That the glory of the Lord might cover the dry land as the waters cover the sea
One of the early “four views” books was edited by Robert G. Clouse and titled The Meaning of the Millennium. George Eldon Ladd represented the historic premil position, Herman A. Hoyt dispensational premillennialism, Loraine Boettner postmillennialism, and Anthony A. Hoekema amillennialism. Each contributor responds to the presentations made by each of the others, and typically the …
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Greg Thornbury, President of King’s College, nails it in this interview with Forbes. Commenting on how Christians can be relevant to our culture, Thornbury says of the post WW2 situation: ‘Those who looked in the face of totalitarianism and fascism and a century of holocaust and said, “What are the ideas that keep people free?” …
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Thanks to Tim Challies for the link to this video, which explains how God programmed the leaves to change color:
Denny Burk has an important new book out titled What Is the Meaning of Sex? (Covenant Eyes keeps blocking the Amazon page) Christianity Today has interviewed Denny about the book. Here’s a bit of the first exchange: So. What is the meaning of sex? The reigning sexual ethic reflects a tongue-in-cheek lyric from Sheryl Crow: “If …
You don’t want to pay for other people’s contraception? Here’s what the editorial board of the New York Times thinks of your freedom of conscience and religious liberty: If the Supreme Court takes up these cases, it should soundly reject the warped view that some employers can get out of complying with the new law, and …
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From 10ofthose.com: While Halloween can often be a time associated with ghosts, devils and darkness, this video is designed to share the good news that Jesus is the light of the world! We are making this film available for free and encourage you share it with your friends via social media as well as showing at …
This video gives insight into what real life is like for those bearing witness to the light of the world in Central Asia: Kingdom of darkness from imb connecting on Vimeo.
Wow. HT: Douglas Wilson
Peter Leithart is one of the most stimulating and well-rounded scholars of the present generation. He and his wife have 10 children, and he pastors Trinity Reformed Church and teaches at New Saint Andrews College. He has written more books than I’ve had time to read, but I’ve enjoyed his introduction to the Old Testament, …
Lloyd Jones is right: The work of preaching is the highest and the greatest and the most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be called. . . the most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching; and as it is the greatest and the most urgent need in the Church, it …
The “Tahoe Safe Alliance” provides Politically Correct definitions for all who would redefine reality and morality: Lesbian – A female- identified person who is attracted romantically, physically, or emotionally to another female-identified person. Gay – A male-identified person who is attracted romantically, physically, or emotionally to another male-identified person. Bisexual – A person who is …
Thursday, September 5, 2013, at 8pm Eastern The Gray Havens will be doing a U-Stream Concert. Click this link to access it. There’s also a Facebook Event Page. You can check out their KickStarter project here. Highly recommended!
The gospel is the hope for the world. Its only hope. The church is God’s program for missions, evangelism, and discipleship. Real change comes from the new birth, which comes by the power of the Spirit and the hearing of the word. How will the word be heard unless it’s preached? How will the born …
Here are items #7 and #8 from Joe Carter’s 9 Things You Should Know About the March on Washington, which happened 50 years ago today: 7. King was the last speaker because no one else wanted that slot (everyone assumed the news media would leave by mid-afternoon). King agreed to take it and planned to …
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Lindsay Kennedy interviewed three folks on questions related to dispensationalism and the millennium. The Dispensationalist is Paul Henebury (part 1 and part 2). Darrell Bock represents Progressive Dispensationalism, and I answered questions from the perspective of Historic Pre-Millennialism. We all answered similar questions. Here are the ones I answered: When and how did you first …
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Collin Garbarino posted a new video from Derek Webb, in which Derek “confesses”: “I was wrong, I’m sorry, and I love you.” My problem with this song is that Derek doesn’t specify what it is he thinks he was wrong about. There are some things I think he has been wrong about, but those may …
What if an author wrote a page-turner of a mystery story that depicted things about the world whose implications we have not pondered? What if there were an industry (modeling) that routinely exploited young defenseless women, stripping them of their inhibitions and their clothing, desensitizing them to indignities, disregarding their futures, and at the same …
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Slavery and sexism are hot topics in the blogosphere. Rachel Held Evans has made a name for herself by provoking complementarians and multiplying confusions about the Bible. She spent a year misinterpreting the Bible, then misrepresented what the Bible teaches in a book, then went on all the talk shows. The world loved it that …
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Gerald Bray writes in God Is Love (67–68): Today it is fashionable to point to the case of Galileo (1564–1642), who was persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church for his scientific beliefs. Few people pause to consider the fact that Galileo was condemned not because he opposed the teaching of the Bible but because he …
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Between homeschooling and teaching and preaching, a lot of packages with books in them arrive at our doorstep. We are spoiled by Amazon, and we love the free shipping available via Amazon Prime. I’m also very thankful for the Amazon Associates program, which makes it so that Amazon gives referral credit when you, dear reader, …