Category: Christianity

  • Advocacy isn’t itself action.

    One of the greatest dangers for the pastor comes from the very role that we have in teaching the Gospel to people. We are called (in many places scripturally) to preach the Word of God to those around us. We are told not to neglect it, we are told to strive at it and we…

  • Some things I have been reading in the midst of this busy week.  On Ukraine from the ERLC: “Thus far, the leader of Ukraine has shown the world that, contrary to what we’ve seen among many global leaders recently, virtue is not dead” On “purity culture” from desiringGod: “They may not have dated young or…

  • A truly great teacher can overcome the inability of a student.  As a Christian of a more conservative Evangelical persuasion, the doctrine I find myself most commonly dealing with at its heart is the place the Bible holds in my thinking. Of course, few non-Christians question me directly on the point, as what I do…

  • I didn’t do my little list of things to read on the internet today, mostly because something else is taking up a lot of the news. There’s nothing like the invasion of a formerly fairly stable country (though admittedly one with lots of problems itself for people who were watching) to suck the air out…

  • Some more links for your reading (or given our culture, skimming) pleasure: Plural Leadership: DG has an article on the way that Calvin led in Geneva, and how that required a team of people.  Cultural Christianity: An oldie from Brett McCracken on how your Christian faith should inform (and have stress with) the culture you…