PASTOR’S PODIUM
2026 Bringing the Good News •
2026 Bringing the Good News •
GUEST ARTICLE
TOPICS
Faithful Fathers
Motherhood With Purpose
Arise: Testimonies
Tik Talk: Christianity in Culture
COLUMNS
Profiles of Virtue with Bill Valine
Critical Thinking and Cultural Transformation with Jessica Rubi Greer
EXPLORE THE WHOLE ISSUE
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Arise: Testimonies
- Jun 13, 2026 A Mother's Prayer
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Faithful Fathers
- Jun 13, 2026 Jesus Gets a Driver’s License
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Guest Article
- May 5, 2026 Don’t Look Back: How the Apostle Paul Chose Forward Over the Past
- May 18, 2026 PATRIARCHY OR BUST
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Harold Warner
- Apr 20, 2026 This Moment in Time
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Tik Talk: Christianity in Culture
- Jun 13, 2026 Cerca del Mediodía: Cuando el Tiempo se Encuentra con la Eternidad
- Jun 13, 2026 “…About the 6th Hour…”: A Reflection on Time in Light of Eternity
- Jun 14, 2026 Faith
- Jun 14, 2026 Algorithmic Culture and the Curse of Babel
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“Critical Thinking and Cultural Transformation” with Jessica Rubi Greer
- Jun 3, 2023 Idol Woman
- Jun 8, 2025 Salt and Light
- Jun 14, 2026 Algorithmic Culture and the Curse of Babel
- “Profiles of Virtue” with Bill Valine
Jesus Gets a Driver’s License
Boaz, in the Book of Ruth, gives four qualities that help us understand what a good father looks like (ironically, before he ever becomes one). These qualities are not limited to fathers. They belong wherever people are entrusted to one another: in friendships, marriage, pastoral care, teaching, work, and management (life presents us with a long list of possibilities!).
PATRIARCHY OR BUST
The patriarch Jacob prayed over his grandsons, (Gen 48) “May the God before whom my grandfather Abraham and my father, Isaac, walked—the God who has been my shepherd all my life…may He bless theses boys. May they preserve my name and the names of Abraham and Isaac. And may their descendants multiply greatly throughout the earth.”
The Lord’s ultimate blessing in life is preserving your name through offspring; which of course includes spiritual offspring. But the pursuit of patriarchy is more than just a noble option: It is the only option! Everywhere patriarchy is scarce or absent is absolute chaos.

