I am leading a teaching tour of Turkey/Greece next summer (July 31-August 11, 2026). We will be exploring biblical sites like Ephesus, Colossae, Patmos, Corinth, and Athens as well as theologically significant sites such as Nicaea and Chalcedon. Cost is $5799/person. If you are

As man’s sin is multi-dimensional (bondage to sin, spiritual blindness and deafness, hostility to God, spiritual death, etc.) and the consequences are multi-dimensional (physical death, disease, discord, divorce, eternal judgment, etc.), so God’s provision is multi-dimensional

We don’t have female pastors. We have female shepherds or ministers. I’m not married to a man, I’m married to a trans woman. We don’t want discrimination, we just want equity. A black person cannot be racist against a white person. I’m not guilty of murder, I just

A consistent theme throughout history is an institution changing and then accusing those who push back on the change as divisive. Luther: “We are the true ancient church…you have fallen away from us.” Reagan: “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, the party left me.” That

Austin ISD is no longer giving a holiday on Good Friday. In fact, they don’t even treat Easter Monday as a true holiday as that is a staff development day. They are, however, celebrating another holiday that week; Tuesday, March 31 is Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Day. So,

We are now in the part of the year where I have to turn my truck heat on in the morning and crank up the A/C in the afternoon.

You either have to adjust your culture and worldview to fit the Bible or you will be forced to adjust the Bible to fit your culture and worldview. Either you must repent of what you think or you think God must repent of what He thinks.

Just wrapped up 6 months of reading and thinking about abortion in preparation for tomorrow’s Culture and Theology seminar. Saturday, Oct 25, 8:30am - 12pm at Reformation Church. Come join us! Thereformationchurch.com

Either man’s work is dependent on God’s will or God’s will is dependent on man’s works. Either man’s will is dependent on God’s work or God’s work is dependent on man’s will. One sees man as dependent and the other sees God as dependent. IOW, where does ultimate and decisive

Thoughts on the ordo amoris… The other day I read about a guy in the early 20th century who gave a fortune to charity while his kids went to bed hungry. A few days later, I read about a modern multi-millionaire who was leaving his fortune to charity and little to nothing to his

Our Culture and Theology seminar on abortion is now available on our website or podcast. thereformationchurch.com/seminar/aborti… You might also check out the other seminars we have done on feminism, politics, and homosexuality. open.spotify.com/show/1VUmwhuZ0…

This gives me hope. Jeremiah 18:7-8 If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, [8] and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to

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With all of the recent drama in the PCA regarding egalitarianism (see helpful critiques of Michael Foster) and progressivism (see recent PCA call of lament and prayer) and within the Catholic Church (see pope’s statements on immigration), it is abundantly clear that an episcopal

Everyone is a cultural imperialist. Everyone thinks one culture is better than another. Even the person who says that no culture is better than another is arguing for a particular type of (inclusive, tolerant, pluralistic) culture. There is no such thing as a primordial unbiased

If you’ve ever wanted to visit Israel to see the sites of biblical history, I’m leading a tour in Feb 2027. We are having an informational next month at Reformation Church if you might be interested. Thursday, Feb 5, 7pm.

Why are we keeping Reformation Church open tomorrow despite the inclement weather? I sent this explanation to my church this morning. Why we aren’t just canceling services? In short, we think the pros of a smaller gathering outweigh the cons of no gathering at all. As elders,

“What is unknown remains unloved” (Bavinck)

Fraud and Immigration in Minnesota: a few thoughts from Proverbs 29 (let the reader understand) Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan. Proverbs 29:4 By justice a king builds up the land, but he who exacts gifts

When Paul says to “act like men,” that means more than just “act like a male.” It also means “don’t act like a boy.” Men are to be neither effeminate nor childish.