Give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. [1 Kings 3:9] In case you haven’t heard, Dr. John Piper, a highly influential evangelical pastor, recently wrote an article explaining his views and concerns about the upcoming presidential election. He also shared his reasoning for who is he is likely to vote for - or not. Later, after many on the left (and right) celebrated his apparent conclusion (and others were dismayed), Piper Continue Reading
How Do Wolves Become Overseers Of The Sheep?
Recently there was yet another report of a leader of a significant ministry being fired due to sin and mistreating and abusing others. This happens way too often, and it is always tragic. However, what makes this situation even worse is the fact that this heinous behavior was known and warned about. But it was minimized and ultimately ignored. Furthermore, as if things could not get any worse, those who did try to sound the alarm regarding these nefarious deeds were punished for doing so - Continue Reading
Was Jesus A Socialist?
He who marries the spirit of the age soon becomes a widower. —Dean William Inge if Jesus was a socialist, then without a doubt, we would necessarily discover unending and overt support for socialism in Scripture. Yet we see none. Not a single verse. More importantly, we discover that socialism is wholeheartedly against God, His Word, His love, and His gospel. Without exaggeration, socialism always has been and always will be aggressively anti-Christian and anti-Christ in a multitude of Continue Reading
Not That Kind of Socialist
YEAH, BUT … I’M NOT THAT KIND OF SOCIALIST Inevitably there are those socialist proponents who declare that their brand of socialism is not like the others. While trying to distance themselves from past Marxist attempts, they claim to be a kinder, gentler sort of socialist. They say things like: “No, we don’t believe in that kind of Marxism. We’re just trying to give everyone a better life in a society where everything will be more fair, equal, and just.” “Our socialism has a small Continue Reading