How Christians Will Know They Can Join Hands With Rome
Among other things, in order for Rome to be Christian, it must tear down its system of salvation and rebuild it after that of Scripture.
Rome sees the Reformation as a fracture of the true church, not a healing of it. For the aforementioned reasons, Rome would need to adjust its perspective on the Reformation towards being one of the best things to happen to Christ’s church. In doing so, it would need to renounce much of the doctrine affirmed in... Continue Reading
What’s the State of Theology in America?
The results of a survey that measured Americans’ theological knowledge
Considering all that we know about human nature, about the unceasing malice of the devil, and about the fanatical anti-Christian cultural pressures over the last fifty years, these figures are remarkably strong and resilient and give much cause for thanksgiving and motivation as we continue the work of teaching, preaching, and evangelizing both the world... Continue Reading
Evil, Evangelism And Halloween…
Don’t have an opinion about Halloween? Learn and think about it. And then get one.
The easiest way to be conformed to the world is by letting everything it whispers wash over us without any thought or care. If we never think about the importance of having a biblical worldview, we will inevitably begin to reflect the world and culture around us. If we want to live unthoughtfully, we will... Continue Reading
Dealing with Doubt
Everyone, at some point in their life, will experience seasons of doubt.
If you are struggling with doubt, then you are a believer whom it bothers. This is a sign that God is working on you! If your doubt about God doesn’t bother you, your heart is most likely hardened and you may not even be a believer. But it could also be that you are not... Continue Reading
Antinomianism: Rhetoric, Extremes, and Safety
Avoiding two extremes in understanding Christians, faith, and works
For Paul, the idea that a Christian would still want to live in sin is paradoxical. Our very justification has given sin a death blow. There is a real sense in which as a Christian, I am no longer enslaved to sin. God has through the blood of Jesus redeemed me and has given me... Continue Reading
This Argument Has Reached Retirement Age
Answering Peter Enns on the supposed contradiction between Exodus 12:8-9 and Deuteronomy 16:5-7
Very simply, this proves my point. B-sh-l is a flexible, general, catch-all term. When you b-sh-l something with fire, it is called “roasting.” When you b-sh-l something in water (per Exodus), it is called “boiling.” It is a term that operates just as our English word “cook.” To “cook” something is to prepare it for human consumption.... Continue Reading
Cult of Personality: Lessons for Homeschoolers from Doug Phillips’ Ministry
The signs were there. But the will to see them was not.
Phillips was a master salesman. Promotions and propaganda were his trade. A “vision of victory” was his ware. Vision Forum offered a full-colored, glossy catalog that presented the pristine world of white, middle-class early America. His lectures would include outrageous claims of revival and a special calling from God for the audience because, well, they... Continue Reading
The Closing of Discussion in the Public Square: Bowing to the New Social Orthodoxy
Homosexualist advocates are driving out of the public square with abusive rhetoric and the teeth of "sexual orientation" laws anyone who calls into question their agenda
In most mainline seminaries today candidates for faculty positions who are known to have published in favor of the scriptural and orthodox position on male-female marriage will not be hired. It is even less likely that candidates for faculty positions in secular colleges and universities will be hired. After all, institutions of higher learning cannot... Continue Reading
What Led You To Become An Atheist? Some Surprising Answers
Surprising answers creating a completely unexpected composite sketch of American college-aged atheists
They felt their churches offered superficial answers to life’s difficult questions: Churches did not address questions like creation v evolution, sexuality, reliability of the Bible, purpose of life, etc. Messages were bland, shallow, irrelevant, and boring….Ages 14-17 were decisive: Most embraced unbelief in the high school years. What leads people away from religion and into atheism?... Continue Reading
Quarantine Laws and the Bible
As the Westminster Confession puts it, the “general equity” of the Old Testament law does inform us as Christians living under the New Covenant
I do think that it is important to remember that these quarantine laws were simply the application of another law recorded in Leviticus 19:18 — that every Israelite was to “love your neighbor as yourself, I am the Lord.” The royal law of Christ was not new when he gave it. Christ was drawing this... Continue Reading