The 17:18 Series
The book gives the reader/writer a place to write out, book by book, a copy of the Scriptures for himself
For those not familiar with this series, it is a series of essentially blank journals published by Reformation Heritage Books for the purpose of encouraging Christians to write out their own copy of the Scriptures. It is based on two considerations: first, that the king of Israel was required to write out for himself a... Continue Reading
Evolution and the Image of God
From the standpoint of evolution humanity as the image of God cannot be maintained
For many good reasons, solid Christian theologians have sharply criticized and rejected Darwinian macro-evolution as an unchristian and unbiblical teaching. Darwinism doesn’t square with the biblical record nor does it mesh with biblical doctrine. I bring up this topic because a friend pointed me to a recent article on evolution by a retired Christian Reformed... Continue Reading
A Cry for Justice: How the Evil of Domestic Abuse Hides in your Church: A Review
Victims of abuse are often discounted by their churches
The local church is one of the favorite hiding places of the abusive person. Conservative, Bible-believing religion is his frequent choice of facade. Within the evangelical church, women (and sometimes men) are being terribly abused in their homes and marriages. The children of such abusers are suffering as well. And when those victims come to... Continue Reading
The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World
A review of Melissa Kruger's book on being content
In my mind, the most useful chapter of her book is the one that deals with the ways we are tempted to covet the seasons and circumstances of others—which, in my experience, is widespread among even Christian women. She concludes this chapter with a beautiful picture of how women of various circumstances who value one... Continue Reading
What We Talk About When We Talk About God
What is Rob Bell talking about when he is talking about God? Not the God of Christianity.
In the end, my overall concern about this volume is a simple one: it is not Christian. Bell’s makeover of Christianity has changed it into something entirely different. It is not Christianity at all, it is modern liberalism. It is the same liberalism that Machen fought in the 1920’s and the same liberalism prevalent in... Continue Reading
“Duck Dynasty” Offers Good, Clean Television Fun
The message is that no matter what has happened during the day, some families still give thanks to God
What first grabbed my attention was that each episode ended with the patriarch of the family praying at the dinner table. It was a simple, Christian prayer of gratitude to God for his goodness and for family. Given all the TV shows that ridicule religion, mock marital fidelity, celebrate promiscuity, peddle soft porn, parade potty-mouth... Continue Reading
The Hole in our Holiness
Putting wholeness back in holiness
An entire chapter is devoted to “Saints and Sexual Immorality.” DeYoung argues that in our culture, this is one area where professing believers have been pressed into the world’s mold without even realizing it: holiness is obviously lacking in this area, and De Young takes the opportunity to outline what holiness would look like in... Continue Reading
Contentment, Prosperity, and God’s Glory
A review of Puritan Jeremiah Burroughs' book
Burroughs begins by making the point that contentment is in many ways more difficult for the rich than it is for the poor. We trust in our riches, rather than trusting in God. Riches become idols for us, so that we are unwilling to let them go. We abuse our riches by using them to... Continue Reading
Why is There a New Testament at All?
Dr. Michael Kruger's new book: The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate
This idea that the New Testament canon was not a natural development within early Christianity, but a later artificial development that is out of sync with Christianity’s original purpose, is, in my opinion, a central framework that dominates much of modern canonical (and biblical) studies. … It is this overall canonical approach (which I call... Continue Reading
Letters to a Young Progressive
I see kids going off to college and losing their faith every year. I also see them adopting radical political positions soon after enrolling in college
I learned that the main problem in higher education is not that we don’t teach religion at the university. The problem is that we teach false religion. We teach kids that they may define the unborn as property if it will facilitate their sexual lifestyle or their economic well-being…that both their conduct and idea of... Continue Reading
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