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  • Counsel for Young Men: 13 Rules for Life

    Counsel for Young Men: 13 Rules for Life

    These notes for young men were actually written for my son many years ago. I might say a few things differently today. But I think many young men could still find them helpful so I’m publishing them on the blog. A while back, I heard a talk from a pastor on “Practical Manhood” aimed at… Read more

  • The Baptism of a Baby Is a Beautiful Thing

    The Baptism of a Baby Is a Beautiful Thing

    There are many beautiful things about baptizing a baby — besides the baby herself! For one thing, in an infant baptism we get to see God’s covenant promise come to fulfillment before our very eyes. God’s promise to Christian parents is “I will be God to you and to your children” (Gen. 17:7; Acts 2:39). In this case, God… Read more

  • Culture War as Spiritual War

    Culture War as Spiritual War

    Excellent article from Abigail Dodds. We are called to fight sin everywhere, in our hearts and in the culture. For Christians, the so-called culture war is not a contradiction of the cross, but a consequence of the cross. We can fight a culture war precisely because Christ has already defeated the principalities and powers. Read more

  • In Praise of Motherhood

    In Praise of Motherhood

    Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may… Read more

  • Easter Exhortation: Love Stronger Than Death

    Easter Exhortation: Love Stronger Than Death

    In our experience, death is always stronger than love. We know this because our loved ones die. Our love cannot fight off death, our love cannot keep others alive forever. And, of course, others’ love for us cannot keep us alive either. Death seems to win out over love every time. But Easter changes all… Read more

  • Baptismal Exhortation: Baptism as Holy Week in Sacramental Form

    Baptismal Exhortation: Baptism as Holy Week in Sacramental Form

    Today, these parents have come to claim God’s promises to and about their children. God says to us, “I will be a God to you and to your children.” In baptism, we claim that covenant pledge and God acts to make good on that pledge. In baptism, parents give their children to God, and God… Read more