Marriage does not define sexual purity...

“Go Johnson Pelvis!” read the cheer an old classmate recently broadcast over Facebook.  The occasion was the birth of her sister’s first baby—or as she put it, the triumph of Mrs...

My husband and I bought our first home three months ago. Since then, we’ve been busy making the house into a home. Sometimes these projects are a joy and rewarding. Other times they’re filled with dissatisfaction and drudgery. Read more...
 

Religious feminists peering across the great divide at women who submit to their husbands think these women live in bondage. Justifying their own rebellion, feminists are convinced Biblical marriages are always made up of men who are dictators, and wives who wither away at home, barefoot and pregnant...

Have you noticed the increasing prevalence of “Art Ministries” in the church? It seems that art is almost becoming a ministry we can expect to have —along with the coffee shop, of course. Since the beginning, there’s been a combustible relationship between the church and art. (I’m not sure about the church and coffee; surely our resident historians could enlighten me.) Art is powerful, and when it imposes itself on the church there’s always a point that leads to idolatry. There’s always a longing in the human heart to worship the created things rather than the creator...

Recently I was asked the following question on this blog: “Of the 15 people attending your group, how many had a completely non-church background before you arrived?”

The question looked to me like a passive aggressive challenge. I might have been wrong about the motivation behind the question, but regardless, the question itself is flawed.

How do we as American Christians understand the grace of God? For many, grace has become a cheap commodity whose value is indexed against the personality of whatever man is peddling it. Case in point: tuning in to an oldies station recently, I heard these words:

Never been a sinner I never sinned

This Christmas I found myself meditating on and being convicted by 1 Corinthians 12.   I had done a rather remarkable job, I thought, of completing my work in such a way that I could enjoy our time away, relaxing with my feet up.  All my gifts were purchased or made, wrapped, ribboned and tagged.  As for food preparation, I had made dry mixes and put them in Ziploc bags with photocopies of my recipes, highlighting missing ingredients.  I was oh-so-very-prepared.  Upon arrival at our first stop on the 20th, I made inquiries to see if I could be of any help...

“About this time began the great noise, in this part of the country, about Arminianism, which seemed to appear with a very threatening aspect upon the interest of religion here.”

In the late 1890s, a group emerged to coordinate the activities and witness of Christian groups in the British universities. In 1905 it took the name of the Student Christian Movement (SCM). Over time the SCM became broader theologically and focused on witnessing and bringing diverse groups together for evangelism. They embraced a critical approach to the study of the Bible, and even considered admitting those who denied the Trinity into their membership...