Two items are dominating the blogosphere as of late that I want to briefly comment on. The first is an essay by John MacArthur on alcohol, and the second is a video of Mark Driscoll on prophecy, visions, etc. Much has been written in response, so I’ll be brief  and try to cut through the [...]

I was listening to a conversation in the prosapologian chat channel about Piper, Grudem, Warren, etc. and what it means to be “Reformed.” Of course, it seems everyone these days is trying to define what exactly it means to be “Reformed,” whether by blog or by book – and for good reason: there’s confusion. I [...]

Photo credit to my stellar debate-partner, Josh Feinberg. Many people are wondering why this discussion on the modern-day state of Israel is relevant to them, and relevant to Christianity. This picture captures some of the practical implications. I remember sitting in the office of my pastor a number of years ago, talking about Israel and [...]

Albert Mohler, in talking about Rob Bell and his new book, made a broad, but profoundly true observation that’s worth repeating: Time is running out on the Emerging folks. They can play the game of suggestion for only so long. Eventually, the hard questions will be answered. Tragically, when the answers do come, as with [...]

I do not believe in youth pastors. (There are no second tier pastoral qualifications for youth pastors. You are either a qualified elder or not. If you are an elder, you are an elder of the whole church and not just part of it.) I do not believe in junior church. (A gathering of children [...]

The vanity of values continues. In this case, it continued in an article entitled “Message Fits to a T” on the front page of the Rapid City Journal’s section on Religion, published November 13, 2010. What did it say? And how does it demonstrate the continuing promulgation of valueless values? Let us first refresh our [...]

What an incredibly worthless word in today’s society. It reminds me of the AOL commercials from only two years ago that were still advertising “email!” and “videos!” and “share pictures!” as if a person without AOL couldn’t do any of those things. Anyone who had ever used the internet almost felt insulted with every passing frame of the screen. Equally [...]