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September 2017

September 26, 2017

The Real Problem With the Sinner’s Prayer

I'm convinced evangelicals will never fully grasp the Gospel until they recognize that salvation is...

September 14, 2017

On Living As if God Is Real

Martin Luther, the tortured and guilty soul that he was, took God seriously in a...

September 08, 2017

Dear Liberals: Jesus Didn’t Write the Red Letters

The red letters carry neither greater authority nor firmer textual certainty than the black.

September 01, 2017

Millennials, It’s Time To Retire the ‘Why I Left the Church’ Genre

Originally published at BreakPoint.org. This article from Faithit is characteristic—almost to the point of satire—of the...

August 2017

August 20, 2017

The Eclipse and Our Privileged Planet with Dr. Jay Richards

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Jay Richards, Senior Fellow at the...

August 05, 2017

The One Where I Argue Against Tattoos

The argument that everything not specifically forbidden in Scripture is permitted is a bad one.

July 2017

July 27, 2017

The Writers of ‘Planet of the Apes’ Went Bananas with Christian Imagery

It's summer, and I don't need any other excuse for this post. I just saw "War...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

A Reply to Rod Dreher on Worldview

Writing at The American Conservative, Rod Dreher raises some concerns with evangelical use of the...

June 20, 2017

Reza Aslan’s ‘Believer’ Was Everything Wrong with Religion Reporting

Aslan uses trite syncretism as a mandate not to take the truth-claims of any one...

June 06, 2017

In Defense of Purity Culture’s Tape Analogy

Sexual sin has lasting consequences.

May 2017

May 15, 2017

Purity Culture on Trial, Part 2: Love, Not License

Read part 1 here. Following my recent post on the victim culture that’s grown up...

May 02, 2017

Cremation and Face App: Why Symbols Matter

Burning and crushing a body into powder says something about it. It has symbolic significance,...

April 2017

April 21, 2017

There Will Be Child Murderers in Heaven

Today a Facebook friend of mine shared a snarky meme from an atheist page. It...

April 13, 2017

On Holidays and Calvinist Curmudgeons

Reformed Christianity can seem sharply divided and at times schizophrenic on the issue of holidays...

April 06, 2017

Should Christians Eat the Passover Seder? A Response to Christianity Today

Rabbis Yehiel Poupko and David Sandmel have an interesting piece in Christianity Today entitled, "Jesus...

April 05, 2017

AP Forgot the Resurrection – The Point

It’s time for remedial Christianity 101. Mainstream newspapers and networks are clumsy when it comes to...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Keller and Kuyper – The Point

Maybe they should rename their award. Princeton Theological Seminary just reversed the decision to recognize Tim...

March 19, 2017

Conservatives: Beware Reverse-Chronological Snobbery

We've all seen it. A progressive and a conservative are crossing swords on some subject...

March 06, 2017

Davenant House: Retrieving the Reformation in the South Carolina Foothills

I've long been intrigued by the idea of a place where Christians can go to...

March 03, 2017

Voldemort and Vestments – The Point

What’s with progressives and Harry Potter? Since the election of Donald Trump, many left-wing commentators...

February 2017

February 08, 2017

Wispy, Octogenarian Baptist Grandmothers Are Manlier than I

I remember years ago thinking of "This Is My Father's World" as a somewhat shallow...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

Head Scratcher: Could Jesus Have Sinned?

This is one of those theological dilemmas that floats around the pews and causes a...

January 05, 2017

Jesus Has a Physical Body Forever (And So Will We)

“’Now, Bree,’” he said, ‘you poor, proud, frightened Horse, draw near. Nearer still, my son....

December 2016

December 05, 2016

How Narnia Should Have Ended: Why ‘The Last Battle’ is My Least Favorite Chronicle

I am a lifelong Narnia fan. I treasure these books, constantly refer to them, and...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

The Real Reason Evangelicals Don’t Baptize Babies

Friends (especially those expecting children) ask me with surprising frequency why I believe in infant...

November 14, 2016

After the Election, Remember: You Reap What You Sow

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” I...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

If You’re Going to Condemn the Reformation, Do It Like a Man

"Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a...

October 24, 2016

Halloween and the Aesthetic of Evil

A while back, my friend Steven Wedgeworth wrote an outstanding essay over at The Calvinist...

October 07, 2016

Empty Buildings, Empty Faith: ‘Lifestyle Christianity’ Has Been Tried and Failed

It’s tough to express how strange it is seeing pastors and columnists hawk theological liberalism...

September 2016

September 13, 2016

Against Evangelical Victim Culture (Stop Blaming Josh Harris for Your Problems)

Like probably most of you, I read Josh Harris' "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" as a...