Category: Bible

After preaching on Psalm 110 last week, I want to offer a brief follow up.

 

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Category: Culture

I had the honor and pleasure of doing an interview with 1819 News this week, hosted by Bryan Dawson and Ray Melick. If you are not familiar with 1819 News, it's a great way to keep up with news in Alabama from a Christian perspective. The interview started out talking about the breakdown of the family in relation to social crises like the recent school shooting in Texas (especially Mo Brooks' comments in this interview), but from there, we went on to touch on a wide variety of topics, from gendered piety to psalm singing. You can find the YouTube version here and the Apple podcast version here.

Category: Culture
You may have seen the absolutely horrific report on sexual sin and sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention that was released earlier this week. The report is the fruit of an extended independent investigation into claims made against various Southern Baptist leadership and congregations. I have not looked into the report in any detail but it is an absolute travesty. The report documents cases of adultery, fornication, and child molestation. In some cases, offenders were able to move from church to church, multiplying their victims. Those who tried to sound the alarm were silenced. Far too many in the Southern Baptists denomination were obviously more concerned with protecting their “brand” than doing what is best for victims. They used their polity (a commitment to the autonomy of each local church) as an excuse for not warning churches about predators hopping from one congregation to the next. Some leading pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention, including former president J. D. Grear, have argued that the Bible only "whispers about sexual sin" -- a claim that was incredibly foolish when it was made and now sounds like complicity in the cover up. The entire sordid ordeal is a massive black eye for all Christians, even those of us who are not Southern Baptist. 

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Category: Church
You may have seen that the archbishop of Nancy Pelosi’s Roman Catholic parish in San Francisco has excommunicated her for her views on abortion. Of course, this is long overdue, and there are many high profile pro-abortion Roman Catholics (like Joe Biden) who have still not been disciplined. But nevertheless it’s a good sign. This is what Archbishop Cordileone had to say about it:

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Category: Pastoral Exhortations

It's undeniable: Our culture changing, and changing rapidly. The question for us is just as obvious: Will we change with it? Culture changes continually. But the Word of God does not change. In 1 Corinthians 15-16, Paul commands us to be "steadfast, immovable" (1 Cor. 15:58) and to "stand firm" (1 Cor. 16:13). If the culture moves away from God, we must make sure we do not move with it, but stay firmly planted on God's unchanging truth. We certainly should change -- but we should change by growing and maturing in wisdom and faithfulness. If our culture is not maturing in these ways, then when the culture changes, we cannot change with it. Standing against the culture as a counter-culture is certainly not easy, as it requires courage and resilience, but it is the calling of the church. We do not want to stand out just for the sake of standing out out; we do not seek to be different just for the sake of being different. We want to stand out as people known for love and truth because love and truth are the marks of Christ's disciples.

  1. Liturgy, Community, and Suffering
  2. Counsel for Young Men
  3. The Baptism of a Baby Is a Beautiful Thing
  4. Culture War as Spiritual War

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