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Secularism and Pietism: Two Sides of the Same Coin
As I’ve been thinking and reading about Christ’s reign being extended throughout the world and God’s kingdom advancing, I’ve realized that secularism and Pietism are two sides of the same coin. That might seem strange given the former is completely anti-religion and...
The Lord is Our Righteousness
The most important truth of the Christian life for me, the one that has had the most enduring impact is learning through time and experience, that Christ is my righteousness. In a dry and struggling time in my Christian journey, I decided no matter how I felt, I was...
Third Wayism is Dead
We live in clarifying times where we are forced to choose sides. If we choose not to do decide, as Geddy Lee of Rush sings in the song Free Will, we still have made a choice. Those who know me know I was deeply influenced by the late Tim Killer, both for his gospel...
Articles on Theology
The Joyful Exchange: Justification by Faith Alone
This coming All Saints Day (otherwise known in America as Halloween) Protestant Christians celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 Thesis to the church door at Wittenberg, and the Western world would never be...
Burning Man Festival: Woodstock on Post-Modern Steroids
In case you're not familiar with the Burning Man Festival, it happens in the Nevada desert every year for nine days around Labor Day. And what a nine days it is. I initially thought the title was a bit retrograde, a pre-feminist name for an event so post-modern that...
Man Shall Not Live on the New Testament Alone
I recently saw this title to an article and it instantly got my attention. One of the great shortcomings of the modern Evangelical church is it's lack of focus on the Old Testament. When I ask friends and family if they have read the Old Testament, all of it, I get...
Articles on Explanatory Power
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Articles on Culture
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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to recognize that our entire culture is in trouble. We are staring down the barrel of a loaded gun, and we can no longer afford to act like it's loaded with blanks. The guidance counselor at a public high school near my home...
Credit Pop Culture for Gay Marriage
The title of a piece in the LA Times after the gay marriage ruling: "Years before court ruling, pop culture shaped same-sex marriage debate." Ya think!" In fact, film and television have made homosexuality almost ubiquitous, to the point where many Americans think...
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On the Confederate battle flag, we are once again witnessing the sheer cultural power of the Left: take an irrelevancy (or at the very least a sideshow), make it the central, all-consuming issue, move the debate with astonishing speed, and then, after achieving the...
Articles on Apologetics
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