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June 2021

June 10, 2021

Why Music Opens Hearts and Minds

The late Rich Mullins wrote a lot of songs that changed people’s lives and shaped...

July 2019

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...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Dear Pastors: Stop Apologizing for the Sacraments

We’ve all been to this church service, and we all know what I’m talking about:...

December 2018

December 14, 2018

Whose Face Did Mary Kiss? (A Reply to Douglas Wilson)

I think pastor Doug Wilson and I would agree that the Christmas song wars are...

November 2018

November 08, 2018

Talk About God, Even If You’re No Good at It

A couple of years ago, I wrote an article for the Federalist claiming that most American Christians...

October 2018

October 25, 2018

Inerrancy Gives the Bible the Power To Tell Us Things We Don’t Like

Forty is a biblically significant number. It’s usually the duration of time—in days or years—of...

August 2018

August 15, 2018

The Bible Doesn’t Say Jesus Walked Through Locked Doors

There's a Christian truism we all grew up with that goes like this: Jesus walked...

April 2018

April 02, 2018

Post-Pascha Reminder: Easter Is Not a Pagan Holiday

It's Eastertide (it's not just one day!) and if you know an evangelical Baby Boomer...

December 2017

December 26, 2017

We Are All Serpent-Crushers

In Christ, we are all Serpent-crushers.

December 19, 2017

R. C. Sproul: The Man Who Taught Me to Fear God

I first remember encountering R. C. Sproul while a student at “The Truth Project.” The...

December 11, 2017

Yes, Fellow Protestants, Mary is the Mother of God (It’s Good Christology)

Theotokos–Greek for “birth-giver of God,” or more simply, “Mother of God.” It’s a term that...

March 2017

March 19, 2017

Conservatives: Beware Reverse-Chronological Snobbery

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

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...

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...

August 2016

August 05, 2016

14 Reasons Why Christianity Is True (Guest Post)

My friend, Seraphim Hamilton, has prepared an outstanding list of reasons he believes in Christianity--not...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

Prayer Is Not a Placebo

It's become an all-too-common trope, especially in my own Reformed circles, to say that "the...