“What’s unfolding today is not a drama in which secularist progressivism is slowly but surely eclipsing antiquated religious faith at last, but a contest of competing creeds, and competing first principles. Only when we acknowledge that truth can we see that there is only one way out of this cantankerous, riven place.”   In her... Continue Reading

One of the major flash points in this debate is the term “righteousness of God.” Paul uses this phrase in a number of places, but it takes center stage particularly in Romans. Indeed, one might suggest that the “righteousness of God” is the theme of the entire book: “For in it [the gospel] the righteousness... Continue Reading

Since God has “put eternity into man’s heart” (Ecc. 3.11), people know there is such a thing as true joy and rest.  But since humans are sinful and fallen (Rom. 3), we sinfully think we can find joy and rest in the diversions and distractions of this passing away world.   In several different places of his... Continue Reading

“Campi is an internationally respected scholar who is published in English, French, Italian, and German. This volume makes his valuable research accessible to English students of historical theology.”   Emidio Campi’s, Shifting Patterns of Reformed Tradition, Reformed Historical Theology vol. 27 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014) is an outstanding collection of essays that illustrates unity... Continue Reading

To be sure, cussing is neither calvinistic nor is it Christian. A person who really understands Calvinism will seek to keep his tongue from evil (1 Pet. 3:10). And though drinking alcohol is not a sin, 1) it isn’t something to brag about because it has to do with Christian liberty, and 2) drinking too... Continue Reading

The next time you read or hear a critic attacking the NT portrait of Christ by quoting other sources (like the ‘Gospel of Thomas’ or Q), remember that they have a certain bias and are not using the sources in a right, proper, or honest way.  Don’t let the critics shake your confidence in Christ... Continue Reading

I believe that the view of complementarianism taught by Strachan and Peacock in The Grand Design is a dangerous distortion of Biblical truth. They start with a faulty and unorthodox understanding of the Trinity. They build on that foundation a narrow and unhelpfully limited view of the nature of men and women. They elevate their understanding of gender... Continue Reading

Throughout the book, Hart demonstrates in himself the inherent difficulty of negotiating the condemnation of white Christians for preserving a racialized culture while at the same time desiring to be acknowledged and addressed, racially. To be clear, if it’s wrong for white Christians to engage in racial preservation for divisiveness, it’s also wrong for non-whites... Continue Reading

This isn’t just theological nitpicking.  If we muddle this and put our works in the mix of justification, we are 1) saying grace is no longer grace, 2) declaring that Christ’s work isn’t perfectly sufficient, 3) denying clear NT teaching, 4) opening the door to pride, and 5) robbing the Christian’s assurance in Christ (among... Continue Reading

“WORLD normally reviews individual books rather than movements, but readers have sent letters asking for coverage of whole fields such as poverty-fighting, religious liberty, and others—and the most requests have been for an overall look at what’s going on in the creation/evolution battle.”   Despite decades of urging, most Americans still do not believe Darwinist... Continue Reading