Is the Church’s Mission Social Justice or the Gospel?
DeYoung, Kevin and Greg Gilbert, What is the Mission of the Church? Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Comission. Wheaton: Crossway, 2011. DeYoung and Gilbert …
What’s Wrong with You that You Aren’t Married?
Single believers regularly face the questions, “When are you going to get married?” and, “Why are you still single?” If the single is content with God, he or she need not be made to feel that something is inadequate or inferior about his or her social status.
Resolutions for Christians in Business
A Christian business-owner in my congregation recently related his desire for Christlike business ethics. As he spoke, my mind ran to the resolutions Jonathan Edwards …
Facebook’s New Gender Options: Why It Matters
The change. Shortly after celebrating its 10-year anniversary on February 4, Facebook celebrated another milestone: it expanded its gender options beyond just male and female. Now …
$130 Isn’t Enough
Did you know that each Valentine’s Day men spend an average of $130 on candy, cards, jewelry, flowers and dates? Or that Valentine’s Day results …
Radical Compassion
Compassion. Jesus had it. And we have a lot to learn. I read recently that the transgender community has an exceptionally high suicide rate—as high …
Is Singleness Valuable?
This post is the first in a four-part series on a Biblical view of singleness. Every Christian is preparing for an eternity of singleness. In …
Four Things to Learn from the “Great Debate”
As happens with any debate, the immediate question was “who won?” This morning, plenty of news sources were willing to give their answer. Whatever the …
God and My Devices: Eight Commitments for Extending God’s Reign to My Technology
When I was a child, the first piece of electronic technology I owned was “Karate King,” a 1988-released handheld game with a LCD display. The player …
Confidence, Desperation, Hope: A Meditation on Psalm 27
One of the blessings of reading Psalms as that they are so compact. We all face pressures—sometimes constant and relentless. The psalms bring us condensed …