A Western Australian tribunal has found a Christian couple were discriminated against when their application to foster a child was rejected over their view that homosexuality is a sin. Byron and Keira Hordyk applied to become short-term foster carers in 2017 through . . . Continue reading →
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Theonomy Is Evolving
Back in the 1990s, theonomy and Christian Reconstruction were hot topics in the Canadian Reformed Churches, particularly in northern Alberta. Theonomy is the view that contemporary governments are obligated to uphold the Mosaic civil laws. Christian Reconstruction includes theonomy as one of . . . Continue reading →
I Feel The Need, The Need For Creeds
So deep is my appreciation for this creed that I commend its vocal and consistent corporate confession not only in the classroom, but in the weekly worship assembly of the local church. I did not always give this commendation, however, on account . . . Continue reading →
Dating The Book Of Revelation
It should be noted that not all of those who advocate a pre-A.D. 70 date for the writing of Revelation would fall into the contemporary “partial preterist” camp, often associated with postmillennialism. Ken Gentry, the author of a significant book arguing for . . . Continue reading →
A Faithful Elder Stands Up For The Sheep
Last year, Hohn Cho concluded Grace Community Church had made a mistake. The elders had publicly disciplined a woman for refusing to take back her husband. As it turned out, the woman’s fears proved true, and her husband went to prison for child . . . Continue reading →
Brothers In Christ Or In Class?
There are a number of ways to look at the current divisions that are emerging in traditional Protestant and evangelical circles in the United States. The old fault line between those who affirm and those who deny the reality of the supernatural—the . . . Continue reading →
Jesus Already ‘Gets Us,’ We Need To Get Him
Now, as the UMC shrinks, Methodists are spending millions of dollars through The Servant Foundation to run an exceedingly silly campaign called “He Gets Us.” Trying to be relatable, they have run ads during sporting events wading into the cultural fight with . . . Continue reading →
Longing For Relief, Holding Fast Under Siege
The Germans surrounded the American soldiers there, outnumbering them more than two to one. They bombarded them night and day with tanks, mortars, and artillery. The deep snow and bare birch trees of deep-midwinter Ardennes formed the dramatic backdrop to the violence. . . . Continue reading →
Is The Local Church A Tool Of The Enemy?
Dear Wormwood, Attending a local church today is one of our greatest tools to keep people out of heaven. I’m so glad that the glory of the invisible church, spread out throughout the world from the beginning to end, is not seen . . . Continue reading →
Turretin Was A Devoted Churchman
Turretin took his ministry seriously, refusing an appointment to the Chair of Philosophy at the Academy, since his pastorate was taking all of his time. In 1652, however, the church in Lyon repeated their request. To convince Turretin to answer their call, . . . Continue reading →
Weaponizing Scriptural “Authority” In Marriage
We all know the passages. We’ve heard at least a portion of them read at nearly every wedding: “wives submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord” (Eph 5), “For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but . . . Continue reading →
The Ancient Pagans Regarded Christians As “Haters” Too
In the midst of the high octane culture wars of the last ten years, Christians have been labelled all sorts of things: intolerant, bigoted, arrogant, narrow, dogmatic, just to name a few. But, one noteworthy word stands out. Christians have been labelled . . . Continue reading →
PCA Worship Is Better But It Has Some Distance Yet To Go
The state of worship in the Presbyterian Church in America is arguably better than it has ever been, at least as far as liturgy goes. More churches now use recognizably Reformed liturgies than at any point in the denomination’s history. These are . . . Continue reading →
Popes, Progress, And Protestant Evangelicals
When John Paul II was elected pope in 1978, some American evangelical observers of Rome referred to him as “J2P2.” About ten years later that nickname receded, an indication of a significant transition in his pontificate: this pope was becoming even more . . . Continue reading →
Sayers Knew What Time It Is
Something is happening to us today which has not happened for a very long time. We are waging a war of religion. Not a civil war between adherents of the same religion, but a life-and-death struggle between Christian and pagan. The Christians . . . Continue reading →
Living With True Comfort In The Faithful Love Of God
Many struggle to see Moses’ answer in Psalm 90. Often, the solution of this psalm is presented rather moralistically, as if the imperative of verse 12 is the singular answer: “So teach us to number our days so that we gain a . . . Continue reading →
Chris Gordon: The Postmilllennialist Use Of 1 Corinthians 15:25 Is “Sloppy Exegesis”
Postmillennialism has, as of recent, become the rage in online discourse and in popular books like Stephen Wolfe’s Christian Nationalism. This has been curious to me as a pastor in the Reformed tradition due to the fact that most Christians recognize that . . . Continue reading →
Second Council Of Orange On The Love Of God
CANON 25. Concerning the love with which we love God. It is wholly a gift of God to love God. He who loves, even though he is not loved, allowed himself to be loved. We are loved, even when we displease him, . . . Continue reading →
The Church As The Two Witnesses Of Revelation
The giving of authority and prophesying to the two witnesses in Revelation 11:3 matches John’s taking the scroll and call to prophesy in the previous chapter. Yet, the doubling of the witness is symbolic of the whole church. According to the Old . . . Continue reading →
Religious Freedom Watch: Board Member Asked To Resign After Voice Concerns Over “Inappropriate” Sign
Activists are calling for a New Jersey school board member to resign after she voiced opposition to a poster she said was inappropriate for schoolchildren, and criticized gender and sexual identity curriculum at large. “Last night, I attended an elementary ‘Math Night.’ My 7 . . . Continue reading →