November 2018 Archive
Is Your Pastor a Sex Therapist?
If you want to build an audience, talk relationships. It really works. Spiritual gurus have built their empires addressing the subject. After all, who doesn’t need help to improve their. . . Continue reading
The Promise-Driven Life (Part 2) Genesis 12
The Promise-Driven Life (Part 1) Genesis 12
The Canons Of Dort (1): Introduction And Background
Introduction Few of our Reformed confessional documents are as valuable and yet as neglected as the Canons of Dort. Today most who know about them think of them as the. . . Continue reading
The Canons Of Dort (2): The Crisis Intensifies
Part 1: Introduction and Background Because the followers of Arminius have been (mostly) ecclesiastically separated from the Reformed churches for centuries it is easy to lose sight of the fact. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (3): Synod Approaches
Part 2 We live now in a “victim culture.” The best example of this is so-called “intersectionality.” This is a reference to the different ways in which one has been. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (4): Unconditonal Grace
Part 3 In the preface to the Canons of Dort, Synod characterized the challenges she faced and the promise on which she relied to face those challenges. The preface characterized. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (7): God Graciously Chose His Elect Out Of The Mass Of Fallen Humanity
The Synod of Dort gathered for several reasons but among them two were chief: to defend basic Augustinian anti-Pelagian theology and preserve the Protestant Reformation doctrines of salvation by grace. . . Continue reading
The Parable of the Sower (Part 2) Mark 4
The Parable of the Sower 2