That question, “what must I do,” has been weighing on me these last couple of weeks. Maybe it’s been weighing on you, too. The idol of personal safety and the reflex toward self-preservation has me, like the questioner asking his…
This post was originally published on this blog in September 2016. I kept thinking about it as I clicked more and more links about the "go home" debacle between Beth Moore and John MacArthur. As a woman who preaches, I…
When my wife and I found out last December that we were having a boy, we were thrilled. Admittedly we were hoping for a girl, but that was mostly because of the name we had picked out. It didn’t take…
Nihilism. It’s the only explanation I can come up with, and I’m thinking more and more lately that it’s all our fault. It’s the only explanation for why kids are using semi-automatic rifles to slaughter their classmates in shockingly routine…
We welcome Kyle Meyaard-Schaap to The Twelve today, guest blogging while Kate Kooyman is away. Kyle is National Organizer and Spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. Thanks, Kyle. I’ve always admired people who read poetry. It seems like such…
by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap It’s my job to follow climate and environmental policy headlines. Every day. And the headlines these days have me thinking about a seminary professor of mine who used to ask, “How is it with your soul?” If…
by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap Like many Reformed Christians, I have been supportive of women in ecclesiastical office for as long as I can remember. I have heard and reheard the Scriptural case against it and I understand that there are a…