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Category Archives: Liberalism
Dear Netflix…
Dear Netflix, We’ve been using your service virtually since it started, in fact just the other day I found one of the original DVD mailer sleeves from the 1990s that we were always losing track of. We enjoyed your service … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Apologetics, Compromise, Liberalism, Persecution
Tagged Abortion, ACLU, Christian, Conscience, Georgia, Netflix, Streaming, Video, Worldview
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The Nashville Statement and Why Our Congregation Adopted It
Most of the great creedal and confessional formulations of the church have been composed in response to widespread error or heresy within the body of Christ and while there are many different errors and heresies that are currently dividing the … Continue reading
A Short Explanation of the Primary Differences Between Christianity and the Various (Marxist) Liberation Theologies Gaining Ground Among Evangelicals
In Christianity the most fundamental division among men is between the saved and the unsaved (or expressed in the eternal sense the elect and the reprobate, the line of Cain and the line of Seth) and while the divisions according … Continue reading
Teaching Children About Perversion from the Pulpit
The other day after watching the news, my nine year old daughter asked me what “pre-operative transgender children” were. I seriously doubt that the conversation that resulted would have been necessary twenty years ago, but how many of us, 20 … Continue reading
Why Charles Hodge Supported Christian Education, And Why You Should Too!
The nineteenth century Old School Presbyterian theologian Charles Hodge wrote in his Systematic Theology, “…it is a fact that unless children are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, they, and the society which they constitute or control, … Continue reading
A Thought for the Fourth of July
One of the great purposes of constitutions in Republics and Democracies is to protect the rights of minorities. The U.S. Constitution has done an admirable job of doing that. For over 200 years, in a world filled with ethnic cleansing, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Ethics, History, Homosexual Marriage, Homosexuality, Liberalism, Persecution, Politics and The Civil Magistate, Reflections
Tagged Fourth of July, fundamentalist Christians, minorities, Persecution, Religicide, Religious Cleansing, Religious Freedom, Same-Sex Marriage, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, the Constitution
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Some Thoughts About The Current Moment in World History
We live in an age of transition. Just as the Pax Britannica and the British Empire that had dominated the world stage during the 19th century came to an end in the early years of the 20th century, so too … Continue reading
Posted in God's Sovereignty, History, Liberalism, Politics and The Civil Magistate, Spiritual Declension
Tagged Afghanistan, America, Britain, Christianity, Decadence, Decay, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Empire, Entitlements, Iraq, Islamism, Narcissism, Nihilism, Pax Americana, Pax Britannica, Pax Romana, Reformation, religion, Revival, Rome, Sloth
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W.G.T. Shedd on the Importance of Preaching and Teaching on the Reality of Hell
Preaching that dwells on or even mentions the reality of hell and eternal punishment has fallen into disfavor these days, but in his The Doctine of Endless Punishment, Reformed Theologian W.G.T. Shedd pointed out why we must continue to preach … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Heaven and Hell, Liberalism, Preaching, Soteriology
Tagged Eschatology, Eternal Punishment, God, heaven, Hell, Justice, preaching, Presbyterianism, religion, Rob Bell, salvation, Soteriology, W.G.T. Shedd
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13 Differences Between the PCA and the PCUSA
I was recently asked to outline some of the major differences between the Presbyterian Church in the USA (PCUSA) and my own denomination the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and I came up with the following 13 point list: 1) … Continue reading
Posted in Denominational Differences, Ecclesiology, Liberalism, PCA, PCUSA
Tagged Conservatism, Divorce, Homosexuality, Liberalism, PCA, PCUSA, Presbyterian Denominations, Same-Sex Marriage
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Whatever Happened to the Ninth Chapter of Esther?
You don’t have to be a theologian to realize that while heaven and salvation are still popular, hell and Divine judgment are taking a beating these days. Whether it’s Gallup polls that reveal that many more Christian Americans believe in … Continue reading
Posted in Heaven and Hell, Liberalism, Theological Declension
Tagged Cheap Grace, Damnation, Esther, Hell, Judgement, Liberalism, Love Wins, One Night With the King, Rob Bell, Wrath
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The Three Basic Forms of Defective Preaching
It seems to me that there are three ways you can preach the gospel defectively and as a result not see much if any lasting fruit: 1) The First and Most Catastrophic form of defective preaching is preaching that is … Continue reading
What The Church Can Learn From Antiochus Epiphanes
With the Jewish celebration of Chanukkah just around the corner, I thought it might be worthwhile to briefly consider that portion of the history of God’s people, and determine if there is anything we can learn from the villian and … Continue reading
Let the Church do the Work of the Church!
The Following quote is from William Hendriksen’s commentary on Matthew and seems particularly apt, not only because of the various kinds of politicking going on in American churches at election time, but also because evangelicals in particular once again seem … Continue reading
Posted in Liberalism, The Spirituality of the Church
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Reinventing Liberalism, and How to Avoid Doing It
For some time now I’ve been thinking that if I were to write a book on current trends in Reformed and Evangelical theology, it would be entitled Reinventing Liberalism. If one were to trace the course of Evangelicalism as it … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology, Liberalism, Seminary Education
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The One Lesson We Can Still Learn from the PCUSA
After beginning their 2008 General Assembly by announcing the largest one year drop in their membership since 1981 (57,000 members), the PCUSA has continued a banner year by deciding to also drop the ban on the ordination of practicing homosexuals … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology, Liberalism
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Building Old School Churches 