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  • Discipleship and the Visible Church

    Discipleship and the Visible Church

    This is an old article article, being republished for the blog. Discipleship is a vital dimension of the church’s life.  The church’s motherly, nurturing role as discipler is indispensable.  Indeed the church is the school of discipleship.  We are enrolled in her school in baptism, educated in the word by her pastors and teachers, and Read more

  • From Public Church to Private Christian

    From Public Church to Private Christian

    This is an old article article, being republished for the blog. It is critical for the church to understand the broader social trends that have undermined her existence as a public and visible community if she is going to act and react in appropriately biblical ways in our (post)modern situation.  The progressive privatizing of religion Read more

  • Orphan Care as a Christian Calling

    Orphan Care as a Christian Calling

    This is an old article article, being republished for the blog. How does one become part of a family one was not born into? Adoption. One of the central privileges of the gospel is our adoption into the family of God. We are not children of God by nature; rather, we are by nature children Read more

  • Plucking and Cutting — An Examination of Matthew 5:27-32

    Plucking and Cutting — An Examination of Matthew 5:27-32

    This is an old article article, being republished for the blog. While sex happens in private, it has public implications and so biblical law has quite a bit to say about it. We cannot keep God’s law out of our bedrooms. But neither can we keep God’s law out of our hearts. And so the Scripture Read more

  • Death as “Frenemy:” Beating the Grim Reaper’s Scythe into a Plowshare

    Death as “Frenemy:” Beating the Grim Reaper’s Scythe into a Plowshare

    This is an old article article, being republished for the blog. We spend a lot of time in the church talking about what it means to live like a Christian. But what does it mean to die like a Christian? If we are to follow Christ in life, what does it mean for us to follow him in death Read more

  • The Servant Leader Trap: Help for Husbands Seeking to Lead Their Families Faithfully

    The Servant Leader Trap: Help for Husbands Seeking to Lead Their Families Faithfully

    Servant-leadership, as commonly understood in evangelical circles, has taken quite  beating in recent years, and rightfully so. I have already addressed this issue in other places, but the problems should be spelled out more fully, especially for marriage.There are many Christian husbands who believe they are Jesus-like “servant leaders” when in reality they are abdicating their Read more