American Academy of Pediatrics Captured by Gender Ideology; Mainstream Professionals Are Calling Them Out
Respected professionals who work in the field of sexuality and gender themselves have been critical of AAP policy and their lack of academic rigor and responsibility.
The so-called “gender affirming” model puts young people on track to start an often deeply invasive, irreversible, and radical medical and surgical regimen at odds with where biology and their own natural development would have taken them. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a 92-year-old, 67,000 member organization, prides itself as the paragon of... Continue Reading
The Tao in America
The poison of subjectivism is an existential threat to Western Civilization and humanity that enables tyranny and totalitarianism.
The Tao tells us how we ought to live; we then discover that we don’t live up to it. We fail, and fail miserably. It tells us that we ought to value things according to their value, and then we discover that we have not done so. We have not valued what is supremely valuable. That is,... Continue Reading
When God Gave His Holy Spirit to Simple Men in Great Abundance
Neither Luther nor the other magisterial Reformers despised the church. But they saw the church as only a witness to and a powerful illustration of salvation by grace—not the dispenser of that salvation.
The sixteenth century was a monumental period in the history of the Christian church. It was not without its faults, nor without its failures. But Christians in those days were bursting with the power and the energy of this great discovery—that the burden of their sins had been taken by Jesus Christ and they, at... Continue Reading
Christian Education in Seven Books (5)—Cultural Literacy
To function in society, people need background knowledge that we absorb from our wider culture.
What kind of education would have the audacity to call itself Christian if its graduates have only the faintest grasp of Christian doctrine, history, or worship, and if they feel no loyalty to the civilisation that bequeathed them most of the blessings they now enjoy? I would not be surprised by the “Huh?” reaction... Continue Reading
Final Thoughts on God, Guns, and the Government
The Christian view of the person is the soil where liberty sprouted.
What’s the sounder method for thinking through Christian ethics? It starts with the image of the person as revealed in Scripture and the practice of churches over the centuries. It asks what demands such a creature can rightly make of any government, and what duties he owes it. All through this series I’ve been writing at The Stream over the past... Continue Reading
A Pastor’s Labor for the Obedience of Faith
While the doctrine of sanctification may be simply stated, understanding our personal experience as we continue to struggle with sin is another matter.
The question for those engaged in ministry is whether we ourselves have learned Christ as Paul describes, and can then teach others the grace of God in such a way that leads to sanctification in those who have faith in Christ Jesus. Paul tells Timothy, “Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching.... Continue Reading
The Commander of Yahweh’s Army: The Son and the Covenant of Grace Present in the Types and Shadows
Were all the covenants (including the Abrahamic) before the New Covenant covenants of works?
The very same Son who was to submit to the humiliation of incarnation, of gestation, of birth, of obedient suffering and death, who was to be raised for us and and who intercedes for us now at the right hand was with his church even before the incarnation because there is one covenant of grace in multiple... Continue Reading
The Secret to Spurgeon’s Success
Book Review: "Spurgeon the Pastor," by Geoffrey Chang
In 10 topical chapters, Chang considers various facets of Spurgeon’s ministry at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, ranging from church leadership and congregationalism to the ordinances and membership. He invites us to study Spurgeon as one who thought deeply about the local church and who therefore “remains a valuable conversation partner for pastors today.” ... Continue Reading
How We Got Here
Though we live in a new generation, it is sadly plagued by the same old problem of failing to submit to God’s Word.
As we read the pages of church history, we will first see the reverence our predecessors had for the Bible and their view of its complete truthfulness and unadulterated authority. We will also be led back to the pages of the Bible itself, back to the Word of God, the Word of truth for all... Continue Reading
When Pain is a Problem
Somehow in the mystery of God we can still come to thank him for the way we grew despite the dark tunnels we had to walk through.
Tozer said that, “it is doubtful that God could ever bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.” Those are hard words, but how you feel about them probably depends on where you’re standing. They’re a sharp stone to the comfortable, but a cooling balm to the afflicted. The American opioid epidemic... Continue Reading
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