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When God said to Abraham, “And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your children after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your children after you” (Genesis 17:7) and “As . . . Continue reading →
How should Reformed Christians conduct weddings and funerals in an age when everything, even ancient rituals, has deconstructed? The American impulse is to start from scratch, as though no one has ever thought about these things before. Scholars describe this way of . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of November 11–17, 2024. Continue reading →
The Christian church has always had a confession or a creed. There are creeds in Scripture itself, e.g., Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear O Israel, Yahweh our God, Yahweh is one.” This was recited in the synagogue as a confession of faith and it . . . Continue reading →
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 →
Is orthodox doctrine simply an oppressive monopoly? Did early Christianity include gnosticism? Renowned scholar Elaine Pagels has made this case for many years. In this episode, theologian Michael Horton responds to Pagels’s claims as she appears on the Within Reason Podcast with . . . Continue reading →
Today is St Augustine’s birthday (354 AD). In honor of his birthday, today’s Heidelquote is by St Augustine. 3. Therefore let the Church of Christ, the city of the great King, full of grace, prolific of offspring, let her say what the . . . Continue reading →
These were the top five posts for the week of November 4–10, 2024. Continue reading →
The principal, and indeed the whole, contention lies in the point of number: whether two Gods may be admitted, by poetic license (if they must be), or pictorial fancy, or by the third process, as we must now add, of heretical depravity. . . . Continue reading →
These are “the doctrines” of men and “of demons” produced for itching ears of the spirit of this world’s wisdom: this the Lord called “foolishness,” and “chose the foolish things of the world” to confound even philosophy itself. For (philosophy) it is . . . Continue reading →
Professor and Reformed theologian Michael Horton responds to Tom Holland’s analysis and tries to answer the question of whether the Protestant Reformation did indeed lead to the secularization of the West. Continue reading →
The idea of the Antichrist in general and that of the apostasy in particular reminds us that we may not expect an uninterrupted progress of the Christianization of the world until the parousia. As the reign of truth will be extended, so . . . Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
These were the top five posts for the week of October 28–November 3, 2024. Continue reading →
Dr. Michael Horton gives the annual Reformation Lecture at Westminster Seminary California, entitled “Let God Be God!” Continue reading →
Chris Gordon Dan Borvan discuss the topic is the sanctity and importance of the Sabbath. Continue reading →
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 →
These were the top five posts for the week of October 15–27, 2024. Continue reading →
My dearest Spalatin, I heartily sympathize with you and earnestly pray our Lord Jesus Christ to strengthen you and give you a cheerful heart. I should like to know, and am making diligent inquiries to find out, what your trouble may be . . . Continue reading →