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“Non-Overlapping Magisteria”

Mark Jones has written a good piece on the recent controversy over statements made by Pete Enns’ unsurprising and Bruce Waltke’s rather surprising comments concerning evolution. Moreover, Jones offers some helpful thoughts on the effort to harmonize evolution and biblical…

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Why do they listen?

In the latest volume in his epic work on worship Hughes Oliphant Old includes an insightful article on the preaching of John MacArthur. His concluding paragraph moves me deeply. Why do so many people listen to MacArthur, this product of…

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Sunday’s Sermon

Easter Sunday’s sermon was entitled “Do Not Be Afraid” and was based upon Matthew 28:1-10. You can listen to or download it HERE.

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Abortion, Taxation, and Christian Citizenship

With the passage of “Obamacare” it is almost a certainty that those Americans who pay taxes will be forced to subsidize abortion. Only the most naive will conclude that the President’s executive order will provide any protection for the tax…

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Three Precious Words

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no…

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Nothing natural about death

From Russell Moore: On a Saturday long ago, our Lord Jesus was a corpse. This isn’t natural. Problem is, death seems normal to us. Darwinian naturalism, along with most contemporary philosophies, assumes that death is the natural ending point to…

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Nothing more important…

From Al Mohler: The Christian faith is not a mere collection of doctrines — a bag of truths. Christianity is a comprehensive truth claim that encompasses every aspect of revealed doctrine, but is centered in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.…

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Bruce Waltke on Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve have been taking a bit of a beating from some well known scholars within the Reformed tradition. Tremper Longman made statements recently that allowed for the first couple to be mythical as has Pete Enns. Bruce Waltke,…