Tag: Bible
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Proverbs and the Culture War
Scripture gives plenty of commands, examples, and descriptions of godly people fighting what we today would call the “culture war.” Proverbs in particular is instructive. Five examples with selected commentary: [1] Proverbs 25:26: “A righteous man who falters before the wicked Is like a murky spring and a polluted well.” Those who surrender to the wicked allow them to…
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October ’25 X Posts and Other Notes: Motherhood and Mother Hunger, Christian Nationalism, Puritanism, Welfare, Paedocommunion, Discipline, America’s Christian Founding, the Great Commission, Liberalism/Progressivism, Third-Wayism, the Culture War, Public Education, Feminism and Feminization, Masculinity, Racial Identity Politics, etc.
“Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty.” — Charles Spurgeon — “We all want progress, but if you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive…”…
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What Is a Christian Nation?
People sometimes ask, “What would a Christianized nation look like?” I’m glad you asked. Thankfully, God actually set up a nation one time and gave them a law. So we don’t really have to guess. We can just look at the nation God established and the law he gave them. We can study the Torah…
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Do Conservative Christians Care for the Poor?
Tim Keller and other politically left-leaning Christian leaders have perpetuated the progressive myth that right-leaning Christians do not care for the poor. Actually, studies show that evangelicals, particularly Southern evangelicals, are the most generous and philanthropic group in America. See here (https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/statistics-on-u-s-generosity/) on giving by states based on percentage of AGI – other than Utah…
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Church Courts and Civil Courts
When Christians cannot resolve their differences privately, God commands that we turn to the church rather than to the civil courts. Unfortunately, many Christians are unaware of this command or believe that it no longer applies today. Worse yet, many churches ignore this passage and do nothing to help Christians settle their disputes in a…
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Leadership Requires a High Pain Threshold
Edwin Friedman is one of the best authors to read on leadership. In several places, he makes the point that in order to lead well, a leader has to not only raise his own threshold for pain, but his willingness to endure someone else’s pain as well. This is why empathy can be so destructive…
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Ecclesiocentrism Is Not Ecclesiocracy
Ecclesiocentrism is not ecclesiocracy. The church’s authority and centrality derive from her mission to disciple the nation by proclaiming and applying the Word of God to all of life; her access to the heavenly throne room in prayer, which means even if she does not have access to the Oval Office or the royal chamber…
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Notes on Reformation Day, All Saints Day, and the Church Calendar (Part 2)
[This post consists of notes and emails sent out to TPC over the years on this portion of the church calendar that falls at the end of October and the beginning of November.] REFORMATION DAY – OCTOBER 31 On the eve of All Saint’s Day (“Hallowed Eve,” or “Halloween,” as we call it today), in…
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Notes on Reformation Day, All Saints Day, and the Church Calendar
[This post consists of notes and emails sent out to TPC over the years on this portion of the church calendar that falls at the end of October and the beginning of November.] Every year towards the end of October, Christians begin to debate whether or not it is ok to “celebrate” Halloween. Ultimately, each…
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Work Until the Workday Is Done: A Lesson from Whitefield and Tennent
A summary and application of a story told by Iain Murray in his fine book, The Puritan Hope: George Whitefield was once among a group of pastors and they were discussing the burdens of ministry, how consoling it was to consider that this life would soon be over, and how glorious it would be when…
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