The Supreme Court of the United States has just finished hearing arguments in Dobbs v Women’s Health. Continue reading
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Worth Reading To Connect The Dots
I found one minor error and the tenor of the piece is typically alarmist. Continue reading
This Is Not Reformed Theology (2)
Apparently there is a conference among Particular Baptists occurring this week. Someone at the conference tweeted this quotation
Updated Resource: The Reformed Reading List
Correspondents regularly ask me for a list of recommended readings. I produced one years ago which I updated just today. Continue reading
A Little More In The Public Interest
Obviously we all have an interest in Covid, the vaccine, and treatments. It is beyond difficult for most of us to sort through the welter of information, to determine what is genuine and what is propaganda. Continue reading
Proof Of The Pauline-Augustinian Doctrine Of Human Depravity And Why Apologists Should Stay In Their Lane
Debra J. Saunders is an old-school journalist who, like other writers who are escaping the corrupt and corrupting media structure, has fled to Substack to publish. Continue reading
What If Students Were Praying In Jesus’ Name?
A local paper reports that that the Thomas More Society, which specializes in religious liberty litigation, has sued the State of California over its inclusion of an Aztec prayer in the curriculum as an activity. Continue reading
Incremental Steps Toward Punishing Politically Incorrect Speech?
The San Diego County Board Tuesday evening adopted a resolution declaring misinformation a “public health crisis.”res Continue reading →
A Small Thing That Is Really A Big Thing
Getting caught up this morning with some of my favorite resources. Matt Mullininx, a friend and former student has a brief note at Beautiful Christian Life about the importance of greeting people, especially guests, at church. Continue reading
Yes, A Pope Will Occasionally Speak About Justification By Grace And Faith
The Bishop of Rome apparently made noises about justification by grace through faith and some evangelicals are excited as if this marks a change in Roman doctrine or in the bishop’s thinking. It does not. Continue reading
Stop Saying It Please
Reformed people need to stop saying that the distinction between law and gospel is “Lutheran” and that the Reformed did not (and do not) make that distinction. Continue reading
The AMA Loses Its Mind (Or How Expressive Individualism Spreads Like A Cancer)
The American Medical Association, once a respect college of physicians, has recommended that biological sex be removed from birth certificates. Continue reading
Getting Around The Censors: Host Your Own Content
The days of orthodox Christians and other cultural conservatives being able to rely on social media to get out their message are over. According to a Wall Street Journal story (behind a paywall) yesterday: Continue reading
Piper’s Sea Shell Sermon Illustrates How Far The YRR Movement Was From The Reformation
So I am listening to the latest episode in the Christianity Today podcast series, “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill.” Like the others it is illuminating, compelling, and frustrating simultaneously. Continue reading
It Is Baked Into The Cake
This morning I read an account of a NAPARC pastor who confessed to violating his vows, of abusing his congregation, of violating the sixth and ninth commandments. Continue reading
We Are Like Nube
Someone from my part of town just reported that her gray cockatiel, “Nube,” just out the door toward the local high school. Continue reading
A Brief Note On The “Higher Life” Allegation Against The Critics Of Side-B/Revoice Theology
I am in the throes of trying to make real progress on the commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism. Today, I hope to finish the section on Heidelberg Catechism 92. Continue reading
The Scandal Of The Evangelical Mind
Today I am listening to episode 4 of the Christianity Today podcast series, “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill.” Continue reading
A Possible Answer To Plagiarizing Preachers: In Case Of Emergency Break Glass
Plagiarism is the presentation of someone else’s work as one’s own and as such it is theft. Continue reading
A Question For The PCA
If the PCA is a “Big Tent” denomination, Continue reading