Monthly Archives: September 2025

Maintaining the priority of our calling In an ongoing discussion I am having with a friend who identifies as atheist, he often brings up, whether on topic or not, the subject of politics and Christianity. Each time it involves the most egregious actions of those who identify as Christian. He is unwilling or unable to make a distinction between those he is criticizing and the actual teachings/tenets of Christianity, which always results in his criticizing Christianity itself. Now, there are certainly those within the Church that have brought this criticism upon themselves and thus, unfairly upon the broader Church. This has been true primarily in the last decade or so, as the word Evangelical has become nearly synonymous with the farthest right-winged…

What is the goal of parenting? I think to put it in a very condensed nutshell; it is to “train a child up in the way they should go.” Of course, that’s the easy part; defining the goal. Now, application, methodology, etc., this is what all the books have been written about. It seems to me that to some extent, most authors have approached the subject from an outcome based perspective rather than what I would consider a more biblical, obedience based approach. What do I mean by this distinction? An outcome-based perspective would simply be to find what works and go with it. However, the Scripture spells out very clearly that we are to live in obedience, and while our obedience…