2017 may well go down in history as the year that Hollywood was revealed for what it really was all along. The past few weeks have brought us a torrent …
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Thankful Thursday: The Communion of Saints
In this month of Thanksgiving, I have decided to do a short series of articles called “Thankful Thursdays” in which I will focus on four things that have been particularly …
Whitman and the Meaning of Life
O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish, Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who …
Do Baptists have a Right to Celebrate the Reformation?
Tomorrow we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation, dated from Martin Luther’s purported nailing of the Ninety-five Theses to the door of the Castle Church …
Council of Google Plus: The Homosexual & Gender Emanation
I joined the conversation on this week’s episode of the Council of Google Plus podcast to discuss such pedestrian issues as homosexuality, female pastors, submission in marriage, and human …
The Girl Empress is on Sale Now
If you are a frequent visitor to this blog, you probably know that I wrote a historical novel. If you are not a frequent visitor, I wrote a historical novel! …
5 Things Christians Can Learn from The Great British Bake Off
WARNING: The following might just be slightly satirical. Earlier this year, when I was feeling too awful to do anything but lay on the couch and watch Netflix, my mother …
Out of Egypt: My Four Years Working for a Foreign Government
“Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men…” – Colossians 3:23 (NASB) Since I began blogging in earnest, I have occasionally referred to …
When and How to Criticize an Elder
A few recent controversies have caused me to reconsider when and how we should criticize church elders – that is, pastors or overseers. As someone who often writes about theological …
How to Have Assurance of Salvation, According to the Apostle John
“How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?” (Job 25:4) Questions like this have been plaguing human beings …