2016

What relationship are we to have to God?

Yesterday we saw that in the Constitution of the Old Testament (Dt 6.4-9), the God...

April 19, 2016

The constitution of the Old Testament

Some of the rabbis used to say that the Schema is the constitution of the...

April 15, 2016

Is same-sex parenting the same as opposite-sex?

A newly-released sociological study, about to be celebrated in the media, supposedly says Yes. But...

April 11, 2016