The American Vision

If pastors don't address politics from the Bible, Christians will get their ‘sermons’ elsewhere. And many of them already do.

The Consequences of Not Preaching Politics from the Pulpit - The American Vision I heard a pastor say that the Session of the church where he was being considered as a pastor would not be permitted to preach on politics. He agreed with the restriction. This was troubling to me. No one can preach through the Bible and ignore politics. The Bible is filled with politics. There are....

Revelation is not a book about how terrible the Antichrist is, or how powerful the devil is. It is, as the very first verse says, The Revelation of Jesus Christ.

Important Facts in the Book of Revelation - The American Vision Gary gives an overview of the book of Revelation and helps readers to put the confusing book into perspective. From the very beginning, cranks and crackpots have attempted to use Revelation to advocate some new twist on the Chicken Little Doctrine: The Sky Is Falling! But, as I hope to show in this....

We cannot live within the fluid boundaries of legal relativism. There must be a definitive and final legal standard of appeal to justify moral decisions at the personal and governmental levels.

Are Only Laws Repeated in the NT Applicable Today? - The American Vision Are we to believe that while laws regarding in**st (Lev. 18:8; Deut. 22:30; 27:20) apply in the New Testament (1 Cor. 5:1-2), but laws against s*x with animals (Ex. 22:29), abortion (21:22-25), kidnapping (Deut. 24:7), arson (Ex. 22:6), or cursing the deaf or tripping blind people (Lev. 19:14) do no...

No aspect of life is “off limits” to a biblical worldview; all of life is to be claimed for God’s glory.

The Purpose of Church - The American Vision Gary discusses the need for biblical and worldview teaching and preaching that helps Christians to understand how God’s truth applies and informs every area of life. Does the Bible have a clear standard of ethical behavior that should be followed by sinners everywhere? Why the need to go to genera...

When debating, especially in a Christian context when truth matters, it is incumbent that both sides be discussed honestly.

The Date of Revelation: What Do the Sources Say? - The American Vision When you debate a subject, it is incumbent upon you to consider the strongest argument for the opposing position. Anything less than this approach is fundamentally flawed. In addition, failing to inform readers about works on the topic that support the opposing view is nothing less than sloppy schol...