But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 1 Peter 3: 14-16
The Audacity of Gender-Reveal Parties: Another Step Towards Cultural Insanity Featured
The leaders of the transgender revolution revile the celebrated declaration, “It’s a boy” or “It’s a girl,” when a baby is born. Transgender activists recognize that their revolution cannot succeed until doctors who deliver babies, or ultrasound technicians at...
The Spirituality of Social Justice
Here’s what it feels like to be pro-social justice without actually risking anything:
Christians cannot pretend they can transcend politics and simply “preach the Gospel.” Those who avoid all political discussions and engagement are essentially casting a vote for the social status...
Overview of the Book of Philippians
Authors: memoirandremains...
How Do I Know That I Am Elect? How Do I Know My Faith Is Genuine?
Can we know for sure that we are saved? From one of our live Ask Ligonier events, Sinclair Ferguson looks at the doctrine of assurance and what it means to be born again.
Do you have a biblical or theological question? We invite you to ask Ligonier at Ask.Ligonier.org.
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10/15/2018
•David Grantham is talking about suicide on campuses
•The difference between an explanation and a reason
•Andy Crouch on how cultural advancement has destroyed community
•Switzerland gives jail time to homophobes
•20% of clergy are now women
•Moody Bible Institute has a new president
NPC is the new SJW…and triggered Snowflakes are melting everywhere. Featured
The snowflakes are melting!
The snowflakes are melting!
I know, I know…what else is new, right? What better than habitual meltdowns should anyone expect from the perpetually triggered, perpetually outraged, and perpetually pouting Snowflake Culture that’s come to dominate the scene these...
Too Wretched For Radio 10/15/2018
The view from the prison cell
Clearly in a sense Buddhism is atheistic. There is no creator God who set everything in motion, and there is no providential God who hovers over his creation and who is prepared to intervene when things go drastically wrong. For the Buddhist, there is no ultimate meaning to life in this sort of...
To Asia and Back: Using Good Soil Resources
writes about some neat experiences he has had recently in using the Good Soil resources...Authors: Good Soil Evangelism and Discipleship...
Men and Women in the Household of God
In January of last year, hundreds of thousands of women marched in our nation’s capital and in other major cities around the country in what became known as “The Women’s March”. It was no accident the organizers planned this march to occur right on the heals of the...
Practical Advice on Memorizing the Bible
Does the Bible tell us we should memorize Scripture? Is it profitable for Christians to memorize the Bible? Tim shares some practical advice on memorizing the Bible and storing it up in your heart.
Authors: Tim Conway
Justice Discourse in the Internet Age, Part 1: Introduction
I have a guest post over on the Davenant Institute’s blog, the first of a multi-part series on the character of justice discourse in the Internet Age.
As we become increasingly absorbed in the virtual and abstract world of social media, our discourse can be compared to a two-way mirror. A...
The Statement on SJ G Explained: Article 7, Salvation (Justin Peters)
Rejecting Pig Food and Being a Slave
Rejecting pig food and being a slave! What kind of a nonsense title to an article is that, you may ask. Well, stay with me for a bit. In their book A Puritan Theology – Doctrine for Life
T...
Five Ways Apologetics Can Respond to Postmodernity
One of the great questions occupying the minds of theologians and pastors alike is how the Church can respond to an increasingly...Original Sin Defined and Illustrated
One of the most difficult doctrines for people, even professing Christians, to accept is that teaching known as original sin. Let me first define it, then demonstrate with three God-given illustrations how clearly original sin is revealed to us.
The term "original sin" does not refer to the first...
October 12, 2018 Show with Sule Prince on “The Stress of Ministry”
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Authors: Eric Nielsen
Funeral Sermon: Not Far from the Kingdom
Last week I received a phone call that a man I’ve known for many years suddenly passed away. He was young. He was strong. He was skilled at his job. He loved his family, and now—without a moment of notice, he’s in eternity.
We know the script of such stories. They never get any...
Talking with Our Children about Death
What Is This Book?
A beautiful paragraph, found in the introduction of every Bible produced by the remarkable Gideon International:
The Bible contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers.
Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its...
2 Reasons Why Coveting Is a Serious Sin
This sponsored post is adapted fromThe Ten Commandments: What They Mean, Why They Matter, and Why We Should Obey Them by Kevin DeYoung.
Taking Sin Seriously
What makes coveting such a serious sin? First, we covet when we want for ourselves what belongs to someone else. Coveting is more than...
Our Daily Bread
I came across this news itemand groaned as I read it. A small wooden sign hanging just above a fire extinguisher in the cafeteria of a Maryland elementary school simply reads: “Give us this day our daily bread.” Sounds rather innocent, doesn’t it? You wouldn’t think that...
A Good Short Series on Guidance and the Voice of God
Instead of writing some long and substantial new post (which is slowly happening), I was going through my dozens of drafts and found a few things that I’ll put up over the next little while; articles that I’ve saved, brief thoughts, etc. For now, I ran across a series of...
Paul’s Dying Charge
Second/Third-Century Christian Texts: Update
I’ve just got around to placing an updated list of Christian texts dated to the second/third century, including now the relevant items in the recently published Oxyrhynchus Papyri volume (vol. 83). That is, P137 (the Mark fragment), and P138 (the Luke fragment).
