The Interstate As Christians we are riding down the interstate of life. On it are many rest areas. Some are better than others but each is designed to provide rest and refreshment on our journey. However, none are designed as extended stays. The foolishness of loading up your belongings to travel to a rest area as one’s destination is absurd. The thought of wandering a parking lot, using public restrooms and showers because we enjoy the occasional odd conversation, the manicured scenery or...

In the last several decades, a distinctly therapeutic-moralist stream has emerged within broadly evangelical preaching. This approach is not typically liberal, in that it denies neither sin nor grace verbally, and often affirms orthodox doctrines in confessional statements. Yet it redefines biblical terms giving it the impression of orthodoxy but its functional center is not reconciliation with a holy God, but personal improvement, emotional health, and life optimization. Representative...

Faith in vs Faith that Christianese is a language that believers grow up learning. They hear things and repeat them and before long they...