Author: Pastor Rich Lusk
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C. S. Lewis on Women’s Ordination
From C. S. Lewis’ essay against priestesses in church – a couple of the best paragraphs he ever wrote: “It is painful, being a man, to have to assert the privilege, or the burden, which Christianity lays upon my own sex. I am crushingly aware how inadequate most of us are, in our actual and…
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Headcoverings in 1 Corinthians 11: A Short Note on a Renewed Controversy
Since some folks have been discussing headcoverings in 1 Corinthians 11 recently, here is what you need to know: My sermon on this text: HERE (I think this sermon demonstrates pretty conclusively that first century Christian women did NOT wear headcoverings in worship.) Sermon follow up: HERE My essay “Women, Ministry, and Liturgy” which takes up headcoverings…
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Why We Need More Christian Billionaires
This is a follow up to my sermon from September 18, 2022. A couple weeks ago when I preached on wealth from Matthew 6, we saw that Jesus’ view of wealth is deep, complex, and full of wisdom. But it is also easy to misunderstand. Some people think Jesus taught as ascetic message and idealized a a…
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Your Biggest Problem
This is my pre-worship exhortation from a recent Sunday: We live in a world full of problems. But do not let the world’s problems cause you lose sight of the biggest problem in your life: Your own sin. Your biggest problem is not what they are doing down in Montgomery, or in DC, or over…
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William Carey and the Hope that Propelled the Modern Missionary Movement
“Christ must reign, till Satan has not an inch of territory.” — William Carey Carey worked as a missionary in India for 40 years. He began the work in 1793. He did not see his first convert until 1800. When a Hindu man named Krishna Pal professed faith in Christ, Carey wrote in his journal,…
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Obey God’s Law in All of Life
This law, moreover, demands instant and absolute obedience, not only from all classes of Christians, but also in every sphere of human life equally. A Christian is just as much under obligation to obey God’s will in the most secular of his daily businesses as he is in his closet or at the communion table.…
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American Presbyterians Once Had Confidence in the Growth and Triumph of Christ’s Kingdom
This kingdom is to endure for ever, gradually to embrace all the inhabitants of the earth, and finally the entire moral government of God in heaven and on earth. The little stone which breaks the image will become a great mountain and fill the whole earth (Dan. 2:35). This gospel of the kingdom is to…
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When American Presbyterianism Had a Backbone
“If Christ is really king, exercising original and immediate jurisdiction over the state as really as He does over the Church, it follows necessarily that the general denial or neglect of His rightful lordship, any prevalent refusal to obey that Bible which is the law-book of His kingdom, must be followed by political and social…
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Funding Christendom and Stewarding Wealth
Funding Christendom and Stewarding Wealth This is follow up to last week’s sermon: September 4, 2022 Wisdom About Wealth: The Prosperity Gospel, the Poverty Gospel, and Kingdom Stewardship (Matthew 6:19-33) As I said in the sermon, it’s not easy to preach on money, wealth, economics, etc. I want to further unpack problems with the “poverty gospel”…
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Will Natural Law Arguments Work in the Public Square in America in 2022?
Can we make effective arguments from natural law in the public square in our culture today? Many say that Christians should not use the Bible in making political and cultural arguments. Instead, we ought to argue from something more universally recognized, such as nature or reason. While I firmly believe that we can and should…
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