Scripture Is the Sufficient Standard (1689 1:1)
All things pertaining to the Christian faith are found in the canon of Scripture.
Everyone wants to hear directly from God. Everyone wants the comfort of having a message from the all-powerful creator of the universe. The good news is that God’s words have been preserved for you. God has committed His words “wholly into writing.” “The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of... Continue Reading
Actually, We Do Care (Part 1): A Response To Greg Johnson’s Still Time To Care
Johnson’s book muddies the already muddied terminology regarding human sexuality.
It is my intention to demonstrate with these articles that Johnson’s book muddies the already muddied terminology regarding human sexuality and that he is not alone in using classic Reformed systematic-theological language in a novel manner to support his own conclusions. Still Time to Care: Selective Quoting? Greg Johnson’s Still Time to Care has garnered no... Continue Reading
We Should Have Heeded Schaeffer’s Prophetic Warnings
"We need a new, young generation who will stand and be counted as radicals for truth and for Christ."
What Schaeffer wrote there nearly 40 years ago was prophetic in nature. But as is so often the case, such prophetic words are ignored and rejected. As we look around the West today we see the sad fulfilment of what he had warned against. On May 15, 1984, the great evangelical thinker, Presbyterian pastor, and noted... Continue Reading
What Does Paul Say about Spiritual Warfare?
Spiritual warfare is integral to Christian discipleship.
Spiritual warfare cannot be an elective in the curriculum of Christian discipleship; nor can it be neglected by those appointed to lead Christ’s church in kingdom mission. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual... Continue Reading
Laughter 101: Why Humor Matters for the Christian Life
The capacity for humor is both a gift from God and a unique characteristic of humanity.
The redemption theory holds that humor’s essence is found in humanity’s amused perception of ambiguity and incongruence, but also in God’s provision of humor as something that helps us deal with disorder, ambiguity, and pain that exist in a fallen world. How many philosophers does it take to explain a joke? Quite a few,... Continue Reading
The Difference between the Apple and the Worm
The debate about EFS is an important question in its own right and deserves our serious attention. It’s just not definitional of complementarianism.
Complementarianism neither stands nor falls on EFS. Those who think it does have confused the essence with an accident and raise questions whether they even know what the doctrine is. As I have observed popular debates about complementarianism over the years, I have noticed how people often confuse what the doctrine is with other... Continue Reading
“Anti-racism” vs. Opposing Racism
Some progressives are trying to co-opt the moral consensus against racism to serve their own ideology.
“Anti-racism” intentionally perpetuates discrimination–against the white “race,” in favor of the black “race”–even though doing so brings back judging people on racial grounds and keeps alive discrimination on that basis. Most people agree that hating, mistreating, or discriminating against people because of their race is morally wrong. But some progressives are trying to co-opt... Continue Reading
A Biblical Case for Amillennialism
What Jesus Teaches about the Binding and Casting Out of Satan during the “Thousand Years” in Revelation 20
When we compare the description in Revelation of the millennium with the Jesus’ own descriptions of binding and casting out Satan in the Gospels, one crucial point emerges: this is a work that Jesus accomplishes during his earthly ministry, not later. By Jesus’ two great victories over Satan during his temptation and his cross, Jesus shatters the... Continue Reading
What Is Figurative and What Is Literal in the Promise to Abraham in Genesis 17?
What is the nature of the continuity of between the new administration of the covenant of grace and the Abrahamic administration of the covenant of grace?
Daily, mysteriously, the Holy Spirit uses the ministry of the Word and the prayers of believing parents to bring baptized covenant children to new life and true faith. More than a few covenant children never remember coming to faith because they have always believed. Jackson writes to ask, “As it relates to continuity with... Continue Reading
The Resurrection of the Body
While our immortal spirit’s reception into heaven is the believer’s immediate hope, the Bible teaches that it is not our ultimate hope.
The Bible’s grand story is not complete without the bodily resurrection of God’s people. It is blessedly true that the spirits of our loved believers who die before the return of Jesus will immediately be welcomed into his blessed presence upon death. But Jesus did not come merely to provide a detour around death for... Continue Reading
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