“Hath God said?”
From the earliest days of human existence the enemy has enticed men and women away from their Creator by challenging His truthfulness. It is the serpent sowing the seeds of doubt and rebellion the mind of Eve by his insidious…
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“It is God we have to deal with.”
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” – 2 Timothy 2:15 “The source of all doctrinal disputes is that clever men…
If Only We Really Were . . .
Writing for National Review Online, Jay Nordlinger recounts a broadcast from Middle East Media Research Institute in which a Muslim cleric from Egypt defends no fault divorce. What interests me is the last line, which gives Christians more credit than…
Blog 34: 1.16.4 – 1.16.8
For Calvin, providence means God governing, not merely watching, his creation (1.16.4). Calvin is emphasizing that providence entails more than “bare foreknowledge.” It involves God’s will, and his acts. Nor is it merely a general control, but a specific direction.…
You Read It Here First
Mrs. Emma Peel, formerly of Academic Affairs at W.T.S. (whose work there with Dr. T, incidentally, has now become a cult British T.V. series) brought my attention to the following story from the B.B.C. on the detrimental effect of Facebook. …
Grove City College
I had the privilege and joy of preaching and lecturing at Grove City College on Monday and Tuesday. More about that later. One of the joys of this was being about to renew fellowship with old friends, including Dr. T.…
Blog 33: 1.15.8 – 1.16.3
1.15.8 is a “rock your world” important passage in the Institutes. In it, Calvin explains a fundamental source of confusion in the quest for “free will.””The Philosophers,” says Calvin, by discussing the question of free will apart from understanding the…
God’s Word is Trustworthy (5)
A few years ago Al Mohler wrote an article reflecting on John Killinger’s book “Ten Things I Learned Wrong from a Conservative Church.” I read Killengers book when it was released. It is a powerful illustration of what happens when…
Humble Epistomology
“We contend for the objectivity of truth, and we must insist that all persons do actually believe in the objectivity of Truth. The fact is that even the relativists objectivize their own positions. The difference for us is that we…
The Old Paths
“I am afraid of an inward disease which appears to be growing and spreading in all the Churches of Christ throughout the world. That disease is a disposition on the part of ministers to abstain from all sharply-cut doctrine, and…