“Divine trustworthiness is above all the trustworthiness of the divine speaking. Since the primary record and embodiment of this divine speaking is to be found in the Bible, which is quite literally ‘the word of God,’ we can speak of…
It has been brought to my attention that Dr. Kenton Sparks is connected to Church of the Saviour. He is either a member or has been a regular attendee. I do not know which. He has also served as a…
“Holy Scripture, as the inspired Word of God witnessing authoritatively to Jesus Christ, may properly be called infallible and inerrant. These negative terms have a special value, for they explicitly safeguard crucial positive truths. “lnfallible signifies the quality of neither…
Here are some great resources that help to answer that question: AUDIO “The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable” – A lecture by Dr. Peter Gentry “Why We Believe The Bible” – A Seminar by John Piper “The Sufficiency of…
* I have changed the original title of this post because, upon further reflection I decided it was a bit snotty. One of the important functions of the pastor is to identify error. The church is constantly confronted with preaching,…
Calvin wraps up his discussion of the demons with section 19, showing that demons are real and not impulses or inspirations that God arouses in our minds (cf. section 9 on the reality of angels). Moving on to creation, Calvin…
I don’t know if Oprah is or is not a nice person. That really is not the point. She is however a true believer. And what she believes is that she has a message of spiritual truth that must be…
Section 12 concludes Calvin’s discussion of angels with the plea–certainly relevant today!–that unless we see the angels as leading us to God, we are being misled in our understanding. In sections 13-19 Calvin will now look at what Scripture teaches…
Timothy George has a nice piece in First Things about Rick Warren and his inaugural prayer, especially the fact that he prayed in the name of Jesus. At the close, he asks whether “Christians must hide their faith in the…
The Miserable Middle Aged Git Rebellion against virtual friendings, updates of the `I’m sitting at home updating my Facebook’ level of stimulation, and all-round timewasting grows. Check out the following Newsweek article just brought to my attention by Allen Mickle…
