Beale on Broader Evangelicalism
It’s been several years since I have taken time to write anything other than Tweets about Fundamentalism, but a new book and... Read More
How Should Believers View Government?
The last several months have included a lot of opportunities for Christians to think about the government. Contested elections, controversial judicial decisions,... Read More
Is It Dangerous to Let Individual Christians and Local Churches Decide When a Specific Government Ruling Does Not Need to be Obeyed?
I suggested in a previous post that something like the following is a good foundation for determining the limits of governmental authority... Read More
What Are the Limits to Governmental Authority over the Church?
As Christians in North America continue to transition from governments that were largely favorable or neutral to Christianity to governments that demonstrate... Read More
Government Regulations and the Gathering of the Church
With Tim Stephens’s[1] recent arrest in Calgary, Alberta under the charge that his holding church worship gatherings outdoors was a violation of... Read More
Learning from History: Orwell’s (Prophetic) Proposed Preface to Animal Farm and Freedom in Society
*This article was originally posted in 2015. Its relevance has not lessened. Animal Farm, George Orwell’s satirical story criticizing Stalin and the... Read More
Does It Matter If Government Restrictions on Churches Are Reasonable and Temporary?
Over the past year, Christian leaders have been forced to think through the nature of governmental authority as it relates to the... Read More
What Counts as Religious Persecution?
You may have heard about the pastor in Alberta, James Coates, who has been arrested recently in connection with his church’s gathering... Read More
A Question of Discernment
About 25 years ago I was privileged to take several seminary courses that focused on the science of textual criticism. Textual criticism... Read More
8 Leadership Lessons from COVID-19
It has been over 8 months since the initial major responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Various local, state, and... Read More