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Proper Identification: Why Bearing God's Image Grounds Human Worth
This series is drawn from our "Christian Foundations Charter". This charter, which is available on our "Home Church Resources" page, seeks to combat the loss of Christian identity within the western Church by restoring a distinctly Christian ethic. Core Foundation 3: Human beings bear the image of God and therefore possess inherent dignity and worth. From what is true to who we are We traced…
Not Invented But Received:
Truth as Objective and Grounded in God Core Foundation 2: Truth is objective, originating from God, not from human opinion, culture, or power. A New Question The answer proposed to Euthyphro’s dilemma from our founding first principle raises another question: what is the nature of truth? Now that we have established the character of God as the source for our moral reasoning and ethical…
The Rock Whose Way Is Perfect: God as the Source of All Moral Truth
This series is drawn from our "Christian Foundations Charter". This charter, which is available on our "Home Church Resources" page, seeks to combat the loss of Christian identity within the western Church by restoring a distinctly Christian ethic. Core Foundation 1: God is the source of all moral truth and defines “good” and “evil” by his character and revelation. A Trial in Athens Around 399…
Jesus on "Scandal"
What comes to mind when you hear scandal? Most of us think in terms of public disgrace. We think of corrupt politicians, celebrity affairs, financial fraud, criminal cover-ups, televangelists caught in hypocrisy, and the endless stream of outrage that fills our news feeds. A scandal is something shocking, embarrassing, and publicly exposed. It is the kind of thing that ruins reputations and…
Our Journey to Starting a Home Church
My wife and I were called into the mission field in 2010, where we spent the next decade working with the underground Church. What we experienced there forever changed us in ways that we really didn’t understand. We didn’t really have to wrestle with the realities of these changes until well after we returned home. For me, this journey wasn’t necessarily as clean and tidy as I would’ve liked.…
Why We're Starting a Home Church
We love the Church and hold her in deep reverence. We believe there is one, holy, universal, and apostolic Church, who are the people of God, gathered from every nation and generation through the saving work of Jesus Christ. Through the Church we first heard the good news. Through her we learned the Scriptures and began to follow Jesus. Through her we have received encouragement, correction,…
The Authority of Scripture
Authority matters. The question of “authority” has divided the Church, “east against west”, “Catholic against Orthodox”, and “Protestant against Catholic/Orthodox traditions”. So unity will always suffer so long as the question of authority remains ambiguous and unclear. I believe the Protestant reformation re-introduced one central truth that was desperately needed within the Church. And that…
Does the Bible "Speak Plainly"?
This has been a reoccurring conversation I’ve had with many people over the years. The problem with this idea, when used wrongly, is that it conflates the text itself with our reading of the text, and then treats any challenge as a challenge to Scripture itself. When used this way, the phrase essentially becomes a power move that evades accountability for interpretation by locating all authority…
Spiritual Harlotry
We have to pause and think about what’s happening right now. I realize that some people are so numb and weary that they’re simply ignoring what’s happening, while others are outraged and being consumed by rage. And I realize that there are those who are still making excuses for the President’s conduct for political purposes, which further fuels people’s numbed indifference and outraged hatred.…
Meditations on the Trinity & the New Creation
We believe that the Father is the unbegotten source of the Godhead. We believe that the Son is begotten of the Father, deriving his existence from the Father by generation. And we believe that the Spirit is proceeding from the Father, deriving his existence from the Father by procession. This is expresses the essential Nicene confession. So, what’s the difference between “generation” and…
Being Slow to Speak in a World That Won’t Stop Talking
Scroll long enough and you’ll see it. A viral image. A shocking claim. A name you recognize tied to something dark. A call to action: “Do not stop talking about this.” Today I came across this post while scrolling social media: New documents raise questions about Erika Kirk’s past connections to Jeffrey Epstein 🕵️♀️📂 Recent claims circulating online suggest that Erika Kirk, CEO of Turning…
From Ashes to Excess
How Lent and Mardi Gras Drifted Apart My faith and spirituality have always been characterized by the simplicity of Biblical teaching. So, since I don’t have a religious background in any Christian tradition that celebrated things like Mardi Gras or Lent, Mardi Gras has always been associated in my mind with its modern lewd celebrations. But I know that it has religious roots connected to Lent,…
ICE, the State, and the Confused Christian Conscience
I think very few institutions right now expose our political and moral confusion quite like “Immigration and Customs Enforcement”. Most Americans look at overwhelmed systems, human trafficking, drug smuggling, and security threats and conclude that some form of border enforcement is necessary. And many Americans are troubled by what they fear is the political interest of one party encouraging…
Can Politics Disqualify Christian Faith? A Threefold Test
Can one’s political beliefs disqualify one’s profession of faith? A question I’ve been asking a lot lately is if a Christian’s political stance can ever expose their faith as being compromised? I know this question risks offending modern sensibilities. And I want to be clear that this question isn’t about partisan loyalty or social identity. But I haven’t been able to escape this question. In…
Our Foundation
Jesus taught that his word is the foundation of our life, saying “everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock” (Matthew 7:24, CSB). But generations of Christians have wrestled with what that means ever since. Some have believed that Scripture stands as its own highest authority, seeking to let the Bible interpret itself through…
Good News: Genesis 1-3
“What is the gospel?“ I think almost everyone knows that the word “gospel” means “good news”. But what I’m not sure everyone understands is that great violence is done to the gospel when we change it from being “good news” to “good theology”. So we should understand that “news” refers to “information about a recently changed situation or a recent event” (Collins Dictionary). Put simply, the…
Who is "the Church"?
A respected friend of mine has undergone the painful (and courageous) journey of challenging the traditions he was raised in to examine them in pursuit of the truth. And this journey has led him into the Orthodox Church. So he recently shared something from Dr Siiuwade that he wanted his friends to read: “The Identity of the Church: A Comprehensive Argument for the Truth of Eastern Orthodoxy –…