Deus Misereatur

  "Complementarianism" is the position that men and women are equal before God; both saved by grace alone in Christ alone received by faith alone. And both men and women are distinctly, purposefully different, not interchangeable. There are obvious creational/biological differences which coach men toward masculinity and women toward femininity. Within the concept of complementarianism there is a spectrum. On one side, there are those who are more egalitarian (equal in role capabilities - almost interchangeable except for their sex, and yet men still are the head of the family and leaders in the church), and in the other direction are those who are clearly more patriarchal (equals who serve in unique, sex-specific ways with men leading in society, home and church).   "Men and Women in the Church" is a soundly complementarian manuscript that leans more to the patriarchal side. It's where I am, and where (I suspect) the majority of my denomination (The Presbyterian...

 (From my letter to my congregation today, 18 March 2026) Life at Heritage is about truth, worship, and Christian love to equip us in making disciples who will belong and believe with us as we grow in truth, worship, and Christian love. We are rightly concerned about being disciple makers. It goes along with what our Lord told us in Matthew 28:18-20.   As I said last Sunday, disciple making is not a program or a project, but a person-to-person lifestyle. That’s what Kevin DeYoung tapped into when he wrote, “If you walk with God and walk with people, you’ll reach the next generation” (“The (Not-So-Secret) Secret to Reaching the Next Generation,” pg. 4). Before you complain about another age group, ask yourself, “Am I walking with God and walking with people?” In our present time in history, walking with people, face-to-face and not online or at a distance, as you walk with God is becoming extremely valuable.   And it’s important to see that Christian parents with child...

  Our Father, you who are a father to the fatherless, helper to the helpless, defender of those who are defenseless; you see that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves. Please keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, so that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to our bodies and from all evil that may assault and hurt our souls! We remember these who are tackling and being tackled by specific trials (…). May it please you to calm, compose, and clear them according to their particular needs. Give them enduring patience under their sufferings and a satisfactory ending to all their afflictions.  Please safeguard our country, as well as all other nations in our world, such as Qatar, UAE, Oman. Also, we implore you to direct the hearts and minds, deliberations and decisions of all the world leaders in your ways of justice and truth on behalf of the favored and ill-favored, on behalf of the mighty and meager, and on behalf of the ...