As before, this list is...
Book Review: The Bible Illuminated
, their primary focus is the text that it contains. Dr. Karen York, who served until January 2018 as the Director of the Curatorial Department of the Museum of the Bible, explores...Salvation from Start to Finish Is a Work of God for His Glory
We contribute nothing to our salvation. In this brief clip, Stephen Nichols explains that from start to finish, salvation is a work of God for His Glory.
This Reformation Month, watch a short video every day on the history and insights of the Protestant Reformation. And don't forget that for a...
Always Be Ready: Interview with Dr. Hugh Ross
Dr. Hugh Ross of Reasons to Believe has just published a new book entitled Always Be Ready
, which provides personal stories and practical advice on how to share your faith with others. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Hugh and discuss his story of how he came to Christ and how...4 Lessons I Learned About Pastoral Ministry from Francis Schaeffer
Not in person, of course. It would have been an absolute pleasure to meet and do ministry with Schaeffer
Elders Are to Be Hospitable, Not Just Their Wives
“Scripture lays out the qualifications for an elder that he must be ‘given to hospitality.’ How is that seen in your life?”
This question is always asked in our presbytery exams early on in the process of examining a man to be a teaching elder. We take seriously the biblical...
Gain from Wrongdoing
2 Peter 2:15-16, “15 Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s...
Trump, Kavanaugh, Kanye, Pence, Bahnsen, Sasse, and a Few Random White Guys
So over the weekend I tweeted out a link to David Bahnsen’s recent article about “the Kavanaugh-hearing as opening salvo” for a lot more of the same, which I thought an appropriate and solemn reminder for us all. And if you go to read it, I would remind you that Bahnsen was not arg...
All That’s Good by Hannah Anderson
In her latest book All That’s Good
5 Encouraging Truths for When You’re Weary
Just when you are about to finish one of the letters from the Apostle Paul, he hits you between the eyes with a one-liner that tells you how well he understands your Christian life. Have you ever experienced this?
Take 2 Thessalonians 3:13: “Do not grow weary in doing good.” Both Paul...
Scott Redd– The Wholeness Imperative: How Christ Unifies our Desires, Identity and Impact in the World
On today’s Equipping You in Grace Episode, Dave Jenkins and Scott Redd discuss the importance of the Christian’s identity in Christ, what it means to truly delight in the Lord and His Word, along with his book, The Wholeness Imperative: How Christ Unifies our Desires, Identity and...
Column: Why I call Joel Osteen a false teacher
The BGV Theorem: An Unexpected Asset for Christian Theism
By: Brian G. Chilton | October 15, 2018
Turn on the Discovery Channel or the Science Channel and you may find interesting theories pertaining to how the universe came to be. Some propose that an eternal multiverse gave rise to our modern universe. Others will hold that eternal wiggling dimensions or...
Heaven on Earth?: Talking with Our Children about Death
The Dirty Dozen of Unbiblical Parenting
*This is the fourth, and final, post from Counsel with Confidence by Joel James.
In family counseling, you will encounter many unbiblical approaches to parenting. Some common ones to keep your eyes open for are listed below.
- Permissiveness. Parents who follow this strategy never tell their children...
1929 Or 2018?
Authors: R. Scott Clark...
Office Hours: Echoes Of Exodus
Authors: R. Scott...
Postmodernism America’s Failed Education System
Is the Sabbath Optional? An Evaluation of Romans 14 and Colossians 2
Wilhelmus à Brakel The Christian’s Reasonable Service Vol. 3, pp. 171-176.
Objection 4: The Sabbath Is Detrimental to the Gospel.
“One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the...
Their sins hang upon them.
“That’s the trouble with the sinners…they’ve turned against God, broken His Commandments, trampled His Law under their feet, and their sins hang upon them; until they show signs of repentance their sin will remain. But the moment they see their iniquity and come to...
Regular Pastor Podcast (S2:E4) – When Is a Church Member Allowed to Leave Their Church
Authors: Landon Coleman...
“It is of no use building our churches”
The church is to be centered on this inspired sufficient, necessary, truthful, clear authoritative, and productive Word of God. As P.T. Forsyth urged “If we are not going to use our Bibles, it is of no use building our Churches.” …Paul emphasizes the preaching of good news (vv....
Video: Moving Mountains
Today’s question:
What is your interpretation of Jesus’ sayings about the prayers of believers “moving mountains”?
Within my discussion, I reference N.T. Wright’s interpretation from Jesus and the Victory of God.
If you have any questions for me, please leave them...
Why You Shouldn’t Neglect the First 39 Books of Your Bible
An Incomplete Narrative
Trying to understand the New Testament without the Old Testament is like trying to understand the last four chapters of a book without ever reading the first eight chapters of a book. In the Old Testament, the story that finds its...
Michael survivor says “We are all hurting down here”
The missing steeple, which tore a nearly 8-foot-hole in the roof, only hints of the destruction inside the sanctuary.The gaping hole allowed rain and wind to enter the building, compounding the damage. The back brick wall collapsed in the storm. KEITH BOWEN/Special
DONALSONVILLE — At least two...
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