Oral Roberts died this week. He was 91 years old. Roberts was a bit of a denominational mish-mash. He was a Pentecostal faith healer, a United Methodist, a university president, and a proponent of the prosperity “gospel.” I know it…
God, in his amazing grace does not end His story with the fall. He continues the story with…2. The PromiseBefore God tells Adam and Eve of the consequences of their sin he first announces judgement upon Satan. “I will put…
Biblical Archaeology Review has an interesting article on why Christmas is celebrated on December 25. The article also dispells the widely held urban myth that Christmas was a pagan holiday. The most loudly touted theory about the origins of the…
Calvin’s sensitivity to the different circumstances in which people live lead him to flip-flop, or at least to be somewhat ambivalent in his attitude to the magistrate. Citing the case of Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 27), Scripture requires obedience to bad kings, and…
No doubt having the Anabaptists in mind, and having already defended the right to litigate, Calvin proceeds to defend the entire judicial process. He discourages using the law for the taking of revenge, but upholds the use of due process,…
Calvin borrows the idea of a just war from Augustine. Everything is to be tried in order to preserve the peace before war is declared, though waging war obviously means that reparations must be made, if necessary. A consideration of…
Grounded in the Gospel by J.I. Packer Jesus, the Only Way to God… by John Piper The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love by Jonathan Leeman Scandalous by D.A. Carson
Westminster Seminary has posted 100 audio messages on the authority of Scripture. Check it out HERE.
A fascinating article on those who come to church only during the holiday season: In Ohio, Hattie Gibson, 54, is defiant about only attending church twice-yearly and doesn’t care who knows. “I’m a C&E Christian and I’m proud of it,”…
As someone who lives about an hour from the Jersey Shore I cringed when I saw that MTV was airing a new reality show entitled “Jersey Shore.” If you take every stereo type of young New Jersy-ites whose names end…
