The Great Man Theory
I heard the news about Bin Laden’s death when I arrived back at the Philadelphia Airport at 1045 on Sunday night with my colleague, Greg Beale. We noticed a small group huddled by a TV in the almost-deserted airport and…
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The Great Man Theory
I heard the news about Bin Laden’s death when I arrived back at the Philadelphia Airport at 1045 on Sunday night with my colleague, Greg Beale. We noticed a small group huddled by a TV in the almost-deserted airport and…
Theological Fitness Part Four: Active Rest
According to the American College of Sports Medicine, approximately 60% of well-meaning people who begin a workout routine give up. And then there’s a small percentage out of the 40% left, who encounter overtraining syndrome. Martha Pyron, Md., wrote an article…
Submitting both our hopes and imaginations to Scripture
Obviously, universalism has been getting quite a lot of attention lately. This is largely a good thing. It is why some orthodox theologians speak about our “debt to heresy.” Heresy tends to rally the orthodox. It prompts the faithful to…
Sunday’s Sermon
On Sunday I preached part 12 in our current series: God’s Great Story. It is entitled “The Nation Building God” and deals with the birth of the church. You can listen to or download the sermon HERE.
Thnking about Osama…
Christians are offering up various opinions on the assassination of Osama Bin Laden. Some are rejoicing as they point to such texts as Romans 13:3-4. Others are appealing to such texts as Ezekiel 33:11 to mourn his death. Are these…
The appeal of churches who know what they believe…
The growth of theologically conservative churches and the corresponding decline of liberal churches has been the occasion of a lot of speculation over the years. Even sociologists have offered opinions. The findings usually suggest that people can’t deal with the…
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the Banner of Truth
Today I call on the readers of Reformation 21 to flex their online muscles. I am asking the Banner of Truth for two things; not that they republish ”Among the Soviet Evangelicals”, nor that they bring back the Scottish tourist board…
Reading Reflection:
Girls Gone Wise, by Mary A. Kassian (Moody, 2010) Pre-Fall nakedness symbolized the purity and innocence of humans before God. Post-Fall nakedness symbolizes the inability of humans to make themselves presentable before Him. God did what Adam and Eve were…
“The Path of No Resistance”
The deadly combination of unchallenged liberal presumptions and casual intimidation of dissenters is probably at its worst in the most prestigious universities, which set the tone for the rest of the country, on this issue as on many others. But…