What is legalism? The charge of legalism is so carelessly flung around today that people have no idea what the term means. It’s become a catch phrase to write off. . . Continue reading
Legalism: What It Is And What It Is Not
Moral Law Archive
We Distinguish (Part 6) — Moral/Ceremonial/Civil
In this series, we’re surveying some of the most important Reformed theological distinctions. These aren’t irrelevant or minor points of theology. Rather, these are distinctions where, if you get them. . . Continue reading
Therapy, Sin, and Shame
For most of world history, until quite recently, most of the world thought about the most basic questions in life categories of right and wrong or in legal categories. God. . . Continue reading
What Pastors Should Tell Their Wives
A few years ago I wrote an article on what pastors should not tell their wives. In it I argued that there is much that it said behind closed doors,. . . Continue reading
Canons Of Dort (27): The Reformed Distinguish Law And Gospel
When we think of the Synod of Dort and their rulings (canons) against the Remonstrants (Arminians) we tend to think about the doctrine of sin or the doctrines of unconditional. . . Continue reading
Commandment Thursday
This is Easter Week 2019. On this day, since the late 4th century (393) the Western (Latin) church has remembered that our Lord instituted the sign and seal of the. . . Continue reading
Does The Bible Teach Socialism?
With the rise of a young, avowedly socialist movement in the USA there is renewed interest in the history, nature, and prospect of Socialism. What is it? There are several. . . Continue reading
Coming July 26, 2019 to Escondido: Rosaria Butterfield—From Victim To Guest
Raised and educated in liberal Roman Catholic settings, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield earned her PhD from The Ohio State University and was a tenured professor of English and Women’s Studies at Syracuse. . . Continue reading
Same-Sex Attraction Is Not A Means Of Grace Or Why We Distinguish Nature And Grace
Jeffrey Stivason has a helpful interaction with an August 2018 essay by Wesley Hill in which Hill seeks to justify the Revoice Conference, held last July (2018), and in which justifies. . . Continue reading
Living In An Ephesians 4:17 Moment
The flood of bad news easily overwhelms us these days. Some of us are old enough to remember when we did not know who was doing what to whom in. . . Continue reading