CASTING DOUBT ON THE NATURE AND MEANING OF GOD’S LAW It is sad for me to have to add Tim Keller to the list of Christian leaders we can no longer trust to defend either the gospel or biblical truth. —Phil Congdon, Senior Pastor, New Braunfels Bible Church, New Braunfels, Texas— Key point: Tim Keller, […]
CASTING DOUBT ON GOD’S CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS ON CIVIC DUTY AND RACE RELATIONS Here is the great evangelical disaster — the failure of the evangelical world to stand for truth as truth. There is only one word for this — namely accommodation: the evangelical church has accommodated to the world spirt of the age. First, there has been […]
CASTING DOUBT ON THE AUTHORITY AND RELIABILITY OF GOD’S WORD “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?” —Jesus, in Luke 6:46— Why defend Genesis when so many people don’t even believe in Jesus? Why not concentrate on defending the big issues, like the Gospel and the […]
CASTING DOUBT ON BIBLICAL TEACHINGS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY There are many inappropriate and unloving ways to uphold the truth, but there never can be a loving way to distort it. — “Clarity Needed,” a Word Foundations article first published in April, 2015 — My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall […]
The Gospel is an individual promise with serious collective implications, not the other way around. Collective salvation is a quasi-religious concept reflected in liberation theology, the Social Gospel, and social justice. It’s not Christian theology. We are accountable for our own sins, not the sins of others (2 Cor. 5:10). Salvation is “collective” only in […]
It’s Impossible for Christians to Be Apolitical Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. I have sworn and confirmed That I will keep Your righteous judgments. —Psalm 119:105-106— A group that suggests the sinlessness of Jesus is debatable, claims that Christ had moments of insufficiency, or that Christ […]
But it isn’t too late to reverse course. Serving children should not be controversial. We all agree on that. But it is controversial to scorn the wisdom of God, to willfully deprive children, who have no choice in the matter, of either a father or mother, and to place them in a household that violates […]
Marriage is a significant institution by which a lost world can see Christianity in action. —Don and Sally Meredith— Key point: Many Christians today, including many pastors, act as though upholding man-woman marriage will drive people away from Christ and the church. Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is that we can uphold […]
Our identity is in Christ. It’s not in our libido. We should be following our Lord, not our sexual drive, in terms of our definition of what it means to be a human being. —Everett Piper— Supporting, encouraging, and empowering gay, lesbian, same-sex-attracted, and other LGBT Christians so they can flourish while observing the historic, […]
The Remarkable Leadership of Alan Sears at Alliance Defending Freedom Where have the Christian lawyers been? —Francis Schaeffer— At last an organization capable of confronting the ACLU and winning the battles is on the field. We are very thrilled to have had a part in their formation. —Dr. D. James Kennedy, speaking of the Alliance […]
Five Things You Need to Know At the very heart of the homosexual condition is conflict about gender. In the boy, we usually see a gender wound that traces back to childhood. He comes to see himself as different from other boys. Gender woundedness usually exists as a silent, secret fear—one that the boy’s parents […]
Why Being Nice Isn’t Enough And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment… —Philippians 1:9— If there ever were a champion of winsomeness in making the case for Christianity and its values, Charles “Chuck” Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship and the voice of the Christian […]
Eight Menacing Trends in the American Evangelical Church Part 1 is available here. When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn’t like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, “Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus.” I said, “That’s where I got my information about hell.” —Vance Havner1— One day a North Carolina […]
Originally published by B. Nathaniel Sullivan on April 13, 2015 When a church renovated its worship center, the decision was made to hang a beautiful portrait of Christ on the wall directly behind the pulpit. When the pastor got up to deliver his message on the Sunday morning after the renovation was complete, a little […]
But he said to him, “If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.” —Jesus, in Luke 16:31— Key point: God’s plan of salvation always involved Jesus: His sinless life, His sacrificial death, His burial, and His resurrection. While we can be grateful the […]
Cut the Bible anywhere, and it will bleed. The blood of Jesus stains every page. —Adrian Rogers1— Key point: Old Testament prophecies of Jesus’ resurrection demonstrate that God had one plan and one plan only to rescue sinners from hell. He had no alternative plan, no “plan B.” His plan was Jesus, and from the […]
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