Blog 60: 2.7.14 – 2.8.1
Blog 60 2.714 – 2.8.1Obligation to the keep the law as believers seems to many to legalistic and contrary to the gospel. Antinomianism has ever been an issue and Calvin asks, “To what extent has the law been abrogated for…
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What Will It Profit a Man…
…if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?
The Epic of Eden
The Epic of EdenBy Sandra Richter263p.IVP (November 2008) There have been many attempts by authors to helpfully summarize the Old Testament (OT) and its message for New Testament (NT) believers. For many Christians today, this portion of the Scriptures remain…
Ehrman Redux
Darrel Bock is weighing in on Bart Ehrman’s newest hit piece on Jesus and the Bible, Jesus, Interrupted. Bart Ehrman’s Jesus, Interrupted by his own admission says nothing new. It packages what scholars have been saying for two decades. Since…
“Ancient Word, Changing Worlds” (2)
The opening words of the introduction of Ancient Word, Changing Worlds is a quote by Mark Twain that, sadly, would be voiced (perhaps more diplomatically) by many so-called evangelicals in our own day. “It is full of interest. It has…
Justification: Understanding the Classic Reformed Doctrine
Justification: Understanding the Classic Reformed DoctrineBy J.V. Fesko461 p.P&R Publishing (August 2008) The reader may be pardoned for thinking that all that could be said about justification has been said. But the reader would be wrong. John Valero Fesko, pastor…
Music Break, courtesy The Office
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Shall we go the way of Europe?
Charles Murray has written a thougtful essay on America’s seeming drift toward a European model of social democracy. Murray’s contention is that “the European model…drains too much of the life from life.” The stuff of life — the elemental events…
Does Satan Exist?
That was the topic of last night’s Nightline Face-off. The discussion included universalist Carlton Pearson, New Age guru Depak Chopra, Evangelical Mark Driscoll, and, yes, a former stripper. Check out the video teaser HERE.
Blog 59: 2.7.8 – 2.7.13
The pedagogic (and first) use of law is to “shut our mouths” (Rom. 3:19), not so as to lead us to utter despair (as is the case with the reprobate) but to lead us to Christ: “But in Christ his…