A woman is different from a man. That reality, obvious to any kindergartner, is being contested in today’s West, a challenge that derives not from reason, logic, or science, but is the fruit of a worldview. And it will be successfully repudiated only at the level of worldview. That is,
Recently I was talking with two artist friends in Brazil about a current project to develop an animated video from my lecture, “The Transcendence of Sexuality.” (See the video The Grand Design: Rediscovering Male and Female as Imago Dei, part of our Coram Deo online course.) During our conversation, one
Genesis tells the intertwining stories of two women, the barren wife of a wealthy man and her Egyptian slave. Hagar Long before there were Jews, God’s chosen-for-a-purpose people, God has always been the Lord of the entire universe and of all nations. This is clearly seen on a macro level
Both men and women were created to reflect the complementary relationship of the triune God. No one was made above the other. God’s original design for mankind was for them to live in equality without superiority and for them to have unity without uniformity. The woman came from man (Adam’s
When I think of what it entails to be a woman, the words beauty, poise, compassion, nobility, love, tenderness, warmth, nourishment, discernment, wit and grit come to mind. Womanhood is fascinating! It is like a blending of different fruits that form a richly flavored cocktail. A woman can be gentle
Years ago I spent a morning with a group of other young men and women chained together with kryptonite locks to an abortion machine in a “women’s health center.” In two teams of six each, we were at the clinic when it opened. Before the abortionist arrived, the teams entered
God shapes us from our mother’s womb Psalm 139: 13-16 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Reality TV” The SUPER BOWL AD That Was Too Much Reality for TV A WOMAN’S BIOLOGY: Too Much Reality for Feminists? “Second-wave feminists … failed to take into account woman’s intricate connection with nature—that is, with procreation.” Camille Paglia We have
Every Christmas, family tradition dictates that I travel up country to celebrate the festivities. One thing I love about long drives up country is the scenery along the way. My favorite stop is the Great Rift Valley. The landscape of the expansive rift extending thousands of kilometers in either direction
Christmas celebrates the moment in history when a young woman conceived a child by the Holy Spirit and gave birth to the promised Messiah of the Jews and Savior of the world. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be
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