To begin with, Augustine finds some significance to each of the 3 50th chapters of Psalms – 50, 100, and 150. He sees that 50 is of penitence, 100 is of mercy and judgment, and 150 is of praise. He says this exemplifies the Christian life of repentance, justification, and glorification. He Whichever then of …
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Recently, the Southern Baptist owned Baptist Press released an article submitted by members of the 2019 Resolutions Committee responsible for the notorious Resolution 9. The title of the article is, … More
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Human beings are obstinately visual creatures. By this statement, I am referring not to all the typical examples of our visual nature—our propensity for art, the male species’ hard-wired infatuation … More
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Introduction [M]an’s will is like a beast standing between two riders. If God rides it, it wills and goes where God wills: as the Psalm says: “I am become as … More
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Welcome to a belated (!) Fall 2019 edition of the Founders Journal. We interrupt our ongoing exposition of the Second London Confession, for this special edition on Critical Theory with … More
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This is the first part (I have no idea when or if I might get around to a second part) of a response to a post by a Coptic Orthodox person named Daniel Michalski regarding Augustine’s “Retractationes” as it relates to Augustine being Orthodox in some respects. The original post was something of what I …
Genesis 2 is an important chapter for a number of reasons. Not all of these can be addressed in one blog post. But one crucial reason Genesis 2 is important … More
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Over the last several months evangelical Christians have been forced to think about Marxist concepts that, heretofore, were foreign to them. Due in large part to the infamous “Resolution 9” … More
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For our annual Harold O.J. Brown Lectures at RTS Charlotte, we are pleased to Welcome Dr. Phil Ryken, president of Wheaton College.
On Feb 11, 11AM-2PM, Dr. Ryken will be giving two lectures (with a provided lunch in between) on the theme of “Mes…
Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as “Of Holy Virginity” is stated by the editor as follows “This treatise, [and the previous “Of the Good of Marriage”], were written against somewhat that still remained of the heresy of Jovinian… That Augustine …
The worldview du jour is flat. Rank and order are suspect, authority is tyranny. The autonomous self reigns, having no responsibility for anyone else and no need of submitting to … More
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The Old Testament has run into some hard times as of late. It’s seen by many as a curmudgeonly, legalistic, violent, confusing, and, maybe most of all, boring sort of book. As the atheist Richard Dawkins famously opined, “The God of the Ol…
This article is part 5 of a 5-part series entitled Revisiting Revoice No Rest Remains The end of Revoice theology is the belief that what is wrong with same-sex attraction … More
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Over the last several months I have had hundreds of exchanges with Southern Baptists who are deeply concerned about the direction of the SBC generally and things going on inside … More
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This article is part 4 of a 5-part series entitled Revisiting Revoice Another way of calling into question whether or not SSA is morally culpable sin is by re-envisioning how … More
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Recently, there has been some renewed focus on church history and what we believe regarding the presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper, or Communion. Francis Chan made some statements to the effect that he didn’t know that for basically 1,500 years of church history – up to the Reformation – that everyone believed …
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When deciding what to believe about the Bible, who should we listen to?
That’s a rather basic question, and I suppose there are many possible answers. We could listen to our friends—maybe a roommate or a co-worker. Then there are family members,…
Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as Acts or Disputation Against Fortunatus (or sometimes Debate with Fortunatus, the Manichee), is 32 pages. There were a couple of days that Augustine debated with Fortunatus and the proceedings are related to us in …
This article is part 3 of a 5-part series entitled Revisiting Revoice Once upon a time, it may have been enough for someone to say that homosexuality is sin, and … More
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Thanks for reading this latest installment from my current project of reading (and blogging) through Augustine’s works. This book, known as On the Spirit and the Letter, comes in at around 109 pages. As seen below from his “Retractions”, he states that he wrote this to discuss Paul’s statement that “The letter kills, but the …
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Have you ever had a time in your life when you really (I mean really) doubted the truth of the Bible? Maybe you wondered whether everything you ever believed was a lie. Anyone w…
A book series that I’ve been reading lately is “The Chronicle of Maud” (available at Amazon) by my friend, Amy Mantravadi. It’s historical fiction based on the life of Empress Mathilda (Maud) in the 12th Century. Currently, two of the three books have been published. I highly recommend them, and in my opinion, this second …
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This article is part 2 of a 5-part series entitled Revisiting Revoice According to Genesis 1:31, when God finished creating everything in just six days, “God saw all that He … More
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This article is part 1 of a 5-part series entitled Revisiting Revoice Danny Akin’s recent hiring of Karen Swallow Prior at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary sparked newfound concern regarding Prior’s … More
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I am pleased to announce my new book has just been released: The Ten Commandments of Progressive of Christianity (Cruciform Press, 2019).
As most readers will know, I did a blog series on this theme a couple of years ago. Tim Challies, who runs Crucifo…
About one year ago, in January of 2019, I went to South Africa to preach at two pastors’ conferences, one in Pretoria and the other in Cape Town. Sharing preaching … More
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Back during the conservative resurgence, a “moderate” friend said we “Fundamentalists” were “using a cannon to kill a mosquito.” Similarly, some denominational leaders told us, “Move on. Nothing to see here” … More
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Well, it’s New Year’s Eve. It’s the time of the year to be inundated with “Best of” stories and “Year in Review” segments, dutifully cataloging everything that happened in pop culture or politics.
But, what if…
There is a lot of talk about facts these days. Everyone seems to think that the facts are on their side. We have been introduced to the idea of alternative … More
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Augustine’s exposition begins with an odd reference to David drumming. This is referring to 1 Samuel 21 where David is said to have “made marks on the doors of the gate”. It would appear that one possible interpretation was that David was continually beating upon the doors and Augustine took that to mean that he …
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