I Look to the Stars: Embracing the Joy of General Revelation
Astronomy When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained (Psalm 8:3 KJV). My parents were my teachers. They homeschooled me and my four younger siblings from first grade through high school. When I was nine or ten, my mother began to teach us about astronomy. We learned to identify the constellations of the northern hemisphere from studying books on astronomy and star maps:...
Biblical Marriage
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. (Ephesians 5:31–33; KJV) Throughout history, Satan and sin have consistently worked to undermine the institution...
Civil Associations: The Battle for a Peaceful Society
In March 2023, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed The Parents Bill of Rights Act to bring more transparency and accountability to the public education system by protecting the ability of parents to access curriculum, reading lists, and school library holdings, and to be informed about actions taken toward their children regarding gender identity and bathroom/locker room usage. This piece of legislation would have...
Lemuel Haynes and the Call of the Minister
Under the influence of Georg Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx, modern historians lost their faith in the ability of the individual to effect change or to make decisions that were not manipulated by invisible social pressures. Instead, historians began to describe historical change as the competition of social groups based on class, race, gender, or sexuality. The group-identity and competition approach to history is most cynical and...
Love and Obey: For There’s No Other Way
Our culture is consumed with romantic love. Admittedly, sexual gratification is often confused for love. Even so, pop songs are filled with promises of eternal happiness in the arms of another, romantic comedies remain a perennial favorite for moviegoers on dates, and the Valentine’s Day industry is as strong as ever even amid massive inflation and economic turmoil. However, such understandings of love are extremely shallow. Love is...
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