Infographic for God Made Me In His Image
In a society overflowing with negative messages about physical appearance and personal worth, children’s body image is an urgent issue. This is why we wrote God Made Me In His […]
Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Nature
Only the biblical understanding of human nature can account for both the evil of the Holocaust and the compassionate response of the world community after the fact. “What a freak, […]
The Ethics of Personhood
Human history is tragically full of examples of the persecution and oppression that arise when those in power create their own definitions of human personhood and rights so as to […]
What is Happening? Where Is God?
Senseless and horrific tragedies, like the shooting early this morning in an Orlando nightclub, cause us to ask important questions. Here are some I’ve heard frequently already: “What in the […]
Love
Everyone agrees that love is a good thing. Love is often a very feel-good topic. But if we look at Scripture, we find something disturbing: love is actually a big […]
We Are Not God: Machen On Humanity
This is the third installment in our seven-part series based on J. Gresham Machen’s seminal work, Christianity and Liberalism (1923). In the book, still relevant almost a century later, Machen contrasts the modernist theological […]
Sin, Sex, and Shalom
IN THE BEGINNING, IN HIS IMAGE The Bible begins with God, the Sovereign Lord and good Creator of all things: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” […]
The Councils of Carthage and Orange
Theological Anthropology Theological anthropology refers to the doctrine of humanity, how humans relate to God, and the human condition before and after the Fall. Secular anthropologies root the evil in […]
Pelagius: Know the Heretics
Historical Background In the early 5th century a debate arose between Pelagius, a British monk, and Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo in North Africa. They disagreed over the relationship […]