Coming Untrue

A few days ago I offered readers a chance to comment on the subject of their level of satisfaction with their church experiences. To say ...

In a post last week entitled “ A Contradiction in the Church ”, the Antemodernist observed that when the Christian community at large is c...

The warden in the movie The Shawshank Redemption greets every new arrival with the words “Rule number one: No blasphemy. I will not have ...

“What’s the difference between righteousness and holiness?” New Christians may hear these two biblical words as pretty much synonymous. ...

If I had entitled this article “Doing What I Ought” you might have thought “If he knows what he ought to do, why doesn’t he quit talking a...

A simile is a figure of speech in which the words “like” or “as” are used. A metaphor is a figure of speech where the terms of comparison ...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Tim Keller has been under fire around here lately. ...

R.J. sent me an article this week and asked me what I thought. I read the title: “Vampire Churches”. Instantly, visions of caped charac...

The first historical interlude in the book of Leviticus is the longest of the three and culminates in the judgment-by-incineration of Nada...

There are individual sins and there are corporate sins. A woman who has an abortion commits the former; a nation that enshrines her right ...

“Are there people who will never change?” A friend of a friend served as an elder in his local church for many years. From all reports h...

The Lord Jesus used the model of a flock when foretelling Pentecost and the formation of his church. He said this flock would need only on...

When Adam fell, he took with him our entire unfortunate race. When Adam died, we all died with him. When Adam transgressed, transgressing ...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Tom: We’re in the middle of batting around common...

Imagine yourself sitting in the center row of a darkened theater at an evening performance of a show entitled Cabaret . Tonight’s offerin...

Leviticus is a Latin word derived from the Greek Leuītikos , meaning “levitical”, or “having to do with Levites”. The third book of the Ol...

“One who loves another has fulfilled the law .” So wrote the apostle Paul in Romans. Again, in Galatians he reminds his readers that “the ...

“Are you more likely to trust politicians who claim to be Christian?” Some people are reluctant to claim to be Christians. Jordan Peters...

When he used the phrase “ in my name ”, did the Son of God have a specific name in mind? Was it one of those names mentioned in Isaiah 9:6...

When God disciplines his people under either Old or New Covenants, it is not simply an expression of righteous anger. It is not merely a c...