We live in a culture of non-commitment. People get new jobs and then quit them a few months later. They start classes at a university, then drop out after a few weeks. If someone has an issue with their friend, they bail . . . Continue reading →
Christian Life
Ferguson On Celebrating Christmas
It’s often said that Christmas is actually a pagan holiday based on the Roman holiday of Saturnalia. But that is a bit like saying that Reformation Sunday is a pagan celebration because it coincides with Halloween. Some churches started holding a Reformation . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Ordinary Means Ordinary (5): The Killer “B”s
Dr Clark continues the series “Ordinary Means Ordinary” Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Ordinary Means Ordinary (4): The American Evangelical Fall From the Means of Grace (Part 3)
Dr Clark continues the series “Ordinary Means Ordinary” Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Ordinary Means Ordinary (3): The American Evangelical Fall From the Means of Grace (Part 2)
Dr Clark continues the series “Ordinary Means Ordinary” Continue reading →
Trueman On Where Reformation Christians Go From Here
One thing remains true about twenty-first-century America, regardless of recent election results: the USA is a post-Christian culture and that is not going to change in the near future. Indeed, all the signs are that it will only become less sympathetic to . . . Continue reading →
Love Bombing Is Not Love
Abusers are master manipulators. They know how to manipulate people and situations in such a way that they appear innocent. In fact, they can even turn the tables on their victims and make it appear as if they’re the ones who’ve been . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Ordinary Means Ordinary (2): The American Evangelical Fall From the Means of Grace
Dr Clark continues the series “Ordinary Means Ordinary” Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Ordinary Means Ordinary (1): What is Ordinary Means Ministry?
Dr Clark begins the series “Ordinary Means Ordinary” Continue reading →
Packer On Group Bible Studies
In group Bible studies generally, participants are led to look directly for personal devotional applications without first contemplating the writers’ points about the greatness, goals, methods, and mystery of God. In putting together Christian books and magazines for popular reading and in . . . Continue reading →
The Fruit Of The Spirit: The Sixth Fruit—Goodness
I’m good! It’s all good. You good? He makes good money at his job. Mike Trout and Aaron Judge are good baseball players. Your friend is a good person. As we all know, the word good has different meanings depending on the . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How to Read the Bible (10): The Three Equal Sides of Redemptive History
Dr Clark continues the series “How To Read The Bible” Continue reading →
Let Them Laugh Now
Suppose some persons laugh. You weep on the other hand for their transgression! Many also once laughed at Noah while he was preparing the ark; but when the flood came, he laughed at them; or rather, the righteous man never laughed at . . . Continue reading →
La Diferencia Entre Los Creyentes En El Antiguo Y Nuevo Testamento No Es Lo Que Tu Piensas
Las buenas historias de misterio mantienen el suspenso hasta la gran revelación. Sin embargo, al leerlo por segunda vez, todas las pistas necesarias para deducir la gran revelación deberían ser evidentes. Los apóstoles descubrieron esto una vez que Cristo resucitó de la . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How to Read the Bible (9): Jesus in the Old Testament
Dr Clark continues the series “How To Read The Bible” Continue reading →
The Church Turned To Social Issues When It Should Have Turned To Doctrinal Issues
This discrepancy points to the prevailing interests of our Protestant churches in the twentieth century. At that time, much more attention was given to Christianity’s relationship with social issues than with doctrinal matters, and Philemon seems to touch more on social issues—specifically, . . . Continue reading →
On The Cowardice Of Philosophers
Debates on sex and gender have suffered from a want of moral and intellectual toughness. More detailed, less question-begging diagnoses are possible of why so many smart people shy away from publicly acknowledging that a woman is an adult human female. But . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How to Read the Bible (8): How Did Jesus Read the Bible?
Dr Clark continues the series “How To Read The Bible” Continue reading →
Video: The Gift of The Sabbath
Chris Gordon Dan Borvan discuss the topic is the sanctity and importance of the Sabbath. Continue reading →
Notre Dame Prof Challenges Use Of Church Designation For Para-Church Orgs
A professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School, Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, is advocating that Congress narrow the definition of church associations, a status that allows a nonprofit to avoid filing an informational Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Over the last . . . Continue reading →