Ethics

Is the Sabbath Over? What the Bible, Jesus, the Apostles, and the Early Church Did with the Seventh Day
The Question Most Christians do not keep the Sabbath. They do not keep the food laws either. They do not keep Passover, the Feast of Booths, or the Day of Atonement. They have acce…

You Do Not Owe God Ten Percent: Tithing, the Law, and the Church That Keeps the Money
Giving Is Not the Question Every Christian should give. That is not in dispute. Jesus praised a poor widow who put in two small coins, because she gave out of her poverty and not o…

Fat Pastors Are Disqualified: Gluttony and the Qualifications for Pastoral Office
As Disqualified as Anyone If you are a pastor and you are fat, you are disqualified. You are as disqualified as a gay woman wearing a Catholic priest’s collar. That sounds outrageo…

Nietzsche’s Challenge: What Christians Can Learn and Must Reject
Nietzsche’s Challenge: What Christians Can Learn and Must Reject Friedrich Nietzsche is a name that, when uttered in Christian circles, often evokes suspicion, if not outright host…

The Narrative Of Our Lives
The Power of Story: God's Narrative and the Deception of Secular Stories There is no denying that narrative lies at the heart of human existence. Storytelling is not merely an art;…

The Work of Hands
A quiet room, dimly lit by the morning sun seeping through the shutters, casting long shadows on the worn wooden floor. A man sits at a simple desk, his hands calloused, the residu…

The Guardianship of the Faith and the Call for Warriors: A Critical Reflection
There is a pressing matter at hand, one that weighs heavily upon the heart of anyone who truly understands the commission given to the Church. It seems to me that we are no longer …
P.O. Whitehorn