The head of a New York City private school that has been accused of indoctrinating students with progressive politics and “anti-racist” orthodoxy privately acknowledged that the school is guilty of “demonizing white people for being born,” according to audio from a conversation he had with a whistleblower teacher (here). Not just in this country but…
Sanctification is the process of becoming more like Christ in our conduct and character. The objective of this pursuit of moral integrity is to be holy as God is holy (1 Pet. 1:15, 16). There is a great deal of debate over how sanctification occurs, however. To determine the Biblical truth, we need to answer…
Choosing the Narrow Way (Mark 8.34) “When [Jesus] had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, Let him deny himself, And take up his cross, And follow Me.” Jesus calls the people with His disciples. The way of discipleship was not exclusively an…
If Scripture is clear, why is there so much in here I still don’t understand? If you’ve spent much time in the Bible, you are no doubt well aware that not everything in Scripture is clear. And when theologians talk about the clarity of Scripture, they’re not saying every reader will understand everything. And to…
Daniel 11:5-12 How do you feel when you see a plan come together? Now sometimes, plans are hard to make. There are just so many variables, so many factors that you must consider. How do you prepare for the “what if’s?” What if this were to happen? What if that were to happen? It’s one…
After a year of Covid-19, riots, political upheaval, and changing political landscape one thing is clear. The world as we once knew it is gone and it is not coming back. February of 2020 seems like it was a different century. Christian Colleges are facing a presidential executive order that would force them to abandon…
My wife and I went to church six times Sunday. [Pastor Stiekes wrote this piece for January 26, 2021.] I’m sure this does not sound strange to some of you. Due to my immunes system and the Coronavirus, we are not gathering in large crowds at this time, but we are watching our church services…
How would you have responded to a poll back in 1979? A 1979 Gallup Poll asked this question: If you, yourself, were testing your own religious beliefs, which ONE of these four religious authorities would you turn to first? What the church says What respected religious leaders say What the Holy Spirit says to me…
We had the privilege of owning a “luxury” vehicle years ago. We even paid cash for it. It was a 1989 Ford E-150 conversion van. We loved that van. It was like driving a living room on wheels. It was perfect considering our children at the time ranged in ages from 1-6. If one of…
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses…