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Bannerman on the Church vs. the State

The recent publication of James Bannerman’s The Church of Christ has been a boon to Christians simply because of the great value of his material on this important topic.  But given the prospect of increasing conflicts between the federal government…

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Why Most Missionaries Are Liars

No job description I have ever seen for a missionary includes the words “fast and loose with the truth.” It is not my belief missions attracts the kind of people who are predisposed to being insincere. Unfortunately, I have seldom…

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Daddy, am I a Christian?

I appreciate IX Marks ministries, and their desire to take ecclesiology seriously. But I did read this from IX Marks and thought it would be good to interact a little with this perspective: Daughter: Daddy, am I a Christian? Me:…

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A Hamster Wheel Floating

We have been dealing with a well-worn objection to Covenantal apologetics. As we have seen, the objection goes back, at least, to the time of the Reformation. It is an objection that Roman Catholics used against those who would hold…

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A Hamster Wheel Floating

We have been dealing with a well-worn objection to Covenantal apologetics. As we have seen, the objection goes back, at least, to the time of the Reformation. It is an objection that Roman Catholics used against those who would hold…

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Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory

Jerry Walls, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory: Rethinking the Things that Matter Most. Michigan: Brazos, 2015. 240 pp. $19.99 Although two and a half centuries of Enlightenment naturalism have eaten away at the western world’s faith in the afterlife, the question of…

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Marriage (and the Church) in America

I have little idea what challenges American churches (and other institutions) that refuse to recognize same-sex “marriages” may soon face in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, announced today. The Wall Street Journal’s Jerry Seib says this feels…