I recently spoke at Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in South Bend, IN on the subject of our current sexual environment and its causes. You can watch the talk here and see other talks in the series here.
Category: Society
Conversation with Paul VanderKlay on Jordan Peterson, Social Justice, Gender, the Church
I’ve followed Paul VanderKlay’s YouTube channel for some time. Paul is a minister in the Christian Reformed Church of North America, based in Sacramento. Seeing a profound interest in deep conversations with young men in particular following the rise of Jordan Peterson, he has made such conversations a key dimension of his ministry and now has a large following and extensive engagement with a demographic that so many other ministers are uncertain of how to reach. He recently invited me to have a conversation with him on his channel. We had a long call yesterday and this was the result.
You can also listen to the conversation in podcast format on Podbean or iTunes.
Gender Confusion on Generations Podcast
I was invited to speak on the Generations podcast a few weeks ago. They have just posted the episode, in which Kevin Swanson and I discuss issues related to gender dysphoria, intersex, and transgender identities.
Social Media and the Self
I recently spoke on the subject of social media and the self. You can listen here.
Dr Tim Keller on The Prodigal Prophet
Paul Maxwell on Masculinity Revisited
I’ve been asked to give thoughts on this video/article by Paul Maxwell on evangelicalism and masculinity. I have previously commented on Paul Maxwell’s approach to masculinity here.
Call No Man Father, Castor and Pollux, Contraception
1.) How can Paul call Timothy his “true child in the Faith” (1 Tim 1:2; cf. 1 Cor 4:17, 2 Tim 1:2) when Jesus forbids calling anyone Father besides God (Matt 23:9)? I’m assuming Jesus meant “call no man a spiritual father” but that seems to not clear up the issue since it seems like Paul is referring to himself as Timothy’s spiritual father (maybe in a nuanced sense). Is this situation analogous to how, in the next verse, Jesus tells us to call no man instructor except for the Christ, but we obviously have instructors in the church?
2.) What is the significance of Luke mentioning in Acts 28:11 that the boat Paul was sailing on had the twin gods (Castor and Pollux, I think) as figureheads? That might be an historical detail but was curious.
3.) What should Christians think of contraceptives (specifically non-abortive contraceptives, like condoms and birth control)? Should Christians only use methods of “family planning” or are any methods (artificial or natural) of preventing children from being conceived immoral?
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Singles Adopting
I am curious about your thoughts regarding the growing trend of singles in the church adopting children. More specifically- is the Biblical prohibition of sexual immorality simply a nominal command to keep sex within marriage for its own sake because God commanded? Or is it also a safeguard that ensures children, the natural consequence of sexual intercourse, are birthed into a covenanted relationship? If the answer is the latter, should it also inform our view of singles adopting? Or does it matter since the family structure is already fractured and the single person is trying to repair the breach? Does single adoption betray any aspect of God’s designs? Or should an unmarried believer consider other factors?
There was recently a single adoption at my church, and largely the women gushed with how brave this woman was to take this child on alone, how this is caring for widows and orphan like James commands, etc. The men I spoke with were much more skeptical and reserved in their praise. But they couldn’t put their finger on why they were flummoxed.
Wondering if you could give some wisdom….
How Do You Find Real-Life Theological Conversation Partners?
How do you find real-life theological conversation partners? The theological and biblical conversations which I find stimulating and important are of no interest to the Christians I know in real life. Do I need to do what you’ve done and move across the world to be closer to the people I interact with on the internet?
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Yoram Hazony, ‘The Virtue of Nationalism’
Today I discuss Yoram Hazony’s stimulating new release, The Virtue of Nationalism.
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