Adapted from an article Peter Jensen wrote for GAFCON It’s a pretty heavy thing to be accused of homophobia. The word is not an intellectual judgement but a more damning moral one. There have always been examples of unkind attitudes, bullying and discrimination towards people who appear to be, or who identify as, homosexual, just as there has always been racism, snobbery…

From an article by Peter Brain On October 22, 1976, Clyde Kilby, who is now with Christ in Heaven, gave an unforgettable lecture. I went to hear him that night because I loved him. He had been one of my professors in English Literature at Wheaton College. He opened my eyes to more of life than I knew could be seen. O,…

From the Barnabas fund website (www.barnabasfund.org) and prayer email. High-level European officials and experts attending an international conference in Vienna last week stated that European governments and the international community were failing to address religious discrimination and the persecution of Christians in Europe and worldwide. In his opening keynote speech to the conference, EU Special Envoy for Religious Freedom, Ján Figel’, observed…

Adapted from an article written by Mike Allen (gotherefor.com). So why is the denial of our differences hard to live by? Take, for example, the current debate about equal pay for equal work. Who would argue against men and women being paid the same for the same work? But there are hard cases. For example, since 2007, males and females have been paid…

Adapted from an article written by Mike Allen (gotherefor.com). A recent viral video filmed on the campus of Washington University by the Family Policy Institute of Washington features a five-foot-nine inch white male asking others how they would respond to (what turns out to be) his increasingly ridiculous claims. Early on, he asks how they might respond if he told them that he…

Adapted from an article written by Hannah Ploegstra (gotherefor.com). Last week, we started to deal with the conundrum of how we use the Bible to reason with unbelievers when, on the one hand, they don’t recognize it as a valid source, while, on the other hand, it actually is the source, whether they recognize it or not. Let’s continue to see how the…

Adapted from an article written by Hannah Ploegstra (gotherefor.com). As a disciple of Christ, the Bible is more and more becoming my source for life, encouragement, perspective, and even logic. But when we’re arguing issues with unbelievers, we need to keep in mind that the Bible isn’t their source, however much it ought to be, and that unbelievers’ minds aren’t (yet) the product…

Adapted from an article by Tim Challies (www.challies.org) I love my church. I love the people I gather with week-by-week. They are fun and safe and easy to be with. But who said church should be safe and easy? What if one of the marks of a good church, a blessed church, is that it’s a messy church? I’m sure you know…

Article by Rick Lewers (Bishop of Armidale) In a nation where all things in politics seem possible, some things still amaze me or perhaps the word should be ‘stagger” me. Occasionally the foolish thoughts of politicians expressed in emotive and seemingly protective and manipulative rhetoric should be exposed. I want to respond to comments by the leader of the opposition, Bill Shorten,…

Article by John McClean, http://gotherefor.com. What is the best overall description of the Bible? I’ve heard it called a guidebook, a love letter, a story, a history, and a national constitution. Although each of those gets something right, can we find a description that captures the whole character of the Bible better? The one that I think has the most to commend…