Intersectionality and My Adoptive Family
by Trent Hunter “Intersectionality, sweetheart.” That’s how I answered a question from my then 9-year-old daughter. She asked me what I was reading about. As it seems like many pastors were busy doing in 2020, I had retired for the evening to my chair to ponder one of our many social challenges. The rest of […]
Christians Should Rejoice Over Dobbs
by Carl R. Trueman The Dobbs decision has revealed fault lines in American Christianity. These fault lines lay just below the surface for a long while, but are now clearly exposed. As long as abortion was legal by Supreme Court decree, it was possible to identify as pro-life but keep that commitment at the level […]
When the Mob Shows Up the Monday After Roe
by Michael Lawrence About 7:00 p.m. on Monday, three days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, between 75 and 100 people assembled at a park near the church I pastor in Portland, Oregon. In broad daylight, they marched to our office building two blocks away. Half of that block is occupied by our building, which […]
Meet our Guest Speaker this Week
Dr. Andy Naselli Andy is an associate professor of systematic theology and New Testament at Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis and one of the pastors of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Are our words not enough? Go ahead and take a look at his blog where he reviews a number of matters and shares resources ranging from […]
Sunday Meditation, August 8
The Good News of the King Scripture for Meditation: Micah 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Call to Worship: Behold Our God Who […]
Sunday Meditation, August 1
Ambassadors of Reconciliation Scripture for Meditation: II Corinthians 5:20-21 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of […]
