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Cultivating a Church Culture Open to Constructive Critique

There are two equally dangerous extremes that local congregations may fall into as they relate to criticism. The first is a culture of criticism where nearly everything and everyone is viewed with suspicion and negativity. Self-righteous criticism becomes the defining character trait of the church. The second is an uncritical culture where no one dares […]
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Four Gracious Critiques of “The Five Love Languages”

Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages has sold over 13 million copies over the past thirty years, making it one of the most popular Christianized self-help books ever. But how biblical is its message? How consistent is its counsel with the message of the cross and Jesus’s call to self-denial? Over the years, I’ve counseled and […]
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80 Years Ago C. S. Lewis Warned Against Making Faith a Means to a Political End

Eighty years ago, C. S. Lewis’s Screwtape offered the following three-step diabolical advice to his apprentice Wormwood in The Screwtape Letters (1941), chapter 7 (emphasis added): [1] Let him begin by treating the Patriotism or the Pacifism as a part of his religion. [2] Then let him, under the influence of partisan spirit, come to regard […]
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How My Newest Book was Conceived Nine Years Ago

Here is the Introduction to my newest book, When Disability Hits Home: How God Magnifies His Grace In Our Weakness and Suffering, with contributions of Joni Eareckson Tada. The idea for this book was conceived in April 2011 at The Gospel Coalition conference in Chicago, during two conversations that could only have been providentially arranged […]
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This May Not be a Time for an Altar Call to Unity

The manifesto of the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol was written on the flags: “JESUS IS MY SAVIOR, TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT.”  Trump flags and Jesus flags waved together commingled with nazi imagery, paramilitary gear, and confederate flags. Life-size homemade crosses marched alongside noose scaffolding platforms. These symbols of white supremacy, patriarchy, and religious […]
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This May Not be a Time for an Altar Call to Unity

The manifesto of the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol was written on the flags: “JESUS IS MY SAVIOR, TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT.”  Trump flags and Jesus flags waved together commingled with nazi imagery, paramilitary gear, and confederate flags. Life-size homemade crosses marched alongside noose scaffolding platforms. These symbols of white supremacy, patriarchy, and religious […]
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