The Fruit of the Spirit 3: Joy
Parts one and two of this series can be found here and here ~ the Editor I Christian joy is an element in the renewal of human life and affections which is purposed by God the Father, accomplished by God the…
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Mississippi Praying
Carolyn Renée Dupont, Mississippi Praying: Southern White Evangelicals and the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1975. New York: New York University Press, 2013. 303 pages. $55.00 ($26.99 on Kindle). Carolyn Renée Dupont’s Mississippi Praying, is a thoroughly stimulating analysis of the ways in…
Mississippi Praying
Carolyn Renée Dupont, Mississippi Praying: Southern White Evangelicals and the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1975. New York: New York University Press, 2013. 303 pages. $55.00 ($26.99 on Kindle). Carolyn Renée Dupont’s Mississippi Praying, is a thoroughly stimulating analysis of the ways in…
No, we can’t all just get along
I have never seen a time when discussions and debates about homosexuality and gender identity were more ubiquitous as they are today. And with those discussions have come much confusion, error, and sin. We all know about denominations like the…
Why We Are So Insulted
On Friday I kicked off a series of posts I will be doing with the heading The Danger of Women’s Ministries. I am encouraged from the responses and messages I have received over the weekend that many women resonate with…
For Paedobaptist Parents
Infant baptism strikes the fear of God into me. Baptism really establishes – in a public, visible manner – a covenant relationship. A love relationship, involving promises and responsibilities, blessings and curses, is begun by a gracious God, who must…
Pulpit and Soap Box
Dave Moore has an excellent post on the selective outrage of evangelicals over gay marriage. Here is the core of his argument: "We believe homosexuality is a sin. We also believe that gluttony, gossip, adultery, sex outside of marriage, racism,…
“Respect the Authorities”: Specific Counsels 1 and 2
Introduction Scriptural framework A proper subjection The prayers of the saints A godly life Respond prayerfully Our heavenly hope Summary thoughts Almost nothing agitates Christians as much as discussion of the relationship of the church to the state. Some seem…
A Change in Our Discourse I believe we are witnessing a significant development in the shape of our popular Christian discourse, yet one which is generally passing unremarked. This decade has seen the rise to prominence of a new breed…
Theses on natural theology
Introduction Recent Reformed theology has not held natural theology in high esteem, and that for understandable reasons. Enlightenment thinkers (Catholic, Protestant, and secular) often treated natural theology as a pre-dogmatic discipline, i.e., as a discipline that could and should…