We also see the turn to chance in the growth of gambling in the North America. Once the preserve of Atlantic City and Las Vegas, now casinos are seemingly everywhere. Our governments advertise gambling as a way of raising revenues. Against the . . . Continue reading →
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Westminster Divines: Gambling Is Theft
What are the sins forbidden in the eighth commandment? The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving anything that is stolen; fraudulent dealing, false weights and measures, removing landmarks, injustice . . . Continue reading →
Big Gambling Pushes Apps
Warhorse Casino is working in concert with at least three major gambling-app companies to sell Nebraskans on two separate but complementary ballot drives to put sportsbook gambling in the palm of the hand, framing the question as one of financing property tax . . . Continue reading →
More Nigerian Christians Murdered By Muslims
Days after the Palm Sunday massacre in Jos left at least 30 Christians dead, coordinated Easter weekend attacks across central Nigeria claimed dozens more lives, with multiple communities in Benue, Kaduna, and Nasarawa states reporting killings, abductions, and extensive destruction during one . . . Continue reading →
Calvin On Being Careful About Melodies
Yet we should be very careful that our ears be not more attentive to the melody than our minds to the spiritual meaning of the words. Augustine also admits in another place that he was so disturbed by this danger that he . . . Continue reading →
PCA Pastor Sentenced To 30 Years For Rape And Incest: Ecclesiastical Trial Pending
A former pastor of a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) church in Mississippi was sentenced on March 16 to 30 years in prison, with five years suspended. Christopher Willett, former pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, was charged in . . . Continue reading →
Seven Reasons For The Second Service
My whole life I’ve gone to church Sunday morning and Sunday evening. My parents took us to church and Sunday school on Sunday morning, and they always took us back on Sunday evening. We even went when the Bears were in the . . . Continue reading →
Christianity Versus Transhumanism
Richard Dawkins displays little knowledge of Christian theology. However, he is spot-on when he summarizes, “Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism.” It’s interesting that the pioneers of early modern science were orthodox Christians who were especially allergic to occult forces . . . Continue reading →
Warfield: Christ Took The Jewish Sabbath Into The Grave With Him
The Sabbath came out of Christ’s hands, we see then, not despoiled of any of its authority or robbed of any of its glory, but rather enhanced in both authority and glory. Like the other commandments it was cleansed of all that . . . Continue reading →
Fun And Games With Theocracy
Many in Prague were deeply uncomfortable with courting the Ottomans, yet the leadership was seduced by the fantastical scheme of a grand alliance smashing both Poland and the Habsburgs. Scultetus (court preacher to the Elector of the Palatinate Frederick V) did a . . . Continue reading →
Witsius On The Consolation Of The Cross For Suffering Christians
It is impossible fully to express the great consolation which arises from the thought of the cross of Christ to those who are thus earnestly engaged in the crucifixion of the flesh. By his stripes, O Christian, he has sanctified and sweetened . . . Continue reading →
Marshall On Seeking To Obey As The Condition Of The Right And Title Of Salvation
Those that endeavor to perform sincere obedience to all the commands of Christ, as the condition by which they are to procure for themselves a right and title to salvation, and a good ground to trust on Him for the same, do . . . Continue reading →
SCOTUS Strikes Down Colorado Law Threatening Christian Counselors
Kaley Chiles holds a master’s degree in clinical mental health and a state counseling license in Colorado. Ms. Chiles does not begin counseling with any predetermined goals; instead, she sits down with clients, discusses their goals, and then formulates methods of counseling . . . Continue reading →
C. S. Lewis On Roman Catholic Innovations
The Roman Church where it differs from the universal tradition and especially from apostolic Christianity I reject. Thus their theology about the B.V.M. I reject because it seems utterly foreign to the New Testament: where indeed the words “Blessed is the womb . . . Continue reading →
Polanus: Christ Subjected Himself To The law For Us Not To Qualify Himself
Paul supplies the tenth argument in Galatians 4:4–5: “After the fullness of time came, God sent His Son, born from a woman, made subject to the Law, to redeem those who had been subject to the Law, that we might receive adoption.” . . . Continue reading →
Polanus: Baptism Teaches Us The Imputation Of Christ’s Active Obedience
We seek the ninth argument from Galatians 3:27, “Whoever among you who has been baptized into Christ, has been clothed with Christ.” The meaning is that the church is necessary for Christ as to be covered with clothes, and under it to . . . Continue reading →
A New Old Commentary On The Revelation
The third part of [Christ and His Church-Bride: Meredith G. Kline’s Biblical-Theological Reading of the Book of Revelation] is something quite brilliant: a sort of commentary on Revelation by Meredith Kline. In this section, Olinger did the difficult and tedious work of . . . Continue reading →
James Talarico Is Not The Seminarian You’re Looking For
There is no more effective way to destroy an institution than to inhabit it, keep its vocabulary, and gut its definitions and convictions. Politicians have done a great job of this regardless of stripe or creed. State Rep. James Talarico (TX D-50) . . . Continue reading →
What Exactly Does Infant Baptism Mean?
The Reformed doctrine of infant baptism is a stumbling block for many evangelical Christians who are otherwise attracted to joining a Reformed church. But the Reformed face not only the doctrinal challenge of defending the biblical rationale for our practice but also . . . Continue reading →
Church Membership Is Not Arbitrary
The current moment has been dubbed by some as “The Great Dechurching” because about forty million Americans who at one time belonged to a church no longer do (see Davis and Graham’s 2023 book of that title). It would appear that formal . . . Continue reading →