Perhaps more than ever before, people are asking the question “What does it mean to be a man (or to be a woman)?” While many in society are unwilling to give a straightforward answer, some of us within conservative Christian circles jump to oversimplified definitions. I’ve heard it a thousand times in a variety ofContinue reading “Blurring One’s Gender”
Category Archives: Creation
Did Man’s Fall Affect the Animals?
God put everything under Adam’s dominion and stewardship. Genesis 3 tells us God cursed the whole earth as a result of Adam’s sin. That Curse had an ongoing dramatic effect on both humankind and animals, as part of creation. Human beings and the earth are inseparably linked; there is a metaphysical and moral link betweenContinue reading “Did Man’s Fall Affect the Animals?”
The War on Masculinity
If there is any word used to describe masculinity in our day, any adjective commonly used to modify it, it is almost invariably “toxic.” We hear almost nothing of positive masculinity or healthy masculinity. But we hear endlessly of its toxicity. It would not be wrong to conclude that society really has no vision forContinue reading “The War on Masculinity”
The Good in Good News
What is the good that makes the gospel good news? If the present, and especially the future, that the Christian gospel offers is undesirable, unimpressive, boring, bland, and unenjoyable, then how good is the good news? Is it only good in contrast with the active misery and punishments of hell? Or, does the good newsContinue reading “The Good in Good News”
On the Death of My Dog
Last week, Otto, my beloved English bulldog, died. He died as he lived — peacefully. His presence in our home for 12 years was an unmitigated joy. The sadness I feel at Otto’s death and the outpouring of condolence messages to my wife and me have caused me to reflect on two long-held concerns aboutContinue reading “On the Death of My Dog”
Beatific Vision
One doctrine that you may never have heard of (but one that you really should know about) is the beatific vision. This “happy vision” or “blessed vision” is the blessed hope of beholding God in heaven, and it is the telos of the human soul. The beatific vision is what Moses was impatient to seeContinue reading “Beatific Vision”
Offspring of a Serpent
The past 30 years have provided something of a renaissance in the interpretation of Genesis 3:15, with many evangelical scholars providing sound exegetical and theological argumentation that this verse explicitly anticipates a future individual offspring of the woman. However, many scholars still strongly affirm the collective understanding of the seed of the woman. Another viewContinue reading “Offspring of a Serpent”
The Glory of Blood
In recent days I’ve been thinking lots on blood – the oxygen-carriage method in the stupendous, miraculous, circulatory system is a fearful wonder of the Creator. I could write for hours on platelets – those little, sticky, microscopic, discs that plug holes in veins so that we don’t bleed to death from knife-cuts or pin-pricks.Continue reading “The Glory of Blood”
Science and Theology
Genesis 1:1-3. We all know it – and it is crystal clear, right? In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.And God said, Let thereContinue reading “Science and Theology”
We’re Still Working on the First Half…
God gave the first man and woman a cultural mandate to “be fruitful and multiply” (Gen. 1:28). God’s equal but different image bearers had a monumental mission to fill the world with other image bearers who would reflect the glory of the Creator; instead, they listened to the destroyer. But God did not destroy them.Continue reading “We’re Still Working on the First Half…”
Intentional Faith 