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
Who’s Worse: Beth Moore or Paula White?
As conservative evangelical leaders (rightfully) took a beating this week for endorsing a book by Prosperity Gospel teacher, Paula White, they did so largely because of the pushback given them by people who promote...
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Justin Peters Calls Out Matt Chandler and Beth Moore at John MacArthur’s Truth Matters Conference
Justin Peters is one of the foremost apologists for cessationism in the Evangelical Church and he is a strong opponent
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Authors: Jeff Maples...
Conservative Baptist Leaders Remove Tweets Endorsing Paula White’s Book
After widespread outrage for tweeting endorsements for Paula White’s new book, a number of prominent conservative Christian leaders deleted their tweets. Among the outraged were primarily progressive evangelicals who venerate other heretics, like Martin...
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Word and Work: A Life in Mission
In Word and Work: An Intersection, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis President Dr. Dale A. Meyer delves into the topic of missions with Dr. Will Schumacher, the mission professor of historical theology, director of the Institute for Mission Studies, and the Buehner-Duesenberg Professor of Missions at...
Stickers Defining “Woman” Being Treated as “Trans-phobic” Hate-Crime By Police
Someone somewhere is leaving stickers with the textbook dictionary definition of “woman” around Oxford. Stickers are also being left that have simple phrases like, “Transgender women are men…and most have penises.” Police are treating...
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That Sound You Heard Was Paul Blanshard’s Head Exploding Featured
Paul Blanshard, for those born after Richard Nixon defeated George McGovern, was a lapsed Congregationalist (redundant?) who wrote the last best-selling work of anti-Catholicism. American Freedom and Catholic Power was perhaps the last gasp of Protestant bigotry, but it was still sufficiently...
Two Text-Critical Dissertations
Against All Authorities: The New Testament Conjectural Criticism of Jan Hendrik...
‘Facial Recognition’ Not Fooled by Transgenders, Correctly Identifies Biological Sex
A new study shows that without the bias imposed upon it by political correctness, objective facial recognition software refuses to be fooled by a substantial percentage of “trans” people trying to appear as the...
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Covenant in Ezekiel (Pt. 5) Featured
A Literal Reading
The structure of Ezekiel reaches its crescendo in the theme of the returning Glory to the Temple in Ezekiel 43:1-7.[1] This return must be linked with the abandonment of Solomon’s Temple by the Glory-cloud in chapter 11. There is a narrative-theological...
The Future -- Covenant and Eschatology (Part Five in a Series)
Here's the audio from the Wednesday Night Bible Study: "Covenant and Eschatology" -- Part Five
Authors: Kim Riddlebarger...
Disciples Who Passed the Sobriety Test – Acts 2:14-21
Video of this message is available on YouTube: Disciples Who Passed the Sobriety Test – Acts 2:14-21
Summary:
When the crowd at Pentecost heard the Lord’s 120 disciples (Acts...
Exposing Error
Vatican’s New Device Will Record, Store Prayers and Sin Confessions
The Vatican’s new smart device, the eRosary, is sparking privacy concerns as the gadget will record and store prayers and confession made to the object. It will then beam your deepest sins and darkest...
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Listening to His Law (Bret Saunders) Featured
Just Do Something Featured
Here’s an excerpt from Just Do Something, Gene Edward Veith's contribution to the October issue of Tabletalk:
After I spoke at a Christian college about the doctrine of vocation, a student came up and asked if I could give him some guidance. He came to the school thinking that he wanted to be...
Rep. Elijah Cummings Moves to Crime Infested Neighborhood
Representative Elijah Cummings, a pro-choice House representative from Baltimore who never saw an abortion bill he wouldn’t support, has passed away in a hospice center at the age of 68. During Cummings tenure in...
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Art, Music, Words, Work, Faith (Peterson)
I’m one of those people who absolutely love music. It goes back to my childhood when I was messing around with radios and speakers trying to get my dad’s old Beach Boys 8-tracks to play (loudly!). Although today I can play a handful of instruments (badly!), I always tell my...
Is the Day-Age Theory Biblical? Featured
Authors: TOvermiller...
What Is Justification in Scripture and Reformation Theology?
In church history people have disagreed as to what justification is, and the purpose of this chapter is not to restate all the data for the Reformation’s view of justification as the biblical view.[1] Numerous books have argued this case, along with other chapters in...
Liberation Theology: A New Jesus Part 1
Historically, many theologians and Bible scholars have embarked to understand and explain who Jesus Christ is. The formal term for this kind of study is called Christology. Christology is defined as a specific type...
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Heavenly Praise Here on Earth
…For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. (Mt 5:45b ESV)
I love certain types of music, as most people have their own favorite genres. I have always been musically inclined. I began playing cornet, drums and piano in the fifth grade....
Around the Horn (October 17)
In this post, Randy Alcorn writes, “Happiness in Christ is one of our most powerful evangelic tools.” So, why are Christians perceived as being so unhappy? Alcorn makes the case that we should be a celebratory people.
What Does "Simul Justus et Peccator" Mean? Featured
By whose righteousness will we be judged? In this brief clip, R.C. Sproul shares the very heart of the gospel as he explains Martin Luther's Latin phrase, "Simul Justus et Peccator."
This Reformation Month, watch a short video every day on the history and insights of the Protestant Reformation. And...
