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I was ordained in 2000 and in the years since, I’ve learned some things about pastoral ministry. In what follows, I’ll share ten practical tips. These go beyond what should be understood by every pastor: keep your focus on the gospel, preach . . . Continue reading →
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When there had been read in the holy Synod what had been done touching the deposition of the most irreligious Pelagians and Coelestines, of Coelestius, and Pelagius, and Julian, and Praesidius, and Florus, and Marcellian, and Orontius, and those inclined to like . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of August 17–23, 2026. Continue reading →
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The child was nine years old. She was to be the oldest survivor of her murdered family: the terrorists planned to hold her prisoner, after an explosion had killed her father, mother, and 11-year-old brother. Her survival would depend on submitting to . . . Continue reading →
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No logical Christian mind can avoid the suspicion that the first principles of the true doctrine touching the relation of the temporal and spiritual powers must have very generally fallen out of the consciousness of Christendom, as he contemplates the singular fact . . . Continue reading →
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In this episode of Abounding Grace Radio, Pastor Chad Vegas joins Chris Gordon to take up one of the most contested questions in American Christianity right now: how should Gentile Christians view Israel and the Jews? Chris and Chad walk through the . . . Continue reading →
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Should we regret marijuana legalization? By one recent count, 24 states have legalized marijuana for recreational use since 2012. Seven additional states have decriminalized it to varying degrees, and the Trump administration, in April, moved state-licensed medical marijuana from Schedule I to . . . Continue reading →
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Davies’ willingness to submit to the prevailing church-state arrangement should not be mistaken for passivity. He fought doggedly for the rights of non-conformists, arguing that the 1689 Act of Toleration, which protected dissenters in England, applied in the colonies. If dissenters like . . . Continue reading →
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On April 22, 2025, the Missouri Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) approved the ordination of a same sex attracted (SSA) man. A Ruling Elder present at the meeting filed a complaint arguing that the presbytery action violated the PCA’s . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of August 10–16, 2026. Continue reading →
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This study concludes that Warfield’s position is best understood as a principled openness to scientific inquiry governed by his commitment to the harmony of general and special revelation, coupled with a sustained critique of evolution’s scientific and theological adequacy. … According to . . . Continue reading →
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Humans are amphibians—half spirit and half animal. (The Enemy’s determination to produce such a revolting hybrid was one of the things that determined Our Father to withdraw his support from Him.) As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals . . . Continue reading →
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Nothing I can say will prevent some people from describing this lecture as an attack on science. I deny the charge, of course: and real Natural Philosophers (there are some now alive) will perceive that in defending value I defend inter alia . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of August 3–9, 2026. Continue reading →
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While the rest of us are drowning in the flood of information, trying to figure out what it all means, people like Wilson and Trump skim along the surface. Why? Because understanding and being understood are not necessarily the goal. Wilson does . . . Continue reading →
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The following are among the murders and abuses Muslims inflicted on Christians throughout the month of April 2026. The Muslim Abduction, Rape, and Forced Conversion of Christian Girls in Pakistan On April 11, two Muslims raped a 25-year-old Christian woman, leaving her . . . Continue reading →
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Spend the rest of this semiquincentennial year reading the Federalist Papers and mark how often the authors—Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison—base their contentions on the reality that fallen man can be counted on to conflate his own narrow interests with . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of July 27–August 1, 2026. Continue reading →
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Although the office of a priest and intercessor is to serve, it does not follow that the divine nature in Christ is inferior to the Father. It follows only that Christ was made less than the Father not in nature (physei), but . . . Continue reading →
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It is one thing to speak of punishments properly so called and satisfactory, inflicted by a judge for the satisfaction of justice; another to speak of punishments improper and castigatory or medicinal. We do not deny that the latter are often appointed . . . Continue reading →
