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Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men (Matt. 5:13). Thiswell-known and oft-quoted verse from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is the locus of my blog article today. I am deeply saddened by the landscape of Evangelicalism engagement with the culture today. For many Evangelicals this above-mentioned proposition never, or if viewed in t

Recently a vexing scenario presented itself to a Christian educational institution.  One of its graduate was pregnant and the administration made the decision to not allow her to participate in the graduation ceremony.  As an aside I attended the graduation of a High School and apparently there is a new phenomenon where graduates want to walk across the stage with their children in their arms (keep in mind I am speaking of High School graduations primarily).  The High School

I just learned of a firestorm created by a millionaire entrepreneur from Australia by the name of Tim Gurner.  Gurner was asked why Millennials are not buying homes in a manner consistent with previous generations.  Gurner attributed the main reason to wasteful spending.  Gurner justified his belief when he postulated, “When I was trying to buy my first home I wasn’t buying smashed avocados for 19 bucks and four coffees at $4 each.”  To summarize Gurner’s contention, he belie

What better time to raise an issue that has vexed me for some time.  Let me first acknowledge I face the same scrutiny.  I do not attempt to write from the “ivy tower” of superiority.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  I loudly proclaim, like the Apostle Paul, “I am the chief of all sinners.”  I enter the dialogue with fear and trembling but I enter it, nonetheless; because I believe lives and eternity hang in the balance. This is NOT some pedantic issue of no real si

Forgiveness is a vital Christian attribute. It is the mechanism whereby we enter into a vertical relationship with God.  We come to realize we have offended God and come to understand our need to repent.  Upon the basis of that repentance we begin the first step to being reconciled to God. As glorious and cherished the concept of forgiveness is it is seldom properly understood by most Evangelicals.   You ask the average Evangelicals when they should forgive someone and you wi