What’s in a Name?
Names have always been important. There’s a reason why “Judas” never tops the list of most popular baby names in any given year. When my wife and I were trying to pick out names for our children, we always had…
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Ministry is Discouragement
I oftentimes tell people that ministry is discouragement. My point, in saying this, is not to suggest that ministry is only and always discouraging. There are, to be sure, times of great encouragement and blessing in ministry. Praise God that…
The Eternal Subordination of the Son: The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part 2)
In the previous post in this series, we began to consider some of the theological concerns that surface in the teaching of those who hold to a form of the ERAS/ESS position. In this post, we wish to consider these…
Calvin and Baptism: Baptismal Regeneration or the Duplex Loquendi Modus?
I. Introduction “What is the relation between baptism and salvation in the thought of John Calvin?” This is a timely question, given that there has been much discussion over this very subject of late. On the one hand, there are…
Calvin and Baptism: Baptismal Regeneration or the Duplex Loquendi Modus?
I. Introduction “What is the relation between baptism and salvation in the thought of John Calvin?” This is a timely question, given that there has been much discussion over this very subject of late. On the one hand, there are…
Statism and Parachurchism
Several weeks ago I re-read J. Gresham Machen’s pivotal, early twentieth-century work Christianity and Liberalism in preparation for giving the final lectures of a seminary course on modern church history. Having originally read the work more than a decade ago,…
How to Survive the Apocalypse
“The world is going to hell.” So begins How to Survive the Apocalypse, written by political theorist Robert Joustra and English professor/media critic Alissa Wilkinson. In fact, the authors are not predicting the imminent end of world per se, but…
How to Survive the Apocalypse
“The world is going to hell.” So begins How to Survive the Apocalypse, written by political theorist Robert Joustra and English professor/media critic Alissa Wilkinson. In fact, the authors are not predicting the imminent end of world per se, but…
Pluck Out…Your Candidate?
I’ll never forget the first year that I was able to vote. I had just turned 18 and could not have been more zealous to be part of the American political process. I spent six hours a day while I…
Tuned in Parents on the Technological Frontier
I am a child of the technological frontier–the brave new world of exciting potential and seemingly limitless possibility. I learned how to type on a typewriter; but, how to spell on a Speak&Spell. As a young boy, I played video games…