Training a child

Training a child

The Pew Research Center recently released a report in which it revealed that “fully 85% of self-identified Catholics ages 18–29” believe “that homosexuality should be accepted by society, compared with just 13% who said it should be discouraged.” And while the...
Rapture fever

Rapture fever

Every so often, an end-times debate explodes in theological circles. The ubiquity of the Internet and social media has only exacerbated this. It is virtually impossible, at least if you wander digitally in Christian circles, to avoid being exposed to the debate. Gary...
Ignorant gods

Ignorant gods

I was recently reading through—actually, listening to—1 Chronicles and was struck by a small phrase in chapter 10 that, despite having read dozens of times before, I have never taken particular notice of. The writer is chronicling the death of King Saul and his sons....
God knows

God knows

One of the few podcasts that I subscribe to and make a point of listening to on a daily basis is Al Mohler’s “The Briefing.” This past Friday, Mohler dealt with several articles related to the contemporary view of family. The first article on which he commented was a...
A bright new morning

A bright new morning

Christianity is at its core a supernatural religion. At the very outset of Christianity’s sacred text, the Bible, we read of an omnipotent God who created the universe out of nothing in six days. Accounts of the miraculous are spattered throughout the Bible: Moses and...

“Redeeming” the F-word

Profanity. The mere idea stands in opposition to biblical Christianity. Paul urged the Ephesians, “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths” (Ephesians 4:29). Again, “Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking” (5:4). It seems obvious:...