What the EPC Can Learn from the PCA
We already share the same doctrine as the PCA and the reason we don’t want their kind of rigor is because we have historically prided ourselves on being more relaxed.
As B.B. Warfield put it, Reformed theology is “Christianity come into its own”, and the EPC should happily and clearly communicate that along confessional lines. There are important things that distinguish the EPC from the PCA, but our doctrine is not one. If we are going to contrast ourselves with other Christians, we should do... Continue Reading
Did My Sin Cause My Suffering?
Never confuse judgment and discipline.
Redemption doesn’t end our suffering in this life. Christians suffer (1 Thess. 3:3; 2 Thess. 1:5). But we suffer in the comfort that our pains are “in the hands of our all-wise, all-powerful, all-good Father.” Not in the hands of Satan, fate, or a god who’s self-amused by our pain. Every sting in life is appointed... Continue Reading
All You Need Is Love
There really is something about love.
Some of you will say, ‘It is just a lousy movie – why are you getting so worked up about it?’ OK, so call me a sentimental old fool. But some of you will share my reactions. Something very deep down inside of me is touched when I watch a movie like this. It is... Continue Reading
3 Things to Know about Ezekiel
The great tension of Ezekiel has blossomed into the greatest potential imaginable: the everlasting presence of God and the Lamb.
Even in the midst of judgment, the glorious, holy God of Israel prophesied restoration. He would resurrect His covenantal people as surely as Ezekiel had witnessed the revivification of dry bones (Ezek. 37:1–14). However, the Lord would not restore them merely to their condition before judgment, but He would cleanse them and give them a... Continue Reading
How Do Our Kids Stay Christian?
Don’t outsource teaching the faith, take this up yourself.
Worship of God in the church is an act of faith. Worship and faith belong to children, and when these characterize their lives, starting at the smallest age, it is theirs for life. Worship of God in the church is not something that you graduate into once you mature, but the place where God forms... Continue Reading
A New and Rising Liberalism
Are our churches sturdy homes built on the rock, or are they breezy shacks built on the sand?
Modern Liberalism is just as heretical as was the theological liberalism of the early 20th century. It is heresy to deny the necessity of sanctification for believers as much as to deny the authority of scripture. To deny that Christ truly transforms his people in this life is as much heresy as it is to... Continue Reading
When Evil Is Unmasked
Andrea Long Chu’s New York essay reveals the true motivation behind trans activism.
From Ryan Anderson to Jesse Singal, all were guilty in Chu’s eyes of “compassion-mongering” and “gatekeeping,” disagreeing only on “how the gate is to be kept.” Maybe trans “affirmation” surgery would make some people happy, and maybe it wouldn’t, but for Chu, that wasn’t the point. The point was that “surgery’s only prerequisite should be... Continue Reading
What’s Driving “Deconstruction”?
New book helps us understand and respond to the phenomenon seeping into the Church.
This is a book to help readers understand what deconstruction is and what it isn’t—and understand common deconstructionist terms like “exvangelical.” It equips loved ones to identify the patterns of deceptive thought that lay underneath deconstruction and acquire wisdom for thoughtfully examining one’s own faith without merely punting to deconstruction. And it offers helpful tools... Continue Reading
Hope in a Time of Secular Despair
A new book examines the roots of our vicious, turned-in-on-itself times and offers our only hope—the transcendent made flesh.
As Snell admits, Christianity and Judaism, with their critique of paganism and rejection of idolatry, played a big part in banishing the “magic” and “enchantment” from nature. And yet, while God is transcendent, He is also immanent. Indeed, Christianity is all about how the transcendent God entered the “immanent frame.” The church would do well... Continue Reading
IVF, Killing the Preborn, and Christian Worship
Let us demand that Alabama lawmakers give equal protection under the law to the preborn.
Unbelievably, our legislature and governor have now provided “immunity” for IVF clinics. On March 6th, 2024, they passed a new IVF law which provides “civil and criminal immunity for death or damage to an embryo to any individual or entity when providing or receiving services related to in vitro fertilization.” All truly pro-life Alabamians agree that... Continue Reading
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