A Tale of Two Catholicities: A Comparison of William Perkins’s ‘A Reformed Catholike’ and the Present Conceptions of Reformed Catholicity
Perkins’ catholicity: “You’re partly right, so come out of Rome, come into the full light and be saved.” Present day catholicity: “Let’s find common ground with Rome to find peace rather than calling people to repentance.”
For the present promoters of catholicity don’t simply go about urging continuity with the past and the value of reading outside of our own generation. If that is all they meant, one could not utter a fair critique of them, unless it be that they got so far carried away as to become pedantic and... Continue Reading
From Eternity to Eternity: Side B Homosexuality Is Renounced
Side B same-sex attracted Christian pastors and pastoral candidates are pushing for ordination and reception in Evangelical and Reformed churches.
In their quest to gain approval in the church, supporters minimize their affirmation of homosexual sexual relations and focus on a claim to practice celibacy. At the same time, they openly identify with practicing homosexuals by continuing to support the LGBTQ+ ideology. This stratagem is an intent to be found acceptable and approved. However, the... Continue Reading
“This Is Like An Old-Time Revival, Isn’t It?”
The astounding memorial service for Charlie Kirk
Apologist Frank Turek presented the gospel in doctrinal detail, right down to penal substitutionary atonement. In His righteousness, the Father demanded an innocent and perfect sacrifice for sin, and the Father sent the Son to die for sinners on the cross, the perfect substitute. This same Christ rose from the grave, raised by the Father.... Continue Reading
The Most Exasperating and Least Rewarding
Perfection isn’t an option.
The important thing to realize about cars, churches, people, and so much else—and the key to truly enjoying them—is to set aside the desire to have it all. It’s to stop longing for perfection and instead contentedly settle for imperfections. Every person is a whole person, an entire person that is made up of goods... Continue Reading
The Loss of a Friend
Over time it will become more evident that Charlie Kirk’s assassination did not accomplish the removal of an enemy; it made for the loss of a genuine friend.
Several facts evince that Charlie Kirk strove to be the sort of friend who speaks difficult, but healing words. To begin, he kept engaging the secularists and progressives with whom he disagreed as one who had sincere hope for them. He certainly had not written off his opponents as beyond repair or “good for nothing.”... Continue Reading
Brothers, Play the Tortoise: A Word to Aspiring Pastors
A myopic focus on developing yourself as a pastor can actually lead to misshapen priorities and unwise living—one that doesn’t cultivate perseverance in the pastorate.
Marriage, children, and employment create the type of life-structures that allow aspiring pastors to pursue ministry without panic.…building a life (and not just a ministry) is part and parcel of how a young man becomes elder-qualified. Luke and his wife Emily were special. Despite only being twenty-two years old, they were often the most... Continue Reading
A Few Problems with the Papal Communion
A recent controversy has brought talk of the communion of Rome back into the fore here in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).
Five, Rome regards Mary as co-redemptrix with Christ, calling her “Mediatrix,” applying to her titles which scripture reserves to Christ and the Holy Spirit (“Advocate, Helper” catechism 969), and speaking of her as “Queen over all things” (966), whose “saving office . . . continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation” (969). Rome... Continue Reading
Abortion Isn’t Good for Anyone
Considering real stats, if abortion is truly about women’s health, advocates should immediately demand more regulations and limits on the practice.
Christians who want to move the needle on abortion must understand how worldview works. It’s the only way to make sense of those who refuse the facts about abortion and those who don’t like abortion but refuse to vote to restrict it. The most dominant idea over American culture right now is that nothing should... Continue Reading
Charlie Kirk Had to Die!
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is not about politics, democracy, free speech, a constitutional republic, communication skills, or the lack of love or respect for one another. It's greater than Charlie Kirk.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is not about politics, democracy, free speech, a constitutional republic, communication skills, or the lack of love or respect for one another. It’s even greater than Charlie Kirk. It’s about the law of God which reflects the nature of God. God hates abortion, homosexuality, homosexual marriage, sex outside of binary... Continue Reading
When Evil Strikes: Charlie Kirk, Christian Grief, and the Path of Wisdom
A fool vents his emotions without restraint, while the wise bring passions under the fear of the Lord.
We cannot allow evil to draw us into folly. To do so would be to let one act of evil multiply into many. Instead, we must show that wisdom is possible—that the disciplined spirit can still build, and that Christ’s people will not be ruled by rage but by hope. The choice is plain: the... Continue Reading
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