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Each year on October 31, confessing Protestants remember Martin Luther’s protest against the abuse of indulgences. It is called Reformation Day, and it deserves our attention. Myth 1 On October 31, 1517, Luther hammered the Ninety-Five Theses to the door of Castle . . . Continue reading →
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The church’s older wisdom about death may be one of its most necessary gifts in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). This may seem like an unlikely connection, so I will explain. The Christian art of dying well (ars moriendi) belongs to . . . Continue reading →
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As I noted in the first part of this series, many young people want to get married and have children, yet they feel discouraged and doubt they will find a mate. Last time we focused on the problem of finding a spouse . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of October 19–25, 2026. Continue reading →
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In this episode, the Superfriends discuss Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). For Christians, what Yom Kippur represents is very encouraging because we know that Jesus is our substitute and he turned away God’s wrath for our sins; Jesus is the atonement that was promised and to which Leviticus 16 and 23 point to. Continue reading →
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Why Is [Covenant] Nomism So Attractive? “Good” motives can lead to bad, even deadly, theology. Only God knows what is in people’s hearts, so I am not judging or speaking about the personal intentions of those who would bring their own works . . . Continue reading →
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The church need not be morbid. It does, however, need to be honest. Death is not an occasional pastoral problem. It is a fact of ordinary ministry. Every pastor who remains in the ministry long enough will stand beside hospital beds, counsel . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of October 12–18, 2026. Continue reading →
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I was going to title this two-part essay “Find Girl, Marry Girl” as a follow-up to the brief series on the creational pattern for marriage and children, but some of the responses I received to it reminded me that for many young . . . Continue reading →
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In this episode, the Superfriends answer three related questions about the doctrine of the republication of the covenant of works. In other words, was the pre-fall covenant of works, made with Adam and Eve, in some sense reenacted or echoed at Mount Sinai within the Mosaic Covenant? Continue reading →
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In the first part we quickly introduced the basic (and erroneous) doctrine of covenant nomism—namely that God has established a system whereby sinners are admitted to the covenant by grace, but they stay in, retain that status, or retain the benefits received . . . Continue reading →
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Most Christians know they should prepare for death. The difficulty is that we often think of that preparation too narrowly and too late. We prepare documents, make medical decisions, purchase life insurance, discuss funeral preferences, and perhaps choose hymns or Scripture readings . . . Continue reading →
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become part of ordinary life. Among many other things, it helps people write emails, summarize books, prepare lessons, generate images, and search for information. Some use it professionally. Others turn to it for personal advice or emotional . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of October 5–11, 2026. Continue reading →
Heidelcast
In this episode, the Superfriends answer three related questions about the doctrine of the republication of the covenant of works. In other words, was the pre-fall covenant of works, made with Adam and Eve, in some sense reenacted or echoed at Mount Sinai within the Mosaic Covenant? Continue reading →
Book Review
The Worship of the Reformed Church is the magnum opus of a leading figure in the movement to recover Reformed worship in our generation. Dr. Terry L. Johnson has been pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, Georgia, for four decades. . . . Continue reading →
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We are approaching Reformation Day, so this seems like a good time to cover the basics again. The medieval church taught that we enter a state of grace through baptism. According to that teaching, we remain in a state of grace by . . . Continue reading →
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While much of the literature on the ars moriendi comes from the Puritans, examination of the subject did not begin in their era. By the time Reformed and Puritan writers began producing their own manuals, sermons, and prayers on death, they were . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of September 28–October 4, 2026. Continue reading →
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Qualifications and Caveats The decision to have children is obviously deeply personal and fraught with uncertainty (from a merely human perspective). Some readers complained that the exhortation in part 1 of this series was unnecessary and even burdensome. Dear reader, it was . . . Continue reading →
