Young, Restless, and no longer Reformed Part 2 We are reviewing Austin Fischer’s Young, Restless, and no longer Reformed: Black Holes, Love, and a Journey In and Out of Calvinism. I agree with Fischer’s take on the biblical and pastoral weaknesses of Calvinism. I want to focus on four of his many excellent and provocative observations. First, no one becomes a Calvinist from just reading the Bible. To the YRRs who say, “Calvinism is on every page of the Bible,”... Read more

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Dear Friends, Today, the World Vision U.S. board publicly reversed its recent decision to change our employment conduct policy. The board acknowledged they made a mistake and chose to revert to our longstanding conduct policy requiring sexual abstinence for all single employees and faithfulness within the Biblical covenant of marriage between a man and a woman. We are writing to you our trusted partners and Christian leaders who have come to us in the spirit of Matthew 18 to express... Read more

According to Jamie Dean at World Magazine: Less than two days after international poverty ministry World Vision announced it would allow its American branch to hire employees in same-sex marriages, the Christian group is reportedly set to reverse its decision. Board member Stephen Hayner, president of Columbia Theological Seminary, replied to an email inquiry from WORLD this afternoon concerning the outcry from evangelicals over the original decision: “The Board of World Vision is just concluding a meeting and will be releasing... Read more

From Chicago Tribune: Northwestern University football players are employees of the school and are therefore entitled to a union election. Peter Sung Ohr, the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, is expected to rule on Wednesday, sources told the Tribune. Ohr’s decision is expected to be appealed to the NLRB in Washington. Labor experts say an election is unlikely to take place until the NLRB makes a decision. If Ohr’s decision is upheld, the case would likely make... Read more

To See or Not to See I spent last week in California hanging out at a seminary in Pasadena, researching, praying, and preparing for future sermon series. At one point during my time there I spent time with a friend who is a Christian who works in the movie industry. The project he has been working on for the past year is a little movie called “Noah.”  And my friend says it is one of the hardest projects he has... Read more

There was an internet kerfuffle created last week when Jonathan Merritt poked both Kevin DeYoung and Joe Carter in the eye about their view that those “sinners” with whom Jesus had table fellowship had repented. I thought Jon Merritt made some good points and that DeYoung and Carter had created an unfortunate false dichotomy rooted in some serious unknowns — like, Do we really know the state of those who were at the table with Jesus? Was it possible in... Read more

Source Even though DNA analysis is still stuck in the past when applied by law enforcement today, scientists are still pushing the envelope with work that can turn DNA into a more effective investigative tool. In a new study published this week, researchers at Penn State and the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) created a statistical model for mapping accurate facial structures using racial, gender, and genetic markers. It’s hoped that the model not only be used for forensic analysis, but also for... Read more