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  • Patriarchy and Patriotism: The Virtues of Nationalism

    Patriarchy and Patriotism: The Virtues of Nationalism

    With the 4th of July coming up, we are sure to hear a lot of America bashing, especially from progressives who see America as the root of all (or most all) evil. Christians in our nation are critical of America too, but in a different way. We are critical of our homeland because we love… Read more

  • Today’s Jews and “This Generation”

    Today’s Jews and “This Generation”

    Over the last couple weeks, as I’ve preached on Acts 2 and James 5, I’ve had opportunity to talk about the judgment Jesus brought on unbelieving Judaism in 70 AD when the city of Jerusalem and its temple were destroyed by Roman armies. This event is of great redemptive-historical significance, and while the entire New… Read more

  • Same-Sex Attraction, Sexual Identity, and the Gospel

    Same-Sex Attraction, Sexual Identity, and the Gospel

    This essay was originally published in 2018. It is republished on the blog, slightly edited. Re-Thinking “Revoice”:A Biblical Analysis of Same-Sex Attraction Scripture is clear that engaging in homosexual activity is contrary to God’s created design and God’s will for humanity. But what about same-sex attraction? Is sexual desire for someone of the same sex sinful,… Read more

  • Is the Bible Color Blind?

    Is the Bible Color Blind?

    Question: Suppose you did not know humans came in different skin colors. Could you figure out that fact just from reading your Bible? I think you’d be hard pressed to discover the fact of varying levels of melanin just from the Scriptures. Yes, Scripture acknowledges different ethnicities, tribes, languages, etc., but it is (oddly, to… Read more

  • Death Outwitted

    Death Outwitted

    The absurdist Albert Camus once wrote, “Death is philosophy’s only problem.” For Camus death is the ultimate problem because if every human story ends in death, it renders the rest of our lives meaningless. The wise man Solomon expressed a similar concern over death in Ecclesiastes 2:12-17 when he pondered the sobering fact that the… Read more

  • The Virtue of the Free Market

    The Virtue of the Free Market

    I want to challenge an idea that is so common, it goes unnoticed and unchallenged much of the time. It is the idea that capitalism (aka, a free market economy) is built on greed. Many even of those who advocate for some form of capitalism concede this point. Some have even tried to argue that… Read more