Baptism and the Burden of Proof
Who bears the burden of proof in the argument over infant baptism?
Given that the people of God in the Old Testament (OT) had been putting the sign of the covenant (circumcision) on their infant children for nearly 2,000 years when Jesus arrived on the scene, it is logical to infer that NT believers, who were overwhelmingly Jewish, would have assumed that the NT sign of the... Continue Reading
10 Ideas Embedded In The Slogan “All Truth Is God’s Truth”
“All truth is God’s truth” became popular because it “encapsulated a set of convictions that are vital for the Christian’s intellectual task.
All that is truthful, from whatever source, is unified, and will cohere with whatever else is truthful. (“Because God’s reality is unified and coherent, centered as it is on the person of Christ, all truthful apprehensions of that reality, or truthful expressions of those apprehensions, will cohere and contribute to an integrated, unified, Christ-centered vision... Continue Reading
What Would Jesus Do? (About Same-Sex Marriage – SSM)
Jesus was concerned to protect and proclaim marriage and to denounce sexual sin; he offered himself so that people could be forgiven those sins
What I do know is what he wouldn’t do. Jesus would never sin. He would never go against his Father’s Word or law. He came to fulfill it, not to destroy it. I know that he comes to save and not to condemn and yet he still calls sin, sin. I know that Jesus was... Continue Reading
Give the ‘Bigot’ Bomb a Break
Reducing human beings to their worst idea or comment diminishes us all.
People are complicated and multifaceted. Life is not a zero-sum game: A person can have redeeming value and disagree — even vigorously and vehemently — with you on issues dear to you. We need to get back to the idea of tolerating differences and debating ideas in the public square. Perhaps it’s time for both... Continue Reading
Voddie Baucham’s Big Move to Africa
The pastor, father, and speaker talks about his work at home and explains his move to Zambia with his wife and seven of their children
What’s the core of Reformed theology for you? For me, the three Cs: Calvinistic, covenantal, and confessional. Ironically, the earliest Baptist confessions are Reformed Baptist confessions. Our church is a Second London Baptist Confession church. … Our roots and our heritage are Reformed. We are the radical Reformers. We reformed on baptism when our Presbyterian brothers... Continue Reading
Let Us Repent of our Repentance and Repent Again (Psalm 78)
Let us worship God for who he is and what he has done. In the face of great opposition, he has provided salvation for his church.
It is in the New Jerusalem (New Heavens and Earth; Paradise; Heaven; Kingdom) that the church will eternally thrive in the presence of the Father. And all of this is due to the wonderful, gracious, and powerful leadership of the Great Shepherd — the King of kings. With a mighty hand God disciplines his covenant... Continue Reading
The Church of Scotland General Assembly: A Commissioner’s View
What the news articles on the Church of Scotland General Assembly didn’t report
The Theological Forum presented a report and a motion to extend the same status to same sex couples that had participated in a gay marriage rather than a civil partnership ceremony. Although the Theological Forum viewed their motion as simply an extension of the act passed on Saturday, and tried to frame their argument in... Continue Reading
Homeschoolers Win Televised Quiz Bowl Against Michigan Schools
Victory on a Michigan quiz show helped to vindicate homeschooling and prove its rigor
The Chargers faced formidable opponents in the Okemos Chieftains, who had consistently dominated the 60-school tournament. The Chieftains were the returning champions. Both teams faced a gauntlet of questions ranging from particle physics and Scottish literature to botany and African geopolitics—a range of inquiry likely to inspire panic in most adults. (WNS)–Isaac Van Loh,... Continue Reading
Can We Have Religious Liberty In Modern America?
If we're not constrained by religion or morality, do we have hope of lasting civil and religious liberties?
“It is no exaggeration to say we are at a tipping point of one of the pillars of the American founding: Religious liberty. Can religious liberty be sustained in the America of today which understands itself, and the idea of liberty, in a different way than our forefathers did? John Adams, that venerable founder of... Continue Reading
After Indictment, Dennis Hastert Steps Down From Wheaton College’s Hastert Center Board
The scandal brewing around Dennis Hastert this week spread into his evangelical faith community with news that he stepped down from a board position at Wheaton College
Former House speaker Dennis Hastert resigned from the school’s board of advisers of its J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy, a $10 million project housed in the college’s politics, international relations, business and economics departments. Hastert, 73, was indicted Thursday [May 28] by a federal grand jury on charges that he... Continue Reading