The Aquila Report

Established in 2008, The Aquila Report is an independent online magazine that focuses on topics relevant to individuals associated with the evangelical and confessional branches of the Presbyterian and Reformed church communities. Currently, we operate mainly as an aggregate publisher, which means that most of our articles and content are sourced from various third-party publishers and bloggers.

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Why the Anglo World Is Rejecting Liberty

6 days ago | theaquilareport.com | John Stonestreet |Timothy Padgett

At root, we are nations who have forgotten what freedom is for, choosing instead to define freedom by what we are free from, such as rules, constraint, or responsibilities. Freedom is always unsustainable for a morally malformed people. The freedom to do however we wish always leads to tyranny, either slavery to one’s own passion or slavery to a force aimed at curbing behavior.
The Manufactured Consensus Around Trans “Medicine”

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | John Stonestreet |Shane Morris

Basic beliefs about the human person and the sanctity of life have consequences. Physicians and other providers with integrity must have the courage to stand up to ideological emperors, especially the ones with no clothes.
Millennials, Entitlement and the Christian Vision of Calling

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | John Stonestreet

While the biblical picture of calling and vocation includes our giftedness, it also includes things like sacrifice, persecution, and an awareness of the needs of my neighbors. Jesus said that those who follow him carry crosses. Paul said that anyone who wishes to follow Christ will be persecuted. (Remember, Liddell died in a Japanese prison camp.)Several years ago, The Huffington Post’s blog “Wait But Why” created “Lucy,” an imagined embodiment of today’s adult.
Our Call to Protect and Disciple Our Children, Not Crave Their Approval

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | Randy Alcorn

I wonder how many dads have failed to protect their daughters and sons because they craved their approval. When speaking on sexual purity, I once asked a class of 125 Christian college students, “Looking back, how many of you wish your parents had given you less freedom in your high school years to go where you wanted to and hang out with whomever you wanted to?” Over 100 hands shot up.
The Ethics of Brainless ‘Spare Bodies’

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | John Stonestreet |G. Shane Morris

As science fiction-style technology accelerates, Christians must get serious about bioethics and the theology of being human. We won’t know what to do with brainless “bodyoids” if we are theology-less brains and bodies. Even worse, we won’t have any way to resist that which destroys, exploits, or dehumanizes God’s image. The recent debates over in vitro fertilization and surrogacy have taught us that most Christians aren’t prepared with answers for what’s ahead.
Did the “experts” fail us on COVID-19?

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | Jim Denison

Jackson cites sociologists who say religion provides the “three B’s”: belief, belonging, and behaviors. Its beliefs supply answers to the hard questions of life; it gives people a place to belong; and it tells us how to behave. All three speak to deep needs in human experience. As a result, Jackson notes Pew findings that actively religious people tend to say they are happier than irreligious people. “Credentialed experts, especially those in the fields of epidemiology and public health . . .
The UK Victory Is Not the End of the Transgender Culture Wars

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | Jonathon Van Maren

The UK Supreme Court decision is a victory, but it is not the end of the transgender culture wars. It may, however, be the end of the beginning—at least, in the UK. “Transwomen” are not women. That is no longer a dissident declaration, subject to potential prosecution and social ostracization. It is a statement of reality, affirmed by the highest court in the land.
What Did Jesus Do After the Resurrection?

1 week ago | theaquilareport.com | Kevin Hay

It’s important for us to understand that the forty days following the resurrection weren’t a pause in the plan—they were a pivotal part of it. Jesus stayed to prove He was alive, to confirm the Scriptures, to deepen the faith of His followers, to mobilize the disciples for mission, and to prepare us for His return. And He’s still doing the same today. Have you ever wondered why Jesus didn’t immediately ascend to heaven after His resurrection? It’s a part of the resurrection story we often skip past.
Did God Really Say?

2 weeks ago | theaquilareport.com | Timon Cline

Questioning details of the life and death of Christ, explicit in Scripture or implied by good and necessary consequence, leads almost invariably to questioning details of his resurrection and ascension. The worst heresies are couched in smug hyper-biblicism (e.g., Socinianism). That tendency was first workshopped in the Garden and has plagued the church ever since.
Yet Again, I’m Not on Time’s “Most Influential People” List

2 weeks ago | theaquilareport.com | Jim Denison

It is not a contradiction for God to want our best and for that best to sometimes involve intense suffering in this life. If the path to our eternal reward and temporal significance lies through pain, the benefit will always outweigh the cost. It’s an annual rite of disappointment: Time releases its list of the one hundred “most influential people” and I’m not on it. It happened again today. Their roster includes “artists,” “icons,” “leaders,” and “titans,” none of which apparently describes me.