[5] Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me, [6] those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches? [7] Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, [8] for the ransom of [...]
Posts under ‘Theology’
The Proper Confession and Acknowledgment of Sin
Reading Psalm 38 was extremely helpful today in considering the proper posture of our hearts when we come and confess our sins. We don’t say merely, “Lord, I made some mistakes, but I know You still love me.” No, rather, in these verses read the way David speaks of his own depravity to the Lord, [...]
US in Depression and What it Means for the Church in America
The ‘D’ word is being uttered in the mainstream now. Despite whatever the media says concerning the ‘jobless recovery’ we’re in (which is a complete oxymoron) or the ‘summer recovery’ we’ve begun that Obama touted as truth last month, all indicators are pointing to the fact that the US is officially entering an era of [...]
On Conversations About the Future of the Church
I keep seeing an ad on the right column of Facebook talking about the need “for a new conversation about the future of the church” … and my question is when did the existing “conversation” end, and better yet, why does it have to keep going on and on as if there is no definition [...]
Sunday’s Coming – Modern Media and Trendiness Replacing Word and Sacrament
R. Scott Clark says of this video (at the bottom) on his blog, “Who Says the Evangelicals Don’t Have a Liturgy?” As much as we Evangelicals have tried to eschew the “traditional” styles of church, it seems we’ve merely replaced it with newer styles that are 3 inches deep. This is one of many reasons [...]
The Legacy of Charles Finney in Evangelicalism
The Disturbing Legacy of Charles Finney – Dr. Michael Horton A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing – Phil Johnson I still have yet to understand why so many leading evangelical pastors (Billy Graham and the late Jerry Falwell to name two) and others in the movement uphold this man as someone who championed the faith once [...]
Meticulous Sovereignty in the First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
As this makes clear, Clement’s view of God’s involvement in His creation is not the one the Deists have set forth (the view many of our Founding Fathers in America held including Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin), that God is a watchmaker who created the universe, sat back and let things take their course. No, [...]
C.S. Lewis’ Introduction to Athanasius’ On the Incarnation
Excerpted from On the Incarnation by Athanasius on Spurgeon.org There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books. Thus I have found as a tutor in English Literature that if the average student [...]
Astronomy Picture of the Day – The Holiness of God
What a picture! This is a snapshot from a guy who climbed a mountain overlooking the eruption in Iceland that is wreaking havoc on all kinds of travel plans and logistical shipments of goods. The impact has been worse than the chaos of 9/11 even, one news report said. I have some friends who are [...]
Thesitic Evolution and the Implications for Evangelicalism
The attacks upon the evangelical faith, from within, just keep rolling. There is no relenting it seems on which fronts are being compromised, slowly as well as quickly. The issue of theistic evolution (evolution designed and created by God) has been simmering for some time, gaining strength, until finally it has boiled over and become [...]
