Coming Untrue

Churches today need leaders — badly. And biblically speaking, that means they need elders. “Elder” doesn’t necessarily mean ancient but...

The writer of a recent article in Canada’s National Post is troubled by a report that about 20% of parents aged 18 through 42 still spank...

Is Jesus Christ a created being? Orthodoxy says no, the heretics say yes, and the argument has been going on for centuries. Even today, Je...

“How should a Christian respond to unreciprocated romantic interest?” Christians are called to love one another, but it’s a very specifi...

“The Bible gives clear, direct guidance on many topics of morality, but not on birth control. Thus, any inferences from the Bible are opin...

I have a second introductory post coming next week, but I’m eager to get going, so let’s just jump in. The author of Psalm 1 is unknown....

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Kristin Howerton thinks evangelicals need to rethin...

Alison writes: “Something [has] been bothering me for a really long time. Everybody says, ‘Read the book of Job for comfort, blah blah ...

A single line from Doug Wilson’s most recent fake letter to a Jewish man grappling with the Christian faith leapt off the screen at me thi...

“Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy .” The situation is as follows, and you have probably seen it man...

“Is it wrong to be pessimistic?” The New Testament epistles have much to say about Christian joy. Paul mentions it six times in each of ...

“I am fearfully and wonderfully made .” I think it’s fair to say God rarely gets a fair shake from any but his own. If any being in al...

Reading somebody else’s mail can be a profitable exercise. We can learn much about the Lord and his ways from truths he has not directly sh...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. I heard that most young people drop out of church t...

The most extraordinary thought occurred to me today. I’ve been debating with atheists online again … Yeah, don’t ask. Anyway, one o...

I was texting a Christian friend yesterday. The poor guy is stuck in the middle of a disagreement with the CRA (Canada’s IRS) over his ass...

Baruch Davidson notes that the Jubilee year is not observed or commemorated in modern Israel. Before the Assyrian conquest of the north...

“Why is finding true love so difficult?” The list of possible answers to this question is lengthy, so I won’t pretend to get to them all...

My brother was joking the other day that he might someday preach a message entitled “Ten Things a Bible Teacher Should Never Say from the ...

“God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first , to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.” Dear readers...