IntroductionThe relationship between the church and the state is a controversial subject in the current climate. It was also a controversial subject during the Reformation. Joel Biermann has written a...  Read More

IntroductionThe murder of Christ is not a fragment of a larger theology. It is the larger theology that touches every fragment. In the death and resurrection of Christ, one all-embracing power knocks ...  Read More

“In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were...  Read More

IntroductionMost conservative Christians justly despise critical race theory (CRT). They see its spider-like tendencies to prey upon naïve citizens, inject them with emotional toxins, and consume thei...  Read More

IntroductionEvangelicals exhibit a mysterious suspicion of the assurance of salvation. And so it is that lots of Christians struggle with a lack of assurance. They have anxiety about the final state o...  Read More

It's hard to date the beginning of the madness. Maybe you trace it to the death of George Floyd in May of 2020, the shooting of Michael Brown in August of 2014, the creation of Black Lives Matters in ...  Read More

IntroductionThe Industrial Revolution changed the world. In some ways, the changes have been good. In some ways, they haven’t been. The changes are more than just HVAC units and electricity. The Indus...  Read More

IntroductionThe inner ring is the sort of club where it is not easy to tell who is inside and who is outside. There is no formal admission procedure and no protocol for expulsion. There is usually a c...  Read More

IntroductionThe word “bless” is a regular part of life in the South. Clerks conclude the transaction with “Have a blessed day.” Little old ladies conclude the gossip huddle with “Bless his heart.” Fam...  Read More

Nat Hentoff said that “Fiction is sometimes more real than fact … it can tell you more than facts.” What follows is a fictional conversation.Cherry: Cleo, why are you proposing that we let people who ...  Read More

Many of you are now in the midst of memorizing Psalms for our annual Psummer Psalms (thanks to Daron Drown for organizing this event every year). This is where you pick a Psalm, memorize it, and then ...  Read More

IntroductionHook-up culture is now a problem in the evangelical church, which has high rates of fornication. Men expect sex after two or three dates and too many women comply. Sexual confusion is inhe...  Read More