The road to secularism is paved by false interpretations of the Bible. Secularism says society doesn’t need God. Jordan Peterson similarly insinuates that individuals do not need to repent and believe in Christ. They seem to suggest that cultural Christianity is sufficient. But as the 20th century in the West shows, cultural Christianity without repentance... Continue Reading

In the end, we actually have very good historical reasons to accept Origen’s list as genuine. And if it is, then we have evidence that (a) Christians were making lists much earlier than we supposed (and thus cared about which books were “in” and which were “out”); and (b) that the boundaries of the New... Continue Reading

While the contemporary humanities professors might object to discussing God in a secular university classroom (though I am not suggesting they are correct in objecting), they are remarkably bold in promoting their own agenda. However, this agenda is deeply confused. For example, within their worldview, they are unable to make even the most basic distinction... Continue Reading

The PWC centers around the traditional interpretation of numerous elements of War World II as it relates to some main players such as Churchill, and the degree of the severity of the Holocaust.  The challenge to the PWC is being called antisemitic.  In other words, the standard narrative popular after the war (Post-War Consensus) of... Continue Reading

The best thing to promote fertility is to promote marriage. This means discouraging ideologies hostile to marriage and promoting healthy religious belief. Ideologies are lullabies, entrancing people to embrace the bright side of cultural decay. James Burnham called liberalism the ideology of western suicide. Among modern Western peoples, feminism and sexual liberation ideologies are our... Continue Reading

Mathison’s argument doesn’t seem very persuasive to me. Mathison’s use of “compromising” in the first instance pertains to Van Til’s belief that theologians compromise the truth of RT by employing CA. In other words, Van Til believed that CA was inconsistent with the theology it is intended to defend (when employed by Reformed theologians). In that sense, CA “compromises” (i.e.,... Continue Reading

Those and many other things in our theory and practice of church government follow from an inference, and in many cases one that is much less clear and logically necessary than the inference that it is imprudent in the extreme to ordain men given to unnatural lust, or that the church may act on such... Continue Reading

The table of the Lord has a cherished place in the church because it bears his name — it’s the Lord’s Table. As King and Head of the Church he determines who may come and in what manner they may come. In a way that is fitting to the nature and received benefits of the... Continue Reading

From time to time we enjoy either singing or hearing a hymn with a descant. The descant is a melody or counterpoint sung above the simple melody, usually by sopranos. As the descant rises distinctively above the simple melody, so praise rises above simple thanksgiving.   The Scriptures abound with plaudits of praise to God.... Continue Reading

If you react in the short term by canceling your holiday plans because of who your relatives voted for, that reaction probably won’t send the message that you hope it will. The message will most likely come across as arrogant, dismissive, closed-minded, disrespectful, or all of the above.   Increasingly, you might find yourself in... Continue Reading