President Biden’s unpardonable pardon

President Biden’s unpardonable pardon: We must love our children both rightly and righteously “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.” Those w...

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Talking About Talking About Abortion

President Barack Obama delivered his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday, and he appeared to dive right into the very issue that made his visit to the Catholic university so controversial -- abortion. The President's appea ...

May 19, 2009

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

Graduation from a medical school implies a competency in medical practice.  Newly minted physicians are now ready for deployment as doctors and practitioners of the healing arts.  Law schools spew out freshly degreed lawyers, ready to pass the bar ex ...

May 15, 2009

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Should Christians “Respect” Other Religions?

The world we now know is marked by religious pluralism and the clash of worldviews.  The modern world brings individuals and groups of different belief systems into both proximity and potential conflict.  How should Christians respond when asked abou ...

May 14, 2009

Worldview Test: Can We Do Without “Male” and “Female?”

Controversies and debates about gender define much of today's cultural landscape.  In reality, if you take away all debates about gender, gender roles, and sexuality, our world would be a much quieter place.  Nevertheless, the world we know is a worl ...

May 13, 2009

On Second Thought — Why Mother’s Day is a Bad Idea

Now that Mother's Day for 2009 is over, perhaps a bit of second-guessing is in order.  Americans have celebrated Mother's Day for over a century, and the observance has grown to become one of the nation's most popular annual events.  But is it good f ...

May 11, 2009

The Parable of the Unwilling Physician

Stephen Wallace had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, and he wanted his doctor and the local hospital to help him commit suicide, but they would not.  Now, his children are speaking out, and this opens a new angle on the issue of assist ...

May 7, 2009

The Disappearance of God: Dangerous Beliefs in the New Spiritual Openness

I am very pleased that my latest book, The Disappearance of God:  Dangerous Beliefs in the New Spiritual Openness was released yesterday by Multnomah Books.  This new book takes a look at many of the most controversial issues facing the church today. ...

May 6, 2009

True Lips Wait? Sexual Abstinence, Romantic Longing, and Monogamous Lips

This will come as no news to most younger evangelicals, but The Tennessean [Nashville] has just taken notice of the fact that a sizable number of younger evangelical couples are saving their first kiss for their wedding ceremony. As the paper report ...

May 5, 2009

Piracy, Islam, and the Modern Age

It wasn't supposed to turn out this way.  The prophets of secularization were absolutely certain that religious belief would recede in the modern age.  As they saw the new age coming, they were confident that religious belief -- or at least any stron ...

May 1, 2009

Love in a Time of Swine Flu

"A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?" Proverbs 18:14 The history of humanity is the history of sickness, disease, and death.  When sin came, death came, and sickness remains the leading agent of death.  The horsem ...

April 29, 2009