On this episode of the CBMW podcast, Jon, Denny, and Colin discuss the troubling implications of xAI and OpenAI announcing they will permit their artificial intelligence products to create pornography.
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No Frenemies to the Right?
All conservatives (especially Christian ones) should know that they are duty bound to say what is true. The “No Enemies to the Right” calculation is immoral and unprincipled because it is not only a refusal to say what is true but an active campaign to defend what is not true. Dissembling is no virtue, especially when it is being used as a cover for moral evil. And make no mistake. Racial epithets and jokes about the holocaust are beyond the pale and ought to be marginalized. [The excerpt above is from my most recent column in WORLD magazine, “No Frenemies to the Right.” Click here to read the rest.]
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Manipulating Jesus to Service Your Idols?
If you come to Christ as a means to another end, then you haven’t really come to Christ. You have just come to your idol. You cannot come to God as a means to another end. Because whatever the end is is your idol (e.g., relationship, grades, school, car). You have to turn from your idols and turn to Christ. But you can’t do that if your appetite is for your idols. That is why Jesus confronts our appetites. Don’t work for the food that spoils but for the food that endures to eternal life. So what are you working for? Are you working and scheming and gaming out how…
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Overcoming the Feminization of Culture
At the National Conservatism conference earlier this year, Helen Andrews delivered a talk titled, “Overcoming Feminization in the Culture.” Earlier today, Compact magazine published a written version of the same thesis titled, “The Great Feminization.” I highly recommend either watching or reading Andrews’ stimulating argument. She contends that “”Everything you think of as wokeness involves prioritizing the feminine over the masculine: empathy over rationality, safety over risk, cohesion over competition.” In other words, wokeness is not merely an ideology but a way of thinking and socializing that is fundamentally feminine. The reason that wokeness spread the way that it did in the 2010’s and beyond is because of a steep rise…
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Who Is Your Father? – John 8:39-47
After Charlie Kirk’s memorial, many Christian leaders began raising the possibility that we are witnessing the beginnings of a revival. While we do well to pray that the Lord would be pleased to pour out his Spirit in revival, it’s too early to say whether we are in the midst of one. It takes time to discern such things. But still, it’s worth asking whether we would recognize a real revival if there was one? What would a revival look like? Would it simply be a whole lot of people showing up in a stadium to mourn a martyr? Or would a genuine move of the Spirit result in more…
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Why Is John’s Gospel So Different from the Others?
One of the great ironies of the Gospel of John: The Greek version of this gospel is on the level of “See spot run.” It’s some of the easiest and most basic Greek that you will read anywhere. And yet, John fills these simple expressions with the most profound statements of Jesus’ identity and divine nature. It’s no wonder that the Nicene Creed is so indebted to the words of John’s Gospel. As I have been preaching through this book, I have told our congregation that the Gospel of John is like an ocean. There are parts of it that are shallow enough for a toddler to splash around in…
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A Hip-Hop Song Based on My Blog Post
A former student named Timur Nesbitt wrote rap lyrics based on my previous post about the Charlie Kirk funeral. Then he used SUNO Studios for the beat and vocals. You can listen to the result below. Thanks for sharing, Timur! TimurNesKZ · That Young Man… I Forgive Him
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Sometimes the Results of Our Ministry Appear Many Years Later
From Wayne Grudem: “Sometimes the results of our ministry appear many years later: In 1982, when our oldest son Elliot was in 3rd grade, Margaret began to think that we needed a Christian school in the north suburban Chicago area (there were none near us). As we talked, I agreed with her. We began to talk with other parents and soon we formed a committee to address the possibility of founding a Christian school. After many presentations at many churches and in many homes, Christian Heritage Academy opened in 1984 in Northbrook, Illinois with 59 students in grades K-6. The school now has moved to nearby Northfield, Illinois, and has over 400…
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Charlie Kirk’s Complementarian Legacy
On this episode of the CBMW Podcast, Colin Smothers, Jon Swan, and I discuss Charlie Kirk’s legacy, memorial service, and his widow Erika’s extraordinary complementarian challenge to men and women. You can listen on Apple podcasts or Spotify (linked below) or watch the YouTube version (also linked below).
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A Shooting and a Harrowing Night in Washington, D. C.
Every year in September, I take my pastoral interns to a pastor’s conference in Washington, D.C. Every year, we stay on Capitol Hill in the home of some friends and very gracious hosts. This year’s trip was just this past weekend. For reasons that have nothing to do with the conference, our visit was unlike any I’ve ever experienced before. On Saturday night a little after 10pm, there was a shooting outside the home in which we were staying. Two of my interns were upstairs and heard the shots. Five of us downstairs watching football didn’t hear anything. One of the interns upstairs (whose name is Chris) also heard someone…
