I attempt to answer this question in a short article:
“Don’t Women Need Access to Abortion for Rape?” Christ Over All, 13 January 2023.
I present three arguments to consider:
Related: “Thank God for the Overturn of Roe v. Wade”
Pornography was the topic in my ethics class this week. The fourth-year Master of Divinity (M.Div.) students surveyed various approaches to ethics at the beginning of the semester, and since then we’ve been studying and discussing various issues such as abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, contraception, divorce and remarriage, homosexuality, transgenderism, critical theory, ethnicity, war, genetic engineering, and the state. In our (justified) concern about prevailing ideologies in our culture, such as LGBT and critical theory, pornography can stay under the radar as a silent corrupter.
That’s the opening paragraph to a short essay I prepared for my school’s weekly prayer letter update yesterday (which I’d encourage you to subscribe to).
In the article I share what eleven students thought about one of the required readings for our class period: Joe Rigney’s More Than a Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust.
My wife gave a delightful 27-minute biographical sketch of Martin Luther’s wife, Katie, at the Godward Life Conference a month ago:
This was part of a session titled “Womanhood: Lost and Found.”
I attempt to answer that question with help from Francis Schaeffer in this short article:
Naselli, Andrew David. “Chapter 2: Foundations for Faith and Morality.” Christ Over All, 7 October 2022.
The article is part of Christ Over All’s October theme: “A Christian Manifesto for the 21st Century.”
In 1981 Crossway published Francis Schaeffer’s A Christian Manifesto. In his analysis of church and culture, Schaeffer brought a word of prophetic warning to a church threatened by the rising tide of statism, or encroaching government control. Four decades later many of his concerns have been validated, and we will listen to and reflect upon this critical work.
Crossway Publishers is graciously providing a free PDF of Schaeffer’s A Christian Manifesto to readers of Christ Over All for the month of October.
Christ Over All is a new fellowship of pastor-theologians—including David Schrock, Steve Wellum, Trent Hunter, and Brad Green (good men!). More info here.
I taught on justice in Bethlehem College and Seminary chapel last week: “Justice: Divine, Imputed, Imparted, Public, and Ultimate.”
Here’s the pocket definition of justice I work with in the talk:
Justice is (1) getting what you deserve and (2) giving others what they deserve.
Here’s the talk’s outline:
Related:
I attempt to answer that question in this article:
Naselli, Andrew David. “Harmony of the Gospels.” In The Gospel Coalition Bible Commentary, 2022.
Outline:
1. Presuppose That the Gospels Do Not Contradict Each Other
2. Understand Why the Gospels Have Apparent Contradictions
3. Compare the Gospel Accounts with Each Other, and Responsibly Discern How They Harmonize
4. Focus on Understanding Gospel Passages in Their Literary Context
Further Reading
My two new books are on Romans:
Naselli, Andrew David. Romans: A Concise Guide to the Greatest Letter Ever Written. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2022. [Available from Logos, Amazon, and Westminster Bookstore.]
Naselli, Andrew David. Tracing the Argument of Romans: A Phrase Diagram of the Greatest Letter Ever Written. Bellingham, WA: Logos, 2022. [Available only electronically from Logos.]
Each book can stand on its own, but I designed the book with Logos to supplement the book with Crossway:
More:
Update: On 11/16/2022, I recorded some short videos for Crossway on Romans:
The Message of the Book of Romans in One Sentence (2:39 min.)
Why Did the Apostle Paul Write the Book of Romans (1:47 min.)
I’ve Heard It Said, “Once Saved, Always Saved” (2:54 min. | transcript)
I’ve Heard It Said, “God Will Accept Me Because I Know I’m a Good Person” (2:21 min. | transcript)
This is a momentous occasion for us to give thanks to God and to celebrate what God has done in his meticulous and purposeful sovereignty. Don’t let social progressives steal your joy by making you feel sad or guilty about the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
—from my thoughts on the overturn of Roe v. Wade in my school’s prayer letter: “Thank God for the Overturn of Roe v. Wade.”
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