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1 Peter 3:8-17

Oct 4th, 2024 | By

Peter issues a call to righteous living in the midst of acute suffering and persecution.



Ideas Have Consequences: Richard Dawkins And “Cultural Christianity”

Sep 28th, 2024 | By

If you believe that there is no God to which you are accountable or that there is no God who has provided redemption for you, you will live your life quite differently than one who affirms such propositions. Consider the famous British philosopher of the 20th century—Bertrand Russell, one of the founders of analytic philosophy. One of his most famous books was Why I Am Not a Christian. For Russell, there was no God.



1 Peter 3:1-7

Sep 27th, 2024 | By

Peter explains the virtue of submission in the wife-husband role responsibilities.



Michael Oher, The Blind Side And Christian Compassion

Sep 21st, 2024 | By

As I have studied the Gospels over the years, I have been struck by how many times the text speaks of Jesus being “moved with compassion.” Jesus manifested compassion when He saw the crowds, responding with acts of healing (Matt. 14:14; 20:34; Mark 1:41), provision of food (Matt. 15:32), and teaching the word of God (Mark 6:34). Jesus not only modeled compassion; He also taught on the virtue of compassion, including the parable of the unforgiving servant (Matt. 18:23–35), the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:29–37), and the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32).



1 Peter 2:18-3:3

Sep 20th, 2024 | By

The virtue of submission is applied to the primary economic institution of the ancient world and to the family.



John MacArthur And Martin Luther King

Sep 14th, 2024 | By

In February 2024, John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, declared that Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, “was not a Christian at all.” Furthermore, he added, King was “a nonbeliever who misrepresented everything about Christ and the gospel.” MacArthur’s comments were made during a question-and-answer session at Grace Community Church.



1 Peter 2:11-17

Sep 13th, 2024 | By

Peter challenges us to see ourselves as sojourners and exiles conducting ourselves honorably, highlighting the virtue of submission to the authorities in our lives.



American K-12 Education And Parental Rights

Sep 7th, 2024 | By

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 stipulates the vital importance of parents in educating their children: There is to be a formal structure where parents teach their children facts, ethical standards and doctrinal truth. Parents are also to model these virtues, values and standards before their children. Parents are thus central in the moral and spiritual formation of their children. Ideally today, parents, the church and the school should network together to accomplish this goal of moral and spiritual formation. However, in 2024 moral and spiritual formation has been replaced by indoctrination and the pursuit of personal autonomy in much of public education.



1 Peter 2:1-8

Sep 6th, 2024 | By

To receive Christ makes us “living stones,” part of the new building God is constructing with Jesus as our cornerstone and peak-stone serving as priests offering daily sacrifices to our God.



Natural-Cycle IVF: A Viable Alternative?

Aug 31st, 2024 | By

Christian author, Ericka Andersen, has recently written of her struggles with infertility and her resolution of this struggle through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Her piece offers an important perspective on IVF and how to think about this controversial procedure as a Christian: “At 33, after experiencing infertility for several years, I reluctantly turned to in vitro fertilization (IVF). A fertility specialist advised my husband and me to pursue the usual course of IVF, which involves using drugs to stimulate the growth of multiple egg follicles.