Truth Is No Quibble. Build Your Christian Vocabulary with Simply Put. Featured
Today, some people believe that the Protestant Reformation was a mere quibble about words—words like justification, grace, and imputed righteousness. However, the truth is no quibble. In order to know God and His gospel rightly, we must seek to understand what His Word teaches with precision...
Lauren Daigle Takes Break From Bible Bashing Tour To Collect Multiple Dove Awards
The 50th anniversary of the Dove Awards, the Grammy’s of the Christian music world was dominated by popular artist Lauren
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Authors: Curated News...
Rethinking Israel
The Theopolis Institute has been having a conversation surrounding the identity and future of Israel over on its website. Theopolis Conversations are designed to explore complex yet important issue from different perspectives with various positions in sharpening dialogue. I’ve just posted a...
Democrat presidential candidate proposes door-to-door confiscation of legally obtained firearms
Gun ownership up, gun violence down
So, there was a debate on Tuesday night, and something interesting was said by Robert O’Rourke. He presented a solution to violent crime. Instead of proposing tougher sentences on criminals who commit crimes with weapons, he proposed sending armed policemen...
Why Then the Law?
In the middle of his discussion of the relationship between the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants, Paul poses the question that his readers—and we—were likely thinking about: “Why then the Law?” If the promise, as Paul stated earlier, had come through Abraham, and Christ had...
Cultivating Godly Character While Waiting on the Lord
On today’s episode, a listener writes in today and asks, “How can I cultivate godly character while waiting on the Lord?”
What you’ll hear in this episode
- The Bible’s teaching on waiting on God.
- Focusing on the Lord in all of life.
- Challenges are opportunities to grow...
Pro-Abortion, Pro-Sodomy Politician Struck Dead at 68
When wicked men die, they can no longer harm people. In this case, a wicked politician from Maryland whose hand was involved in innumerable deaths of innocent children around the world was struck dead by God at 68 years of age. God’s mercy on him is no more.
Elijah Cummings, member of the U.S....
Throwback Thursday: Flying nuns and flying priests?
Welcome to this week’s “Throwback Thursday” installment! Today, we’re revisiting a post that was originally published back on July 20, 2015, and has been slightly revised.
I’ve heard of “The Flying Nun” but has anyone heard of flying priests? ABC’s...
Who Is Jesus?
Authors: Andrew...
The NBA-China Drama Reminds Me Why I am A Christian
The NBA is engrossed in a drama about its human rights and its business in China. Sean offers an insight from this drama about why he is a Christian.
Authors: Sean McDowell...
3 Goals of Pastoral Counseling
Stay on Track
Remembering these goals throughout the process of pastoral counseling will prevent you from going astray or lacking direction. To use a building metaphor, they are like the construction drawings that show what needs to be...
A La Carte (October 17)
Today’s Kindle deals include an amazing list that features a lot of excellent church history resources.
As is usually the case, Westminster Books has a weekly sale with some good deals on new books.
(Yesterday on the blog: 8 New and Notable Books for October)
Albert Mohler Offers 10 Points on...
Our Father Writes with the Indelible Ink of Grace
Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. Ps. 115:3 (ESV)
Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me. Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I...
Why are so many believers looking for more? Featured
“Progressive Christian” Children’s Book to Offer a Different Picture of Creation
What’s on your child’s bookshelf? The books we read to our children can have a huge impact in shaping their views, beliefs, and theology. And for so-called “progressive Christians,” this can be a problem because many children’s books written by Christians are, as they...
Throwback Thursday ~ 6 Reasons to Recapture Righteous Anger Featured
Authors: Michelle Lesley...
I Learned Everything I Know about Spiritual Growth from Baseball
In 2008, my hometown Philadelphia Phillies did the unthinkable and won the World Series. And the way they did it involved having a manager at the helm who literally exasperated fans every time he made a double switch on the field. The problem was that manager Charlie Manuel was known as a hitting...
What Are You Thinking?
Four Critical Parts of Family Worship
What is something that parents can do to strengthen their families?
Dr. Joel Beeke explains in this video that there are a number of things that parents can do that will benefit their families. Family worship needs to be something that regularly occurs within a family. It is the underpinning of all...
Hey! I Need You!
In the year 2000 or so, my daughter’s home school group presented a musical based upon 1 Corinthians 12, where Paul addresses the importance of all the parts of the body. This was when the Survivor show was very popular here in the US. According to Wikipedia, Survivor “places a group of...
How a Detective Template Can Help You Investigate the Fine Tuning of the Universe (Video)
In this clip from J. Warner Wallace’s longer talk on the existence of God from cosmological evidence (based on his book, God’s Crime Scene), J. Warner describes a simple investigative template that will help you determine if the universe has been fine-tuned for life. Are there good...
Handling Criticism in Marriage Series: Table of Contents
This series has been very edifying for me to work on and also our church has been really blessed when I went over it in various contexts (couple’s meeting, counseling and mid-week fellowship).
Below is the table of contents of this series. I have also included as a PDF below as well.
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The Day Jesus Stopped Listening to Mary Featured
Jesus was a perfect son.
He never sinned, He always obeyed His mother.
But then came His first public miracle and something clearly changed.
In John chapter 2, we find ourselves at a wedding not too far from where Jesus grew up. Mary seems to have important responsibilities at this wedding. Mary is...
Rapid Chernobyl Adaptations Surprise Evolutionists
Nuggets from Occult Invasion—Wonderful Truth or Cruel Hoax?
The Amen
Authors: Days of Praise from ICR...
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