Where a text appears in Scripture is all-important because the location often teaches pastors and their congregations' big lessons. For example, The Sermon on the Mount contains Jesus’ first recorded teaching, and the first sentence in Matthew 5:3 is this simple...
Western culture is being shaken. It is a time of significant social instability. The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police has unleashed a torrent of rage. Large segments of our society are demonstrating, even rioting, for something enigmatically...
Dr. Wayne Grudem concluded his 2012 book, Evangelical Feminism, with the solemn warning that “the next move by feminism will be to destroy masculinity. Masculinity,” he predicted, “is the ultimate enemy.” Grudem was prophetic. Contemporary culture increasingly maligns...
America is in a time of constitutional crisis. Our political system is unstable, and our religious freedoms are in peril. A chasm has opened between the political right and left that seems unbridgeable, and Jesus warned us that “Every kingdom divided against itself…...
Should Mom Be The Lead Parent? My wife and I often speak at parenting conferences. Sometimes I make the off-hand comment that, in the Bible, the father is the lead parent, and his wife is his helper. I am often surprised at the reaction. “Where did you get such a...