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  • The Church Is Not Optional (Sermon Follow Up)

    The Church Is Not Optional (Sermon Follow Up)

    This is a follow up to last Sunday’s sermon on 1 Peter 2:4ff, “The Greatest Nation on Earth.” The church is the essential institution. The church is not our only nation, city, and family, but it is our first nation, city, and family. The church remakes and disciples these other institutions to serve the good of humanity. The church is a supernatural institution through which… Read more

  • TPC’s Bright Vision in a Dark Age

    TPC’s Bright Vision in a Dark Age

    I have often thought this quotation from T. S. Eliot sums up what TPC is all about and what we are trying to do: The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time:… Read more

  • The Failure of Feminism and Modern Liberalism

    The Failure of Feminism and Modern Liberalism

    Heather MacDonald, explaining why feminism can never work: Feminists cannot acknowledge the divide between men and women when it comes to sex and sensibility. Doing so would violate what Steven Pinker calls the blank slate doctrine, a foundation stone of modern liberalism. One of that doctrine’s core tenets is that “differences between men and women… Read more

  • Life in the Father’s House: Why Should I Join a Church?

    Life in the Father’s House: Why Should I Join a Church?

    Note: This article was written in 1996 for the church newsletter of Redeemer Presbyterian (PCA) in Austin, TX, where I was serving at the time.] By and large, the church today is in a real mess. Because so many churches are unfaithful and unfruitful, it is somewhat easy for us to assume the church is… Read more

  • Creational Law, Scripture, and Homosexuality (Part 1)

    Creational Law, Scripture, and Homosexuality (Part 1)

    THIS SERIES OF BLOG POSTS IS TAKEN FROM MY 2015  ESSAY, “AMERICA’S WAR ON GOD AND SEXUAL ORTHODOXY.” In these blog posts, I will interact quite a bit with natural law, not because I believe natural law theory as such holds the answers to what ails our nation (Christ alone is our last, best, and only… Read more

  • Eight Criteria for a Biblical Political Theology

    Eight Criteria for a Biblical Political Theology

    Here are my criteria for a political theology: 1. It must incorporate special and general revelation, since biblical law and creational law were designed to work together. Special revelation is the lens through which we interpret nature, but God never intended either form of revelation to stand alone (e.g., special revelation was given even before… Read more