Rick Warren And Catholics Together
The question has never been “who loves Jesus.” This was one of the red herrings of the Evangelicals and Catholics Together movement.
Were Warren better educated in church history, were he to read the Catechism of the Catholic Church and other more recent declarations, in light of the history of the church he would know how idiosyncratic, how novel, and utterly Tridentine Rome really is. The truth for all those who are tempted to swim the Tiber... Continue Reading
How Do You Sleep?
Do you sleep the sleep of holy confidence, or do you sleep the sleep of presumption?
Here is what I believe we need to learn. We need to pray as we go about our day, over the appointments we make and the to-do list we put together. Then we need to work hard, in order to make the most of God’s time God gives us. Finally, we should go to bed... Continue Reading
The Greatest Need Of Young Mothers Is…
How can older women help the younger women in the church?
Older women without children, I really believe that the greatest single thing that many of you can do for Christ and for your sisters in the Lord, is to offer them even just 1-2 hours, just once or maybe even twice a week, where they can walk away from unceasing and increasing responsibilities and just... Continue Reading
How To Not Lose Heart In A Hostile World
We shine the light of Christ, the light of the gospel, into the darkness. And often the world doesn’t like it.
That’s how we are to endure hostility. We are to keep entrusting ourselves to God who judges justly and not take revenge or revile back. To entrust ourselves to God means we keep trusting him to take care of us. That God the all-knowing, all-wise judge, will deal with our enemies. That the One who is... Continue Reading
Liberals Are Killing the Liberal Arts
This is how bad censorship is getting: Discussions of what can’t be said come with a ‘trigger warning.’
Hypersensitivity to the trauma allegedly inflicted by listening to controversial ideas approaches a strange form of derangement—a disorder whose lethal spread in academia grows by the day. What should be the object of derision, a focus for satire, is instead the subject of serious faux academic discussion and precautionary warnings. For this disorder there is... Continue Reading
Overcoming Spiritual Dryness
The remedy for spiritual dryness is quite simple; use the ordinary means of grace God has provided for his people
Are you in spiritual wilderness? You don’t need “extraordinary” or “signs & wonders.” You don’t need a “retreat” or conference or camp. You simply need to make a due use of the very ordinary means of grace, wherein God has promised to work, and to conform you into the image of His Son. Psalm 63... Continue Reading
Which Master Does A Christian Academic Serve?
When a Christian academic runs into a conflict between his commitment to academic truth and his commitment to scriptural orthodoxy, which master does he serve?
Anomalies within disciplines—again, every discipline—stand as persistent reminders that paradigms stand not as boundaries enclosing truth, but as boundaries excluding outliers, whether personal or ideological. When one of those factual outliers, for example, shows up in research, even the most rigorous researcher may “bury” findings for years or decades rather than risk being put out... Continue Reading
One Year of Being Presbyterian
As I reflect on the past year as a Presbyterian several things emerge for me as sources of regular gratitude.
So, after one year of being a Presbyterian I am more convinced than ever that I am home. I am thankful especially for my bride of almost 25 years for partnering with me and being the help I needed during the dark times that proceeded our move. There is no place I would rather be... Continue Reading
The Incarnation: The Athanasian Creed
The historic Christian doctrine of the incarnation can be expressed in a few simple phrases which the Western church codified in the Athanasian Creed
Highlighting the relevance of the incarnation, the Athanasian Creed transitions seamlessly from Christ’s person to His work. During the whole of Jesus’ earthly ministry (and into eternity), Christ the God-man, secures salvation for His elect. He acts as man, because it is man who needs salvation. But, for a mere human, however infused with divine... Continue Reading
Matt Recker and the Gospel Coalition, Part 7: The Clarity of the Gospel
Pastor Matt Recker expressed concern that New Calvinists such as Tim Keller are allowing cultural renewal and social action to dethrone the Great Commission.
To this gospel, Keller, in the name of the kingdom, adds a program of social activity. His approach leapfrogs the question of whether Christians might use social activity as a tool to gain a hearing for the gospel—a question upon which Christians have differed. Keller goes further. He thinks that social activity is actually part... Continue Reading
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