We Had an Abortion. It Wasn’t My Body, but It Was My Baby.
When I was 19, I got a friend pregnant. In the summer, a friend and I had spent an evening together. A few weeks later she told me she was pregnant, and it was mine.I “wasn’t ready for a baby.” I had hopes and dreams ahead of me, and having a child seemed like the […]
Huff Post Article Attacks Christian Education on all Levels
Below is a guest editorial published in the Huffington Post. It is a continuing reminder that we live in a society that is increasingly hostile to Christianity and Christian ideals. We used to fear the government as the great threat to our freedoms. Now it is becoming increasingly clear that persecution is coming from the […]
Christians & Politics — Anti-Christian Ideology Is an Emerging Aspect of White Progressive Populism | National Review
Last summer I wrote an essay called the Great White Culture War. In it, I argued that a great deal of America’s political division isn’t just explained by the division between white Americans and racial minorities — there are also immense cultural divisions within “white America” itself. And in few areas are those cultural divisions […]
Is Tent-Making the Biblical Norm?
Some well-meaning believers promote tent-making as the preferred biblical pattern for pastors today. By “tent-making,” I am referring to an approach to pastoral ministry in which a pastor works a full-time vocational job to support his family while also serving as a pastor. Thom Rainer encourages this perspective in an article entitled, “Eight Reasons Why […]