Ten Mangled Words: Conclusion
Words are not just names. If they were, we’d have no problem swapping out one label for another. No, words are things. Yes, they are… Read More »Ten Mangled Words: Conclusion
Articles on Culture
What should we do when the government tells us to do something that contradicts Scripture?
Last week I addressed the matter of how we Christians should view government, especially in our time when we’re wrestling through our response to orders… Read More »What should we do when the government tells us to do something that contradicts Scripture?
“Hate” – A Word Like “Atheism”
His name was Polycarp, and he was a disciple of the apostle John. He later became the pastor of the church at Smyrna. When he… Read More »“Hate” – A Word Like “Atheism”
What does government have the right to do?
In these times of government-mandated quarantine for many US states and even countries around the world, the issue of the biblical role of government, and… Read More »What does government have the right to do?
The Complexity of Hating What God Hates
No one should love what God hates. No one should hate what God loves. But, as we have seen, God has the ability to love… Read More »The Complexity of Hating What God Hates
God Loves (and Hates) You
Does God hate the sin and love the sinner? We have seen it is more biblical to say that God both loves and hates the… Read More »God Loves (and Hates) You
Does God Hate Sinners?
God’s hatred is a necessary part of His love. Whatever opposes, harms, defiles or otherwise threatens what He loves experiences His displeasure, often erupting in… Read More »Does God Hate Sinners?
The Hate That God Hates
God does not hate all hate. Some hate is actively encouraged by God. Indeed, if hate exists as the opposite of love, it follows that… Read More »The Hate That God Hates
Ten Mangled Words: Hate
Hate has become the only sin the left recognises. To them, it is apparently not possible to sin sexually, and any and every form of… Read More »Ten Mangled Words: Hate
Taste Formed and Deformed by Culture
Taste is never shaped in isolation. We learn to love what we love from our family, our church, our school, and our society. In other… Read More »Taste Formed and Deformed by Culture
Good Taste and Christian Taste
Even atheists used to believe in good taste. The infamous David Hume wrote in his Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals “In many orders of… Read More »Good Taste and Christian Taste
A parable of moral change on alcohol
Increasingly, evangelical Christians are abandoning abstentionist and prohibitionist positions on alcohol. This is true among many conservative Baptist churches. It is increasingly common for pastors… Read More »A parable of moral change on alcohol
Christian at the Movies (3) – Magic and Fantasy
Many Christians are alarmed at books or movies that involve magic or fantasy. They feel that the one is dabbling in the occult, and the… Read More »Christian at the Movies (3) – Magic and Fantasy
Christian at the Movies (2)
The laziest form of “discernment” about movies or television looks for the easy targets of occultism, sex, nudity, bad language and gratuitous violence. Certainly, Christians… Read More »Christian at the Movies (2)
Preference and Amorality
Adiaphora (indifferent matters) are misunderstood on two grounds. First, evangelicals misunderstand the term indifferent to mean unimportant. Second, evangelicals conflate the moral neutrality of adiaphora… Read More »Preference and Amorality
Preferences and Adiaphora
God reveals His will in Scripture in three ways. The first is by explicit command or prohibition. God simply mandates certain behaviours and forbids others.… Read More »Preferences and Adiaphora
Secular Culture
In blog posts over the last several weeks, I have been trying to help us understand what kinds of influences and values have converged to… Read More »Secular Culture
Secular Worldview
As we Christians seek to live Christianly in the culture in which we find ourselves, it is important that we recognize how values contrary to… Read More »Secular Worldview
Reason and Faith
Last week I highlighted the fact that the Enlightenment essentially created a Worldview without God, elevating reason over faith. The elevation of reason over faith in… Read More »Reason and Faith
Ten Mangled Words:”Taste”
De gustibus non est disputandum, said the ancient Romans. There is no disputing over taste, meaning that in matters of personal taste and preference, there… Read More »Ten Mangled Words:”Taste”