Tag: CHRISTIANITY

I’m not calling for forced conversions or a new military crusade. I am calling for resolve, for the courage to believe in ourselves and our own history, to choose one thing over another, and to decide ultimately that the West is worth saving.

In an age of drones and satellites, of cyber warfare and artificial intelligence, it is easy to forget that the most decisive battlefield remains the human heart. Chaplains are the generals of that battlefield.

Authentic peace is found in Jesus Christ alone. As I “mature” (i.e. age), I find that it is not the absence of trouble that provides peace – though I prefer trouble to stay away. It is the presence of Christ that gives us peace in circumstances that otherwise seem unbearable.

The birth of Jesus is a frontal assault of cosmic proportions, but it is also a covert operation. Who would suspect that this tiny baby is the Word made flesh, the second person of the Trinity incarnate in Jesus the Christ? In all the history of military warfare, never has there been an operation more covert than this.

Were it not for Christmas, Good Friday could never have happened. But were it not for Good Friday, Christmas would be nothing more than a sweet story about a nice baby.

We are too trusting of our suspicions, too swift in our accusations, too flippant and too proud in our judgments – and much too distracted and bewildered by the churn of the digital deluge to connect it to something real or enduring. In this way, we have failed to find rest, day after restless day. 

This Thanksgiving we have every reason to be grateful and to invite God back to our table, acknowledging all the micro-blessings we take for granted and attributing them to His care and loving kindness. 

Following U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville's (R-Auburn) recent speech drawing attention to radical Islam and Sharia law, President Donald Trump has now suggested a possible military intervention in Nigeria to stop the widespread executions of Christians by militant Muslims.

Certainly, the world needs more gentleness, kindness and love. But sometimes force must be met with force. Sometimes God uses strong, even brutal men to fight brutality and accomplish His will.

The first Christian martyrs (though their names or exact number remain unknown) are a visceral testament to the interplay of God’s justice, mercy and grace. 

The death penalty is just war in microcosm. Men like Robinson have declared war on society and the common good, and it is the state’s role to suppress their sin by any means necessary for their own sake as well as for others.

I fear the Church is missing the war, and that is why God is using even the political realm to proclaim the Gospel. Christ will be proclaimed King – even if the rocks must cry out.

Charlie Kirk was martyred for living out and courageously sharing his faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was put down because he was too good for this world. May we all strive to be so good that this world must put us down too.

Christians are called to listen to the world's questions and provide answers from the arbiter and embodiment of truth himself in every single arena. That is exactly what Charlie Kirk was murdered for accomplishing.

Three hundred years ago this month, in a dockside community in the East End of London, John Newton was born.

Western Christendom isn’t just a contributor; it’s the cornerstone and the role model for the rest of the world and its peoples.

The passing of John MacArthur could be considered the end of an era in American evangelicalism.

Could it be that, by interacting with people on the other side and treating them as human beings, we help them see that we are human as well?

Has Peterson contributed ideas worthy of consideration and practice to a world burdened with cynicism, despair and sorrow? Absolutely. Did his tussle with 20 atheists enhance those ideas and practices? Absolutely not. 

As outdated as many people probably think they are, Aristotle and the medievals were actually right.

In case we’ve forgotten, the chaos spreading from the Los Angeles riots to other cities around the nation shows once again that we live in a divided culture.

Pathway Church pastor Travis Johnson delivered a stern message Friday night during a live broadcast of FlashPoint Live from Mobile.

My plans over a long life have surely provoked gales of laughter from the Almighty. But as I rode that river of revision and change, I slowly learned something new: I learned how to make God smile with me rather than laughing at me. 

Much like the Catholics, we Protestants are at a crossroads.

Many Americans are seeing the need to move away from the secular neutrality we’ve practiced in recent decades and instead plant the flag through spiritual grounding and Christian beliefs. Doing so is not as hard as we make it out to be.

What are the things of God, and how are we to know when we see them?

We need not fear death, because we know that, as Christ rose, we too will rise from the dead and, as believers, live eternally with Him.