This post is going to be really simple. The point of it is summed up in the title above. You should go vote, and it doesn’t make me a Christian Nationalist for saying so. I am a committed Baptist, which means that a major part of my confessional identity is religious liberty—the notion that “church and state should be separate.” Among other things, religious liberty means that, “The church should not resort to the civil power to carry on its work. The gospel of Christ contemplates spiritual means alone for the pursuit of its ends. The state has no right to impose penalties for religious opinions of any kind. The…
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Defending Elisabeth Elliot – CBMW Podcast
On this week’s episode of the CBMW Podcast, I join Colin Smothers and Jonathan Swan to defend the late Elisabeth Elliot from allegations about her sexuality. This is a follow-up to my article in WORLD Opinions titled “When journalism crosses a moral line: A recent article on Elisabeth Elliot is way over that line.” We mention two more articles in the discussion. Both of them are linked below: The New York Times: “Christianity Today, a Voice of Centrist Evangelicalism, Is in Turmoil.” Bonnie Kristian Substack: “Why I left Christianity Today.”
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Defending Elisabeth Elliot
I addressed the allegation that Elisabeth Elliot was a “bisexual” in a column for WORLD Opinions yesterday. The allegation is based on a tendentious interpretation of thin evidence and shouldn’t have seen the light of day. You can read the column here: “When journalism crosses a moral line: A recent article on Elisabeth Elliot is way over that line” – WORLD Opinions
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He Loved Them to the End – John 13:1-17
What kind of love gives up, abandons, and seeks its own whenever things get difficult? The apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians that love “bears all things… endures all things. Love never fails” (1 Cor. 13:7-8). But what kind of love doesn’t bear anything difficult, doesn’t endure any tragedy, fails in the face of a spouse’s chemo and cancer and disease? What kind of love enjoys all of a spouse’s blessings and health but puts a stiff arm up to a spouse’s trials and suffering? And then says, “I need companionship, and your suffering just doesn’t fit into my plans for my happiness.” What kind of love is that? I…
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What about Submission? Crucial Question 5 – CBMW Podcast
On this episode, Jon, Denny, and Colin discuss what the Bible says about submission in marriage.
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Light into the World – John 12:44-50
This is an exposition of John 12:44-50 delivered at Kenwood Baptist Church on September 28, 2026.
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Willy Rice Addresses Truth & Unity in the SBC – CBMW Podcast
On this episode, Jon, Denny, and Colin discuss recent comments from SBC president Willy Rice about Al Mohler’s Truth & Unity Amendment on the issue of women pastors.
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What about Marriage? Crucial Question 4 – CBMW Podcast
On this episode, Denny and Colin discuss the centrality of marriage and the duties of husband and wife in our quest to honor God’s design for men and women.
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On the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
I’ll never forget where I was on September 11, 2001. My wife and I were in our second year of marriage, and we were living in Louisville, Kentucky while I was working on my Ph.D. On the morning of the attacks, I had a seminar later that day, and I was in our apartment when she called me from her work to tell me to turn the television on. I think both buildings had already been struck by the time I tuned in, but I was watching live television as the towers eventually crumbled to the ground. Americans were horrified by what we saw that day. As the flames engulfed…
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Can Women Be Pastors? Crucial Question 3 – CBMW Podcast
On this episode, Jon, Denny, and Colin continue our Crucial Question series and address the question, Where in the Bible do you get the idea that only men should be the pastors and elders of the church?
