The Christian’s Dual Citizenship
It cannot be denied that Scripture ascribes some duties to the governments of this world and some duties to the church.
John Owen & 11 Differences Between Old and New Covenants
John Owen lists eleven ways in which the Old and New Covenants differ.
Are Israel and the Church Always Distinct?
The question depends entirely upon what sense in which we understand the word Israel and also what sense in which we understand the word church.
A Biblical Case for Disputation
Disputes are not preferable.
More on the Atonement
This all amounts to Christ coming for a purpose, that is, to bear our guilt and to bleed for our sins. The question, therefore, becomes, Did He really do this? The Bible declares that He has (Jn. 19:30).
The 4-D Homily & Why Leaving It Behind Has Given Us Tim Challies’ Thoughtless Article on Government
I know, this is an odd situation to patent a novel term for a really old style of homiletics or method of preaching. When asked, I’ve been telling people I use an “adapted form of Peter van Mastricht’s preaching outline,” for nearly a year now.For those of you who do...
No, God Has Not Taken Away Our Worship: A Response
I fear Christians are seeing only two options: (1) tempt God and, in a grand act of idiocy, continue services as if the virus isn’t a thing; or (2) capitulate to the government and cease worship for the foreseeable future.
The Church, A Ship In Troubled Waters
The affliction of God’s people is nothing new.
God In the Fire
“Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” — Daniel 3:25
Let’s Talk, Dr. White: Classicalism or Presuppositionalism?
Dr. James White is a dear brother in the Lord and, while we may not agree on everything, I continue to believe he is one of the most skilled Christian debaters and defenders of the faith currently living and operating within the Reformed community.
Presupp & Classical: 6 Things You Need to Know
This is a pretty involved debate, and it’s not for the faint of heart. But because it deals with fundamental tenets of the Christian faith, ranging from the doctrine of God to the doctrine man, it is most certainly worth your consideration—in moderation, of course.
Dr. Carl Ellis, We Need More Clarity
I am grateful that Ellis “stands with the Word of God” as infallible and inerrant in its original manuscripts. This statement is consistent with the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy.
Keeping the Discussion Underground: A Biblical Response
There’s a difference between pastoral theology and public theology. Recent demands, however, would lead one to think otherwise.
Beeson Divinity School Capitulates to Critical Theory
In their first podcast for 2020, Beeson Divinity School started the year off with a bang…
If “Black Theology” Is True, We’re All Still In Our Sins
If Christ didn’t purchase the human mind, He didn’t purchase you at all.
Celebrating the Incarnation
The glorious truth upon which our faith may rest is this: the Son of the Father took to Himself manhood and dwelt among us.
A Series on Meekness (Part 2)
I think sometimes when we think of Moses we think of a harsh judge. That’s, in one sense, a right way to think of Moses because Moses received and communicated the law of God to the people of Israel, and we know there’s no saving efficacy in the law itself.
A Series on Meekness (Part 1)
“Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?” — 1 Corinthians 6:7
The Imputation of Christ’s Active Obedience
Christ’s active obedience is His perfect obedience to the Law of God. Christ’s passive obedience is His taking our sins upon Himself, being nailed to the cross with it, and suffering the punishment of God’s wrath unto death.
5 Biblical Reasons Why Beth Moore Shouldn’t Preach
Should women be preachers? The Scriptures answer that question resoundingly. But, before I get into the text, I want to disclose the reason for which I write.
Interpreting the Bible: Covenants (pt. 3)
In the previous post we discussed typology. A type is one thing used by God to signify another, greater thing. A type foreshadows something other than itself. Israel was not Jesus Christ, but it foreshadowed the coming Messiah in both positive and negative ways.
Interpreting the Bible: Typology (pt. 2)
In the first post, we looked at the necessity of allowing the Bible to speak for itself. We need to avoid defining terms such as “literal” in extra-biblical ways. What is literal and what is not literal is ultimately determined by the Bible itself, not by any standard we arbitrarily choose to impose upon it.
Interpreting the Bible (pt. 1)
Does God have hands? Absolutely not. If God had hands, He would not be God, because He would be composed of a body.
Parsing Slavery
The gross immorality of the transatlantic slave trade is to be found in the man stealing that enabled the trade in the first place (Deut. 24:7); the de-humanization of many slaves by their owners (Gen. 1:27); the murderous abuse that followed (Ex. 20:13); and the selection of and generational continuance of slaves based on race or skin color (Deut. 10:19).
Hermeneutics & Liberalism
I remember having professors throughout Bible college who would actively discourage students from interpreting passages of Scripture using other passages of Scripture.
Antichrist & Textual Issues
I love the King James Version. I even use it for our Scripture readings during both our worship services every Lord’s Day. I preach from the New King James…
The Sufficiency of Scripture
Used as a doctrine to combat Roman Catholicism and every cult imaginable, the sufficiency of Scripture first and foremost must be seen as a doctrine intended to protect us from ourselves…
The Veil Has Been Lifted
Second Corinthians 3:12-18 gives us a glimpse at Paul’s use of the Old Testament in adorning the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ…