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  • The Culture War as Proxy War

    The Culture War as Proxy War

    I sometimes get asked why my sermons so frequently engage so-called “culture war” issues. Here are some reasons why: 1. What if the culture war is actually much more than a culture war? What if the culture war is really proxy for the kind of spiritual war Paul describes in Ephesians 6? What if the… Read more

  • Questions for the Idiocracy

    Questions for the Idiocracy

    Some questions spurred by recent cultural events: 1. Setting aside the criteria of commitment to the Constitution, competence, and wisdom, Joe Biden said he would only nominate a black woman for the Supreme Court vacancy. This is identity politics to the extreme. But now the identity of Biden’s pick is in doubt. That nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson,… Read more

  • Quotebook #3 (Courage)

    Quotebook #3 (Courage)

    “Courage is not a particular virtue, but rather all of the virtues when tested. It stands to reason that cowardice, then, is not simply one vice, but rather a failure of all of the virtues when put to the test.” – C. S. Lewis (paraphrased) “Men do not follow titles, they follow courage.”  – William… Read more

  • Courage

    Courage

    This is a modified email I sent out to my congregation in August 2020, but I thought it would make a good follow up to last week’s sermon on courage from Daniel 3. TPC family, The times we live in require courage on the part of God’s people. Our faith is assailed from various angles… Read more

  • Covenant Succession

    Covenant Succession

    In 1 Timothy 3:4-5, Paul requires that a man rule his house faithfully if he is going to rule in the household of God. The proof he is ruling his house faithfully is manifested in the faithfulness of his children. Sadly, this is a very neglected qualification for pastors and elders in the evangelical church today. If… Read more

  • The Books I’ve Loved Loved – #2

    The Books I’ve Loved Loved – #2

    I posted this brief review on Facebook last September, but it really belongs here as well.  Katy Faust’s book Them Before Us should be high on everyone’s reading list. I have followed Faust’s outstanding work for several years on various social media platforms and this book represents the distillation of much of her research. It is a… Read more