Is it wrong for Christians to choose cremation?

This one offers a helpful overview of different Christian views on this question.

Francis (1936–2025), the Pope Who Made the Roman Church More ‘Catholic’

Leonardo De Chirico offers this on the recent death of the Roman Catholic pontiff.

What will Jesus say to Pope Francis on judgment day?

On a similar note: ‘I was hanging out with some Italian Believers, in Rome, when the news came out. One of the Major Basilica’s of Rome, “Saint Paul outside the City” was in the background as we were discussing the death of Pope Francis together. Mind you most of these people grew up in the Roman Catholic Church, have been baptized in the RCC and most still have many, family members in the Roman Catholic church. All these people have been impacted greatly by the Catholic Church. Perhaps no one on earth is more qualified to speak on the vicar of Rome, than a born-again Christian in Rome.’

You’re winning the culture war. Now what?

This is a useful thought experiment that tests the roots and fruits of our political assumptions and positions.

What We Miss When We Skip the Prophets

This one focuses on the benefits of reading the prophetic books of scripture.

Expository Preaching: More Than Verse-by-Verse

This is a helpful one on expository preaching and reminds us that verse-by-verse is but one way of achieving it, not the only way. We are looking for exposition of the text, exposing what it says and its main point(s). There is more than one way to skin a cat.

From the archive: There is no such thing as private (or online) communion

‘The reality of communion is that you cannot have it without physically gathering. It is ontologically impossible to have communion apart from the physical gathering of the local church. Of course, you can have a piece of bread and a thimble full of wine at home if you like while you watch along. But doing that is no more having communion than my kicking a ball between two jumpers in the local park is me scoring in the World Cup Final. It might look and feel like the same basic elements, but the reality is that certain essential ingredients are missing to make it whatever we are claiming.’