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Hundreds of Christians in central India have been denied clean water, fresh produce and employment for nearly a month in unsuccessful attempts to force them to denounce Christianity, International Christian Concern (ICC) reported May 29. More than 180 Christian tribal families in . . . Continue reading →
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There has been no shortage of ink spilled over [the eternal relations of authority and submission within the Trinity], and I have already responded to some of Strachan’s comments before. Additionally, many theologians of much greater abilities and knowledge than I possess . . . Continue reading →
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Pastor Mark Driscoll warned his followers Wednesday of “fierce wolves … among you,” following the sudden departure of an associate minister and former security guard known as Driscoll’s chief henchman. A mass email Driscoll sent at 7:44 a.m. accused Caleb Glennie of . . . Continue reading →
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Because Adam sinned, we are all born dead in sins and trespasses (Ps 51:5; Eph 2:1–4). By nature we are “children of wrath” (Eph 2:3), idolaters (Gal 4:8), at war with God, given to all manner of wickedness (Gal 5:19–21). God is . . . Continue reading →
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It cannot be denied that there has been a small, yet growing trend in the church in recent years for some young men to embrace racist views. They go by various names: Kinists, Racialists, Race Realists, Familyism and use terms like “Natural . . . Continue reading →
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In 1906, at 312 Azusa Street, Los Angeles, California, a series of Pentecostal revivals took place. Characterized by their boisterous and nearly riotous nature, these revivals consisted of altar calls, mystic healings, and above all, the speaking of “heavenly tongues” as a . . . Continue reading →
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A colleague of mine loves to tell the following story about a church he used to visit. The pastor there had a habit of standing in the pulpit, seizing his Bible in his right hand, raising it above his head, and pointing . . . Continue reading →
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This section of the report has sought to provide a thorough, fair, and constitutionally grounded analysis of the relationship between the PCA’s Constitution and the various positions held under the heading of “Christian Nationalism.” Based on this analysis, the Committee offers the . . . Continue reading →
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Last year, we informed you about Gabriel Olivier, a street preacher who was told that if he wanted to preach the Gospel in the city of Brandon, Mississippi, he needed to keep within the confines of a “protest zone” near its public . . . Continue reading →
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To begin, we need to cover two key topics: the words, behavior, and associations of Zachary Garris and the teaching record of the Presbyterian Church in America on issues of racial sin. After that, I want to move toward a broader point . . . Continue reading →
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The church historian Eusebius declared himself in the strongest manner against images of Christ in a letter to the empress Constantia (the widow of Licinius and sister of Constantine), who had asked him for such an image. Christ, says he, has laid . . . Continue reading →
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Previous to the time of Constantine, we find no trace of an image of Christ, properly speaking, except among the Gnostic Carpocratians, and in the case of the heathen emperor Alexander Severus, who adorned his domestic chapel, as a sort of syncretistic . . . Continue reading →
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The church today finds itself amidst a revived trend of advocating for hearing God speaking to his people apart from his word. While there are new figures in this movement, the content of their message is hardly original. One can think of . . . Continue reading →
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I saw the evil of legal preaching, which lies in one of two things, or in both. 1. In laying too much stress upon the works of the law, our duties and strength: Or, 2. In pressing evangelical doctrines without an eye . . . Continue reading →
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This new state of Justification is continuing and permanent; not in this sense, that God renews and frequently reiterates the enstating of them into this new relative state; but in this sense, that once justified always justified; they are fixed and preserved . . . Continue reading →
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The digital revolution is remaking nearly every aspect of modern life. A top concern of parents, educators and sociologists is screen time. How much is too much? The question points to a larger problem: American children are weirdly held hostage indoors. In . . . Continue reading →
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The church in our day suffers greatly from a lack of clarity on many things, but not least issues of law and gospel. Many mix law and gospel or swing too far, thereby discounting one while thinking they are doing justice to . . . Continue reading →
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In an era when AI can write anything, authentic education must go beyond the mere production of words. “The end then of Learning,” wrote John Milton in 1644, “is to repair the ruines of our first Parents.” The image is hard to . . . Continue reading →
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“Are you getting in the Word?” “You gotta get in the Word.” Christians hear phrases like this constantly. They sound deeply spiritual and unquestionably biblical. But when you stop and think about them, they are often so broad and undefined that they . . . Continue reading →
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If these are supremacists, they have absorbed a large dose of victim culture to go with it, which is why they see themselves neither on the right nor the left, and sound like both and neither. That’s the heart of it, for . . . Continue reading →
