The Fear that Drives Out All Other Fears
Volume 29, Issue 2 | March 2023by Gary E. Gilley, Pastor/Teacher Southern View Chapel Fear is a normal part of life. We fear many things, and some fears are baked into our DNA by God to protect us from true dangers. It is not a phobia to fear jumping into a river full of piranhas […]
Beth Allison Barr’s Distortion of Biblical Womanhood
Volume 28, Issue 3, April 2022 Recently we published a book review of Beth Allison Barr’s book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood. Since then a revised form of that review was published in The Journal of Dispensational Theology, and given the significance of the subject matter, and its challenge to the biblical concept of men […]
Book Listing for the Social Justice Movement Articles
Volume 27, Issue 6, June 2021 I have read more than 30 books in preparation for the five-part Think on These Things series on the Social Justice Movement (SJM) and Critical Race Theory (CRT). Some of the books were read a few years ago, while many others more recently. Not every volume is directly connected […]
Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 5 Social Justice vs. Biblical Justice
Volume 27, Issue 5, May 2021 What Christian would deny the importance of justice? Justice is a divine attribute (Deut 32:4) and a central feature of our obligation to those who live among us. Micah 6:8 reads, “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but […]
Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 4, A Biblical Response
Volume 27, Issue 4, April 2021 In formulating a response to CRT and the broader social justice philosophy, which has momentarily captured the imagination of Western culture and increasingly made inroads into evangelicalism, we must begin not with contemporary theories but with Scripture. I would like to propose, and briefly address from Scripture, three key […]
Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 3, Biblical Investigation
Volume 27, Issue 3, March 2021 Part one in this series on racism and Critical Race Theory (CRT) was an introduction to the current conversation, while part two addressed past roots and present areas of social unrest. This part will provide a biblical investigation of CRT, identify three major ways that CRT is having a […]
Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 2, Social Unrest
Volume 27, Issue 2, February 2021 In Part One of this series on racism and Critical Race Theory (CRT), we examined the current conversation, including many of the terms now in vogue, to try to get a handle on the worldview of critical theory. As stated at the close of that article, once a person […]
Racism and Critical Race Theory Part 1 The Current Conversation
Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2021 Among the most pressing issues of our times are those surrounding systemic racism. I write this even in light of an extremely important Presidential election and being engulfed in the Covid-19 pandemic because, as important as these other two issues are, racism has become so divisive and explosive that […]
Girl, Wash Your Face A Critique
(Volume 26, Issue 1, February/March 2020) The best lies, the most potent lies, are rooted in deception. Obvious lies seldom get out of the starting gate, while well-disguised lies are racing around the track. John 1:5 informs us that Jesus is the Light that shines in our dark world, while Satan, according to 2 Corinthians […]
Music and Worship
(Volume 25, Issue 7, December 2019/January 2020) As a pastor, I have long been an interested observer of the ever-changing ebb and flow of music as related to the church and, specifically, worship. As a Baby Boomer, I have personally experienced the birth of “rock and roll,” the “English invasion” spearheaded by the Beatles, and […]