Engaging contemporary culture from a biblical worldview.
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 1099. Gender ideology is one of the most pastorally sensitive subjects I address, because behind every abstract question sits a real person, often someone genuinely struggling, sometimes a parent frightened for a child, sometimes a young person in real distress. I want to answer carefully and with compassion, because Scripture never lets truth and…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 1098. Critical race theory has become one of the most contested phrases in public conversation, and church members ask me about it often enough that I want to address it directly rather than duck the question because it feels politically charged. Critical race theory is an academic framework, originating in legal scholarship in the…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 1097. Woke interpretations of Scripture have become common enough in recent years that I think every believer needs some tools for recognising them, not so we can win arguments online but so we can guard the actual meaning of the text we love. What I mean by the phrase is a pattern of reading…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1093. AI Bible study is something I get asked about often now, usually by people who are not sure whether using a tool like this on their Bible reading is clever stewardship or a shortcut around the very discipline that forms the soul. I do not come to this question as a technophobe. My…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 09085 The question of flag-waving in church touches on deeper issues than aesthetics or personal taste. It raises questions about what the gathered church is for, what symbols belong in corporate worship, and where the line falls between legitimate national gratitude and an unhealthy fusion of faith and patriotism. The answer requires careful thought…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12055 Immigration is one of the most politically charged issues in the modern West, and Christians often find themselves caught between competing loyalties. On one side, Scripture’s consistent call to welcome the stranger and care for the vulnerable. On the other, legitimate concerns about national security, cultural cohesion, the rule of law, and the…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 12030 The transgender movement did not appear from nowhere. It has deep philosophical roots stretching back centuries, and understanding those roots is essential for any Christian who wants to engage the culture with both truth and compassion. Ideas have consequences, and the ideas behind the modern gender revolution can be traced through a surprisingly…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60037 One of the strangest features of the contemporary West is the way relativism — the insistence that there are no absolute truths, especially in matters of morality — has produced not the tolerance it promised but a new and remarkably aggressive form of intolerance. The culture that declared “there is no absolute truth”…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60028 This question moves from the theological framework of Q60027 to the practical: should individual Christians be actively involved in the political process? Should they vote, campaign, stand for office, lobby, and seek to influence public policy? The answer is yes, with significant qualifications that protect the integrity of the gospel and the witness…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 60036 Expressive individualism is the dominant philosophy of the modern West, even though most people who live by it have never heard the term. It is the belief that the highest good is to look within yourself, discover your authentic identity, and then express that identity to the world — and that any external…