…the church has “members,” and that some of those members are selected by the others as “officers” who are entrusted with conducting the church’s affairs. Such officers are not part of a distinct class that propagates itself apart from the will of the other members (BCO Pref. II.6), and they cannot force any of their... Continue Reading

The church is constantly faced with one form or another of denial of the truth, or a modification of the truth, or a re-slanting or re-shaping of the truth. So in that sense, there’s nothing new when that happens today. There are some forms of such debates that have novel features to them. But as... Continue Reading

Following the denomination’s order as carefully as possible is not “hyper-traditionalism” or fundamentalism. It is, instead, keeping PCA officer ordination vows concerning approval “of the form of government and discipline of the Presbyterian Church in America, in conformity with the general principles of Biblical polity” and the promise of “subjection to your brethren in the... Continue Reading

Paul writes in Philippians 3:8-9: “Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of... Continue Reading

Doriani does not understand the biblical principle that you cannot have a good motive or goal with an evil means or an evil motive or goal with a good means. If your motive is good, your means must be good as well, and vice versa. God designed both the good ends in life and the... Continue Reading

Even in the previous pro-divorce culture, women still felt compelled to give a reason why they were dumping their husbands, something that he had done wrong. This didn’t even have to be especially bad, like an affair. But there had to be some kind of negative behavior or trait of the husband to make a... Continue Reading

If we are walking with Christ in his Spirit, these “fruit” will be obvious: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, [and] self-control” (Galatians 5:22–23). Do you see any room for profanity on the list?   Does it seem to you that public profanity is getting worse? If so, you’re not wrong. Politico published... Continue Reading

This book will have a positive impact for the Church of Jesus Christ. It will educate those who can now be on the look-out for this heresy, and it will help people involved in it (Christian or not) to escape. Like Melissa has said, you’ve probably never heard of it before, but you’ll know it... Continue Reading

God doesn’t need saving by us.  We need saving by him.  God doesn’t need us to build his kingdom he could do it without us.  But in the gospel he invites us to know him, he pays all our debt of sin and takes all the just judgment we deserve as Jesus takes our place. ... Continue Reading

It becomes imperative for believers to be thoroughly convinced of the necessity of gathering for corporate worship on the holy Sabbath – whether or not they will have preaching on that particular day. When persecution comes, churches will need to employ the resources the Lord is pleased to provide them in terms of churchmen able... Continue Reading