Mike Wittmer

Category: Christian Worldview

  • unringing the bell

    I just heard the breaking news that World Vision has reversed its decision about hiring practicing homosexuals, and I’m not sure what to think about it. On the one hand, it’s obviously good to obey God. On the other hand, it’s hard to avoid thinking that they believe what they said on Monday more than…

  • it’s not me, it’s you

    That didn’t take long. Two weeks ago evangelical Christians were debating whether a Christian florist should violate her conscience and festoon a chapel for a gay wedding. Suddenly we are debating whether the happy couple should be employed in a Christian parachurch organization. One day after World Vision announced it opposed sexual immorality but not…

  • Adam and Madam

    Tonight our class will discuss Zondervan’s new, Four Views on the Historical Adam. As with Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy, this is an important book. Here is a quick run down. Dennis Lamoureux says he believes in biblical inerrancy but not a historical Adam (63). He argues that God was merely intending to communicate theological…

  • your body

    Here’s my latest for Our Daily Journey. I’m turning it in tomorrow, so if you see something say something. Thanks!           I like to write out my thoughts before I type them, and I’ve learned that my brain works best with a good pen. When I grab an old pen that rolls roughly across the…

  • no socially acceptable way to say it

    I am already tired of this subject, and it’s apparently just getting started. Last week Kirk Cousins, backup quarterback for the Washington Whatchamacallits and native of West Michigan, spoke at the Christian school across the street from our seminary. During the Q and A afterwards Cousins was asked about having a gay teammate, and according…

  • our funny culture

    I’m going to break my rule of not posting on Sunday because I’ve got fifteen minutes before evening service and this was in today’s paper (the Dear Abby column). I’m not going to comment, because it’s Sunday and the absurdity of our double standard speaks for itself. HT:  Eric Schlukebir

  • raising Arizona

    The law that Gov. Brewer vetoed in Arizona may have been too broad (I haven’t read the bill), but two things I heard give me cause for concern. Last night on the evening news a congressman who had voted for the bill but was now arguing for its veto said his reasoning was that “the…

  • you don’t bring me flowers

    That didn’t take long. We seem to be on the cusp of the next big moral debate:  Does a person who believes gay marriage is a moral evil have the moral and legal right and/or responsibility not to participate in that moral evil? Is a florist who respectfully declines to arrange flowers for a gay…

  • birth religion

    In this latest draft for Our Daily Journey, I attempt to put an apologetical spin on a devotional thought. As always, there is still time for fixes if you spot something. Read 2 Timothy 1:3-14:  I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice.…

  • preaching on vocation

    Here is a short essay I wrote last week for pastors on The High Calling website. Please pass this along to those you know who have “normal” jobs, or to those who pastor them.