The broader my circles get within Christianity, the more often I bump into people who don’t do gifts at Christmas. I’m not trying to suggest this is a wrong perspective or that others need to change their convictions, but I want to share our perspective — because we haven’t found the thing most of these […]

Your teenager might be wise and they might be mature beyond their years, but they’re still a teenager. And when you hand them full access to social media, Snapchat, and the unfettered internet, you’re not just handing them a phone, You’re putting them in a war. A war between your child’s developing brain and billions […]

How do you know what you know? How do you know that you know what you know? We all have three different “levels” of knowledge: firsthand knowledge, secondhand knowledge, and what we could call “faux knowledge.” Firsthand Knowledge Firsthand knowledge is knowledge you’ve discovered or tested for yourself. That is, you know it’s true because […]

With the recent executive order intended to expand access, IVF (in vitro fertilization) has become a hot topic. We don’t talk about this enough in the Church — or about related issues like IUI (intrauterine insemination), birth control, and other fertility-related issues. We don’t like to talk about these things because they’re emotional. There are […]

Contrary to popular perceptions, patriarchy is not a dirty word.  Patriarchy is not only taught in Scripture, it’s a core element of Scripture.  What gets us into trouble is that biblical patriarchy has been perverted, and this perversion is what too many people think of as patriarchy itself. Patriarchy is the Gospel In Recovering from Biblical […]