Double Minded Madness and Misery
Double-mindedness: Trying to hold on to God with one hand and the world with the other with the result being a lack of contentment and misery
Why does the world not make us happy? And why does my walk with Christ not make me happy? Perhaps the answer is as follows: Double-minded disciples of Jesus Christ, who allow sin to reign in their mortal bodies, are most miserable because they are seeking to hold on to the world with one hand... Continue Reading
Dallas and the Dutchman: Trying to Make Sense of the “Christotelic” Controversy
More on the hermeneutical debate at Westminster Seminary
Charles Hodge: The organic unity of the Scriptures proves them to be the product of one mind. They were not only so united that we cannot believe one part without believing the whole; we cannot believe the New Testament without believing the Old; we cannot believe the Prophets without believing the Law; we cannot believe... Continue Reading
Eagle Shot
Families of longtime Boy Scouts face tough decisions about whether to go or stay
After the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) decided last year to accept openly gay scouts, scouting dissidents created Trail Life USA. With that decision came tension for families, particularly when sons were close to gaining the prestigious Eagle Scout rank, a symbol of ultimate achievement that scouts often list on college applications and use to... Continue Reading
Obamacare Architect Wants Us To Die Age 75
Ezekiel Emmanuel, one of the primary architects of Obamacare, argues that we, our families, and society would be better off if we all died about age 75
“As Christians, we thank God for His common grace that has produced the knowledge, medicines, environment, and technology that has not only lengthened so many lives, but also improved their quality. But there’s still much for the church to do in adapting to this new reality of so many living so long and how to... Continue Reading
Making Gay Okay (Review)
How rationalizing homosexual behavior Is changing everything
“Reilly’s basic premise is simple. At bottom in the debate over same-sex “marriage” are two opposing views of reality. On one side you have a vision of reality where nature “is teleologically ordered to ends that inhere in their essence and make them what they are” (xi). On the other is the view that things... Continue Reading
Addendum to the Republication Controversy
Some further comments on the republication issue
This is where the four-decade-old controversy now rests. The Reformed community awaits the Orthodox Presbyterian Church’s study on the doctrine of Republication: The members of this study-committee have an exceedingly difficult assignment, given the history of the seminary dispute and the deep-seated divisions which have impacted schools and churches associated with Reformed orthodoxy the world... Continue Reading
Synod PJC Action Proves It Is All About The Money
All it took (for the dismissed churches) was to cough up more than $2-million above what they had already agreed to pay the presbytery
“At this time, the exact amount of money has not been made public, but sources say that is approximately $2.7 million, and could be in the form of grants, so that the presbytery will not have to vote again on the settlements with the churches. Sources say that two other churches still have a complaint... Continue Reading
Is Typology Part of Grammatical-Historical Exegesis?
A type is a person, place, thing, or idea in the Old Testament that has a larger, better version in the NT
“The Reformers never took off the exegetical hat to do ST, and they didn’t take off their ST hats to do exegesis. It was all happily mixed up together. They included historical theology and practical theology in there as well. In fact, they tended to do all of them at once, all together. Our growing... Continue Reading
Just Add Water (Part 2 of 4)
The second of four parts in response to Dr. Mark Jones on the question and meaning of baptism
“In the Presbyterian view, what makes one a Christian is the sign and seal of Baptism. It puts one inside the covenant in some way which may or may not be finally determinative — I’ll leave that for the FV and non-FV readers to settle in a back alley after school today.” This is... Continue Reading
Evangelicals Revisited
My department chair warned me against writing the book; he said it would be professional suicide
“As someone who grew up evangelical and who was also a student of American religious history, I felt I could offer a different, more textured perspective from the one peddled on television and in the press. I’d long been enamored of the genre of American travel literature — Travels with Charley, Blue Highways — so... Continue Reading