The First Job of Good Parenting In an Evil World

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My brilliant, nine-year-old son Asher has a vocabulary that may very well be better than yours. He is legitimately perceptive, downright insightful, and shockingly self-aware. Now, I say this not to brag (or do I?), and I certainly take no credit for it. I bring this up simply to point out that young children can ...

Election 2020: This Is What Really Needs to Change

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Election Day has come and gone, and we finally know (most likely) who the next U.S. President will be. But whether God chose the crass, unlikely defender of freedom and the American way, or the politically opportunistic puppet of the progressive left, unfortunately, it doesn’t really matter. Regardless of who serves as president for the next four years, or what majority holds which houses of Congress, or who sits on the Supreme Court, the United States is still…

3 Reasons Why Christians Fall Away

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I have no idea who Jon Steingard is, and I’ve never heard of the Christian rock band “Hawk Nelson,” but, once again, a Christian entertainer / celebrity / public figure has abandoned the faith, and it’s (apparently) pretty big news. Mr. Steingard was—both fortunately and sadly—very thorough in his explanation and follow-up, affording us a ...

The Supreme Court’s “Gay Marriage” Verdict, and the Sign of Normalized Homosexuality

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When I wrote about homosexuality and same-sex marriage in 2013 in my book Bearing the Standard, a mere nine U.S. states plus the District of Columbia had already legalized so-called gay marriage, with ten states having constitutional bans against it. In the two years since publishing my book, several of those bans have been overturned, and the number of ...

“Hillsong Comes Out In Support of Actively Gay Christians”

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That's what the headline will one day read. It's inevitable. How do I know? Because it's happened before. On the One Hand... In 2005, Pastor Chuck Smith, Jr., son of the Calvary Chapel movement's founder Chuck Smith, said of "gay Christians," ... the easy answer... implies that homosexuality is morally wrong. I'm still looking at it. On the ...

4 Things About Rosh HaShanah / Feast of Trumpets That Messianics Always Get Wrong

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Tomorrow, on the Jewish calendar, is the day commonly known as Rosh HaShanah, or the Feast of Trumpets. Here are four things about this special day that Messianics always get wrong: #1 — It's not the New Year. The day traditionally celebrated in Judaism as "Rosh HaShanah" falls on the first day of the seventh month—not the first ...