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Piper on Genesis 1-2

Piper’s three key points: 1) We should teach without any qualification that God created the universe and everything in it. It wasn’t always here. It didn’t spontaneously emerge from a big bang alone, however God did it. God did it.…

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Wright’s Bad Habit

Tom Wright has a bad habit of mischaracterizing the views of those with whom he disagrees. His latest book, After You Believe has been reviewed in CT by Michael Horton. While Horton appreciates much in Wright and his latest book,…

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Social Justice – A Fleeting Movement?

From Mike Pohlman at the Gospel Coalition: Writing for TIME magazine, Amy Sullivan brings to our attention an issue that has much of contemporary evangelicalism scrambling for clarity. The issue is the relationship between the gospel and “social justice.” How…

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Sunday’s Sermon

Sunday’s sermon was part 37 in our series through Hebrews. It is entitled “Faith Tested” and is taken from Hebrews 11:17-19. You can listen to or download it HERE.

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A Day Late

I know that Memorial Day was yesterday but I wanted to post the following thoughts from Kevin DeYoung. I know it is common for one generation to reject the patriotism of the previous generation. But usually this is nothing more…

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Become a Better Bible Interpreter

I have just begun reading 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible by Robert Plummer and it is outstanding. Here is what Justin Taylor has to say about it: Robert Plummer’s new book, 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible (Kregel, 2010),…

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The Last Full Measure

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war. .…

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What should we expect from the government?

There is a wealth of great resources at the webpage of Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, GA. Terry Johnson, the pastor of IPC, is one of my favorite pastor He has written some wonderful books including The Case for Traditional…

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When Good Works Go Bad

What a mixed bag of good and bad, wisdom and foolishness are the people of God. The Scriptures teach what the Reformers clearly articulated as the doctrine of Total Depravity. I know that no one wants to think of themselves…