It is not, perhaps, a locus classicus for the pastoral office, but Genesis 31.36-42 certainly gives us some impression of the liabilities and responsibilities of the shepherd as understood by the men who used that phrase of their protectors and…
We finished our previous discussion by noting that there were elements of formal truth that the Skepchick attributed to Richard Dawkins. Because the Skepchick was not able to account either for her own outrage, or Dawkins’ near-apathy toward the same,…
We finished our previous discussion by noting that there were elements of formal truth that the Skepchick attributed to Richard Dawkins. Because the Skepchick was not able to account either for her own outrage, or Dawkins’ near-apathy toward the same,…
Like many, you may be appalled at how often the Lord Jesus issues a command to those whom he has healed to keep silent about what has taken place and the command is immediately not just ignored but thoroughly trampled…
Recently the Westminster Larger Catechism’s treatment of the Ninth Commandment (particularly Q. 144) has become an issue in some conservative Presbyterian presbyteries. For example, last fall my own ARP presbytery voted to establish an ad hoc committee “to draft a…
The Guardian is a national newspaper and in Friday’s edition you have this article ‘Was Jesus Gay?’ It is an awful piece and you wonder whether they would have had the guts to publish something similar on Mohammed. What strikes…
I returned home yesterday from the Banner of Truth Ministers’ Conference held in Leicester in the UK. This was the fiftieth anniversary of its founding, though not quite the fiftieth conference (they missed maybe one or two for various reasons…
It is saddening for me to see Carl going the way of the great Ian Paisley. He who was always on the outside, raging against the status quo, who refused to be controlled, when he’s offered a seat at the…
First, thanks to all of our readers for the excellent questions submitted so far! There’s still time to email more questions to r21@alliancenet.org Beginning next month, Dr. Oliphint will post article-length replies to your questions. Thank you again!
Last Lord’s Day in preaching consecutively through the gospel of Matthew, I came to chapter 12 verses 1 to 14, where our Lord Jesus had an encounter with the Pharisees concerning the Sabbath. As I read the various modern commentators…
