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July 2021

July 07, 2021

God’s “Yes” and Long Flights

Some of my most revealing discussions happen on airplanes, during long flights. They usually begin...

July 02, 2019

Why Are Presbyterians Fighting Over Celibate, ‘Gay Christians’?

See the end of this article for a response I received from Greg Johnson (Lead...

April 2019

April 16, 2019

Morality Doesn’t Need a Modifier

Two related habits of thought will render a Christian useless to his neighbors more quickly...

December 2018

December 12, 2018

The Misguided Backlash Against ‘Purity Culture’

I never tire of citing one of C. S. Lewis’ most insightful passages in “The...

December 04, 2018

Is Santa Claus a Lie?

In the time-honored spirit of judging other parents, many Christians this time of year inform...

October 2018

October 03, 2018

Why the Kavanaugh Controversy Feels Different

The uproar following last week's testimony by Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh before the...

September 2018

September 24, 2018

If You Don’t Want Kids, Don’t Have Sex (or Get Married)

(This piece was originally published at BreakPoint.)A British National Health Service commuter ad is making...

September 14, 2018

Why I Can’t Sign the Social Justice Statement: Biblicism, Individualism, and Half a Great Commission

There is much to say about the recent Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel,...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

Humanae Vitae’s Vital Insight for Evangelicals

It’s become the norm for married couples the age of my wife and I to...

June 2018

June 19, 2018

Rules Without Reasons: Why the Culture Is Eating Evangelicals for Lunch

A conservative evangelical author was recently quoted in the Washington Post as saying that “Christ...

April 2018

April 09, 2018

Biblical Illiteracy Isn’t Funny, It’s Scary

Last week biblical illiteracy in the news media was put on display like never before....

March 2018

March 07, 2018

Why Every Villain Speech Is a Paraphrase of Nietzsche

I'm reading (and thoroughly enjoying) Benjamin Wiker's "10 Books that Screwed Up the World (And...

January 2018

January 13, 2018

Christians: Please Retire the Abortion-Juke

Not every conversation is about abortion.

January 08, 2018

Not Content with Consent: Re-Moralizing Sex

It begins to look very much as if consent, by its lonesome, is not a...

December 2017

December 07, 2017

The Burning Fertility Clinic: Abortion’s New ‘Gotcha’ Argument

Have you seen this latest argument by pro-abortionists?

November 2017

November 27, 2017

From Bill Clinton to Roy Moore: How Character Stopped Counting for Evangelicals

It's obvious that the religious right of 2017, if transported back to 1997, could not...

November 19, 2017

A Poorly-Tuned Analogy: Why the Violinist Argument for Abortion Fails

It sounds airtight at first, but the violinist argument is actually filled with fatal holes.

November 07, 2017

Should Christians Carry Guns in Church?

Is it okay for Christians to bring weapons into church for self-defense?