Once upon a time we were supposed to see the woke agenda as striving towards social justice. That’s because the term “woke” originated many decades ago as black slang that meant a keen awareness of the many forms of discrimination. But no . . . Continue reading →
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How Autistic Traits Can Be Mistaken For Gender Dysphoria
In recent years there has been an exponential rise in the number of adolescents and young adults adopting transgender identities, stirring intense debate about its underlying causes. Mainstream discourse on this issue has centered on factors such as social influence, greater societal acceptance, and expanding . . . Continue reading →
Strong Meat from the Stacks: The Art of Man-Fishing
Ministers are fishers by office; they are catchers of the souls of men, sent “to open the eyes of the blind, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God,” Acts 26:18. Preachers of the . . . Continue reading →
A “Religion of No Efficacy”
During his first few years in England, Edmund Burke compiled essay sketches and fragments in a notebook published only in the mid-twentieth century. One of the entries in that notebook, possibly co-written with his distant cousin William Burke, is entitled “Religion of No Efficacy . . . Continue reading →
Censorship Of The Dead: The SciFi Writers Warned Us
Last week The Telegraph reported that Agatha Christie’s novels are being sanitized for re-release. HarperCollins, their publisher, is removing references to physique, race and ethnicity in new editions of Miss Marple and selected Poirot novels. Christie joins Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming . . . Continue reading →
A Tale of Two Student Protests
Student protests and threats to speakers are not a new thing. There were student strikes at the universities of Oxford and Paris in the thirteenth century. Martin Luther, arriving in Leipzig to debate John Eck in 1519, surrounded himself with an armed . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of April 10–16, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning April 10–16, 2023. Continue reading →
Luther Versus The Antinomians
Is there a need in the Christian life for the preaching of the Law? Should pastors proclaim the Law, such as the demands of the Decalogue, from the pulpit in the Christian congregation? Does the Law play a role in the Christian’s . . . Continue reading →
FBI Places Agent Undercover In Catholic Church?
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray in connection with a now-withdrawn memo that explored avenues for gaining information on white supremacists’ interaction with local Catholic churches. The memo, a product of the Richmond, Va., FBI field office, . . . Continue reading →
Hot off the press! Beza, Polanus, and Turretin On Justification By Faith Alone
For the first time ever in English, the Classic Reformed Theology Series is proud to present a treatise by Theodore Beza (1519–1605), a section from the Syntagma of Amandus Polanus (1561–610), and an academic disputation by Francis Turretin (1623–1687) on the doctrine of justification. Continue reading →
Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace
In the most recent attack on free speech at its law school, a mob of students—egged on by Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tirien Steinbach—shouted down Fifth Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan who had been invited to speak by the Stanford . . . Continue reading →
Matthew Adams: Overture 17 Is One The PCA Should Support
However, I believe that these three overtures are of utmost importance concerning the orthodoxy of our Church. Overtures 9, 16, and 17 seek to make a clear statement, and at the same time, sets up needed guardrails for Teaching Elders and Ruling . . . Continue reading →
Semper Something or Other
Always reforming, applied to the church, doesn’t mean ever broadening, keeping every innovation, or eventually enshrining every little long-allowed deviation into law—it must also include un-changing and tightening up some things. Pope Precedent the Last is not a presbyterian. Nor is he . . . Continue reading →
Another Review Of Wolfe’s The Case For Christian Nationalism
This is one of those books with buzz. Many were anticipating its release and since appearing in early November, it’s been getting a lot of attention, some positive. Douglas Wilson raves, “Wolfe is to be thanked for having the courage and learning . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For the Week of April 3-9, 2023
These were the top five posts for the week beginning April 3-9, 2023. Continue reading →
NY’ers For Religious Liberty Vs. NYC On Vaccine Mandates
New Yorkers for Religious Liberty is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to protecting religious freedom in New York City as it comes under attack from policies such as the COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Alliance Defending Freedom is serving as co-counsel for the organization, representing . . . Continue reading →
“Woman, Why Are You Weeping?” (Part 2)
But, although these things were in principle present in Mary’s heart, she did not at that moment perceive the pledge of hope contained in them. Her grief was too profound to leave room for introspection. It even hid from her vision the . . . Continue reading →
“Woman, Why Are You Weeping?”
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. . . . Continue reading →
If The Very Physical Presence Of Christ Did Not Produce Faith Why Do We Turn To Images?
The apostles could hardly have forgotten the face of their Lord, yet their writings contain no description. They who worked hard to preserve Christ’s words were content to allow his appearance to be forgotten. It cannot have been mere practicality; if they . . . Continue reading →
Take And Eat Became Verbs Of Salvation
God allows the forbidden its full appeal. The pattern of sin runs right through the act, for Eve listened to a creature instead of the Creator, followed her impressions against her instructions, and made self-fulfillment her goal. The prospect of material, aesthetic . . . Continue reading →