“For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.” 1 Corinthians 2:2 Whenever we use the words crux or crucial as in, “This next point is the crux [or crucial],” we’re implicitly invoking the Cross.…
As a fledgling minister, I heard a much older minister declare at a conference that he hadn’t changed his mind on one of his theological beliefs in 40 years. I knew even then that he was either a fool or…
Christianity pervasively influenced both the United Kingdom and the United States late into the 18th century, despite its gradual privatization. The United States broke away from the idea of a national church (the Church of England) because each of the…
Since at least the 90s the expression “culture war” has described the conflict between Christians and other conservatives on one hand and Leftists and progressives on the other over the nature of our society on issues deeper and more important…
May a Christian be a patriot? May a Christian in the United States be a patriot? He may, he should, and in many cases, he must. The primitive Christians sent mixed signals about patriotism. They were highly skeptical about unbridled…
Arriving a day after James White’s exceptional exposé comes Doug Wilson’s equally devastating refutation of the Hitlerization of the Reformed world. In the big scheme of things, this is not a big problem, but it’s not a nothingburger either. Allegedly…
Commencement Address to Edinburg Theological Seminary, June 5, 2026 A video snippet is here I’m privileged to be here and proud to be associated with Edinburgh Theological Seminary. I’m a proud alumnus. At ETS you get a unique seminary education.…
Created by ChatGPT This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, with red being the predominant liturgical color and many churches urging attendees to wear red memorializing the unique descent of the Holy Spirit fifty (“penta”) days after Passover, when Jesus had been…
Created by ChatGPT Before the 19th century, the right kind of life was determined by how you conformed to the Bible or to nature or to reason or experience. But after Romanticism, the best life was the life in which…
Created by ChatGPT I once heard a passionate preacher decrying egalitarianism in modern Christianity declare at a conference in trumpet tones: “Feminism began in the church!” He couldn’t have been more mistaken. Of all of the major cultural institutions, the…
