You laugh! Like the question, Who wrote the Gospel of John? the question, Is the Pope Catholic? hardly seems to deserve a reply. Well, not until a few weeks ago. The historic catechism of the Catholic Church, (based on the Old and New Testament and on centuries of tradition) has always taught that homosexuality […]
Gunning for Gory
Claiming that guns are the cause of violence merely shows the vacuous logic and moral ineptitude of contemporary Western thinking in its attempt to silence a genuine sense of good and evil and falsely vilify the opposition. It is “the heart [that] is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I […]
The Lessons of Christmas: Incarnation, Not Enlightenment
Waiting. I have vivid childhood memories of Christmas Eves spent looking under the Christmas tree, curiously trying to figure out what was inside the carefully wrapped boxes. Was it the toy truck I couldn’t stop talking about? Was it the action figure I spotted at the department store that I just knew I “had” to […]
Giving Tuesday
If “Black Friday” is all about getting, “Giving Tuesday” is all about–giving. In a ministry like ours we get lots of satisfaction from giving. We give people a deep but simple understanding of life and the gospel in a confusing neo-pagan culture. To honor God we must remember that the Creator and the creation cannot […]
From the Blog
“Fairness For All” But A Growing Unfairness For Many
by Dr. Peter Jones | February 9, 2019In 2018 well-meaning fellow Christians on the boards of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities(CCCU), adopted an initiative called Fairness for All. Among notable signers were Philip Graham Ryken, President of Wheaton College and Derek Halvorson, President of Covenant College. The initiative seekssome kind of common ground with LGBTQ people. These thoughtful Christian […]
Ungovernable
by Dr. Peter Jones | January 25, 2019Last November’s elections brought into Congress some of the most extreme office holders ever seen. Recently defeated Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill said: “I’d be lying if I did not say I was worried about this place. It just does not work as well as it used to.”[1] Paul Kane of The Washington Post describes how […]