It has been over a year since John MacArthur has stepped into glory and see Jesus face to face. MacArthur has authored many books over the years including some commentaries. Back in 2017, MacArthur along with Richard Mayhue have put together a Systemat…
It has been said that “history is written by the victors.” It is true in the context of war, and it is also true in theological controversy. In the context of the Second Great Awakening, the clear winner is Charles Finney, the preacher with unusual giftings in oration and credited with bringing the “new measures” […]
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There was an old commercial on TV years ago when I man came upon someone who was injured. The gentleman asked everyone to stand back as he attended to the injured. A woman asked him, if he was a doctor. The man, comically, answered, “No, but I did stay…
This article is the third part in a series (Part 1, Part 2). In the previous post, we looked at Dr. Wright’s claim that Francis Turretin and Petrus van Mastricht believed in a “decline narrative” of the Middle Ages. This is true in one sense—they both believed the early church was purer than the medieval […]
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In the previous post, I outlined why I believe Dr. Shawn Wright’s faculty address at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary misrepresented John Calvin’s relationship to Thomas Aquinas and medieval theology. In this post, I will examine Dr. Wright’s claims concerning the Reformed tradition and medieval theology. After arguing that Calvin did not hold Thomas Aquinas […]
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Today’s America is living in a dystopian reality that even Orwell, Huxley, and Raspail could not have imagined. And we are not getting out of it without bold proclamation of God’s Word and fresh outpouring of His Spirit.
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This Roman Catholic had a total meltdown in anger; and what he said revealed a lot in what they really want – they want to return to the days when Roman Catholicism was in charge of society with the state … Continue reading
“The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Sir Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity. God gave us gravity . . . Newton did not create gravity but recognized it.” J. I. Packer, God has … Continue reading
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Since the Gospels are Greco-Roman biographies, we should not be surprised that their authors would want to include eyewitness testimony. After all, the principle that historical accounts should be based on eyewitness reports (either directly indirectly…
He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him”…Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My …
The question that Vern Poythress presents before us in his latest book, Mediator: A Biblical Theology, is how immoral people approach a holy God? How can people who are morally corrupt come up to a God who is beyond corruption? As Christians, we k…
Over the years, there have been many sermons from Charles Spurgeon that been printed in books for all in the church to read. There are also podcasts that read Spurgeon’s sermons as well. Recently, the G3 Conference took place on the subject of unity, w…
There has been debate over whether or not Christians can express patriotism especially here in the United States. This video from the Straight Truth Podcast addresses that very topic.
This video, courtesy of Exposit The Word, is audio only.
“My flesh was crucified, so why do I continue to sin?” – Pastor John Piper does a good job of answering this question. I appreciate that he says the thing that was in us (our unregenerate self, or “the old … Continue reading
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Many Christians have an idea of what repentance, but very few know what it really means. Some say that repentance is simply stop sinning. That is partly true but there is more to repentance then simply stop sinning. Why Should Christians repent? W…
It is hard to believe that this year marks my 30th anniversary of being a high school graduate. I know many would love not to think about their high school years because their college years is what defined them. High school felt like a prison sentence …
High school graduation is almost here. I know what that’s like, because I’ve been through it three times. As parents, we have one simple question on our mind: Have I done a good job preparing my child for college?
Every Christian parent won…
I agree with Ryan at needGod.net and his 10 reasons not to convert to Eastern Orthodoxy. Ryan does a good job of backing up his reasons with quotes from Scripture and the Eastern Orthodoxy’s own sources. I thought he was … Continue reading
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-glory-of-god-in-the-sight-of-eternity For believers in Christ – “why does God sanctify us slowly?” “We are being renewed day by day” – see 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 – implies that we leak and run out of power and gas and energy every day … Continue reading
It goes without saying that not all academic sub-disciplines (especially in the field of biblical studies) generate the same level of scholarly interest. Some fields are more active; others less so. And it can change from generation to generation.
When…
The Christian life is one of joy. We are set free from our sins, and our joyful response is to obey the Lord in everything we do. Yet there are days where we feel defeated or we are not doing enough. This is a constant battle for Christians especially …
Redeemed Zoomer did an excellent job of explaining these 14 different contradictions within Roman Catholicism itself. Trent Horn’s Response was sophistry. Richard of Redeemed Zoomer did an excellent job and Trent Horn did not overcome the problems. See Redeemed Zoomer’s … Continue reading
As you might have noticed, Bart Ehrman has been making the rounds again this recent Easter season regarding his new book, Love Thy Stranger: How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West. Most notable was his appearance on th…
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2023/08/24/theotokos-a-review-of-the-scholarship-on-the-paleographical-date-of-p-ryl-iii-407-sub-tuum-praesidium/ Some excerpts: “After new paleographic study of P.Ryl. III 470, the early dating of this fragment – to the 3rd century -, which has hitherto been generally accepted in theological scholarship, cannot be maintained. The dating to the 6th … Continue reading
In a prior blog post, I announced the forthcoming release of my new book, co-authored with my wife Melissa, entitled: The Good News Family Devotional: 52 Weeks in the Gospel of Mark.
This book is designed to fill a gap in family devotionals because it …
Timothy Kauffman does a good job of showing the problem of interpreting Irenaeus (died around 200-202 AD) statements about baptism as the way Roman Catholicism understands – that the ceremony in water and saying the right words over the person … Continue reading
In this video, we respond to the claim that life at conception is only “potential life.” We look at the biological facts and explain why that framing does not reflect current scientific understanding. From the moment of conception, a new and genetically distinct human organism exists. It is human by definition. We explain why Brandon […]
