“Slavery” is a loaded term in the 21st century West. It is a massively weighty issue, one that demands our utmost consideration and seriousness.
So what are we to make of the charge that the Bible condones slavery?
There's a lot of wisdom here, especially as you ponder the biblical concepts of meekness (Matthew 5:5) and humility (I Peter 5:6).
Read MoreIt would be too obvious to say that the popularity of the enneagram is growing like wildfire among modern evangelicals. It is being taught in churches. Books about it are being read and studied as fast as publishers can print and distribute them. In-the-know Christians converse with one another about their enneagram numbers with the kind of casual but complete understanding that reminds one of the interchanges that are often had by sports aficionados or annual Comic Con attendees.
In short, despite having been around for a while, it is the new thing.
So, imagine my consternation when I began to realize that not only was this thing quickly becoming all the rage within evangelical communities, but that I couldn’t find much at all in the form of evangelical critique or response.
Read MoreIt is important that men recover the willingness to be confrontational – in love, out of kindness, for the good of the people with whom they live. Bad ideas thrive on people’s willingness to entertain them and they survive and spread because those commissioned to do battle with them allow themselves to be cowed into being “nice."
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