Clik here to view.
M. Night Shyamalan and the Necessary Shattered-Glass World
Guest Post by Jared Moore[Glass has several things that may violate your conscience. Know your conscience. Be sure to look it up before you watch at Plugged In or Common Sense Media.]*Additionally, if...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You Did Not Choose Me - Commentary on John 15:16
by John Calvin16.You have not chosen me. He declares still more clearly that it must not be ascribed to their own merit, but to his grace, that they have arrived at so great an honor; for when he says...
View ArticleChanging Laws does not Change Hearts
"On the issue of social justice, it is important to remember that changing laws does not change hearts. Changing a law may get you compliance, but it will never get you repentance, which is--or should...
View ArticleInclusion, Exclusion and Prejudice: Ellen Page, Chris Pratt and the MSM
I understand that actress Ellen Page called out Chris Pratt for attending an 'infamously' anti-LGBTQ church. While not commenting on his specific church, I am trying to get my head around this common...
View ArticleA Page from Hell's Playbook: the Subterranean Origins of Certain Equality and...
by Dr. Thaddeus WilliamsIf I were the devil—which some of you may believe after reading on—if my sworn mission was to devour the Christian faith from the inside out, then here is what I would NOT do. I...
View ArticleDo Not Grow Weary in Declaring God's Word
There has never been a time when so much sound biblical teaching has been available at the fingertips of the ordinary person. And, thank the Lord, much of it is free. On the other hand, there has never...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Does All Meaning in the Universe Center Around Human Beings?
Recently a good friend of mine, who is an atheist, who seems convinced of total depravity, sent me a Joe Rogan Experience podcast episode (Parental Guidance recommended) where his guest, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A List of Powerful Sermons and Essays for your Weekend Reading
For your weekend reading I wanted to pass along some classic sermons and essays that have had a deep impact:Imitating the Incarnation (.pdf)by B. B. WarfieldThe Religious Life of Theological Studentsby...
View ArticleThe Noble Lie
by Thaddeus WilliamsIn the era before the 17th century, before Galileo, Kepler and Newton, a fixation on meaning questions often left our understanding of the material world dragging woefully behind....
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Appeal of Idolatry
by David Wells"Idolatry, ancient and modern alike, consists in trusting some substitute for God to serve some uniquely divine function… Why do people choose the substitute over God himself? Probably...
View ArticleThe Magic Equality Wand
by Dr. Thaddeus WilliamsImagine we could wave a Magic Equality Wand that instantly erased inequality around the world. This wand is so magical that it can bring perfect global equality without having...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why The Lord Allows Sin to Remain in the Regenerate
by Thomas BostonWE have seen already, that though there is a great change wrought on the elect in their regeneration yet that change is imperfect; there shall be no perfect delivery from indwelling sin...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Peace For God’s People
by Richard SibbesTHERE be two sorts of people always in the visible church, one that Satan keeps under with false peace, whose life is nothing but a diversion to present contentments, and a running...
View ArticleDoes TULIP Make Man an Automaton?
Since we cannot pry into the secret will of God, we do not know who the elect are. From our standpoint, we have the good news and we see our friends perishing. What are we going to do with that?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Four Things that Belong to the Nature of Sincerity
by Jonathan EdwardsThere are many that make a profession and show of religion, and some that do many of the outward things which it requires, and possibly they may think that they have done and...
View Article"Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani!"
by F. W. Krummacher (1796-1868)Once, when a voice spoke from heaven to the people who were assembled around Jesus, the evangelist relates, that "some said it thundered; others, that an angel spoke to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Doctrines of Election and Final Perseverance
by John NewtonDear Sir,Your letter breathes the spirit of a Christian, though you say you are not a Calvinist. I would have still confined myself, in my letters, to the great truths in which we are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Nature of the Fruits of Repentance: Piety Toward God & Charity Toward Men
by John CalvinFrom Calvin's Institutes 3.3.15-21, pg 607-61715. Repentance according to 2 Cor. 7:11It is for a very good reason that the apostle enumerates seven causes, effects, or parts in his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is Covenant Theology the Same as Replacement Theology?
Israel in the Plan of GodReplacement theology is understood to be the view that the Church has replaced God's chosen people, the Jews, entirely, and that God wants nothing more to do with them as a...
View Article