Sarah’s problem, in Calvin’s estimation, was that she believed the promise of God. Or at least, that was part of her problem — part, that is, of what actually drove her to let those very strange words pass the threshold…
In light of the recent Supreme Court decision granting civil rights for homosexual marriages, a question is raised: should the church divorce from its marriage-partnership with the state? In other words, should I refuse to declare, “By the authority vested…
How do you know you are a Christian? Beware of easy-to-fix theological answers to complex spiritual problems. Poor theology usually offers quick fixes (i.e., a silver bullet approach). And people love quick fixes, which is why bad theology will always…
Carl R. Trueman. Luther on the Christian Life: Cross and Freedom. Theologians of the Christian Life. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015. 224pp. $14.99 It is not immediately obvious to many Christians that Martin Luther has much that is interesting or helpful to…
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of…
Before reading this article, please consider reading through the first five pieces as this article is best understood in the context of the others and reading the first five articles will enhance your reading of this one as each article…
Continuing to ponder the idea that God appointed some to everlasting life and others to a different fate. Is this really a genuinely Anglican idea, as my previous posts about the dark side of predestination and the way not to…
In my former article on The darker side of predestination, I spoke about how Article 17 of The Thirty-nine Articles is not entirely limited to talking about the positive aspects of that doctrine. It does indeed mention “the sentence of…
I was interested to see that TGC have launched in Australia. I hope and pray it will be a great support and encouragement to gospel-minded people down under. On their shiney new website, there is an article posted two days ago on the…
There is a moment towards the end of the film, Calvary, where the priest – a good, innocent priest — is kneeling on the beach with a parishioner (a victim of some other priest’s abuse) pointing a gun at his…
