Historians are not infallible
Paster Gervase Charmley has written two short articles pertinent to the recent debate between Dr. James White and Chris Pinto on the authenticity of Codex Sinaiticus, an important fourth century Bible...
View ArticleSola Scriptura, the Canon, and Rome
Do we need an infallible church to tell us what is in the Canon of Scripture? Is Scripture alone a sufficient final authority in matters of life and faith? Is sola scriptura even biblical, or do we...
View ArticleBe prepared for Christ’s return: the parable of the Two Slaves, and the...
In this post: Introduction; The parable of the Two Slaves; The parable of the Talents; Crushed by the Law; Comforted with the Gospel This is the audio and approximate transcript of a sermon I preached...
View ArticleA New Addition
I’m told people like this sort of thing. I don’t think he was terribly impressed with the whole being born thing. Can’t say I really blame him. Mother and baby are doing fine.
View ArticleErgun Caner’s lawsuit against Jason Smathers dismissed with prejudice
Jason Smathers writes: US Federal Court says posting Caner video is fair use, not copyright infringement. Footage will be online again in short order. [Update: you can now view the videos Ergun Caner...
View ArticlePastor Ken Silva’s death
Connecticut River Baptist Church has announced Pastor Ken Silva’s death. In response to this deeply sad event, I have already seen many comments from people who contacted Ken and found him to have a...
View ArticleListen to the Online Memorial Service for Ken Silva
Courtesy of Pastor Chris Rosebrough, the audio and order of service for the Online Memorial Service for Ken Silva is now available on the Pirate Christian Radio website.
View ArticleRound-up: responses to Kurt Eichenwald’s Newsweek article, ‘The Bible: So...
discern.org has a convenient round-up of helpful rebuttals to Newsweek and Kurt Eichenwald’s ignorant Christmas polemic against the Bible and historic Christianity. View article →
View ArticleGod and His Creation (Genesis 1:1–2:3 Sermon Audio and Transcript)
In this post: Prologue; The opening declaration; Elohim; Fiat lux; It was good; Let Us make man in Our image; In the image of God He created him; The blight of sin; The Gospel; The seventh day This is...
View ArticleResponse to the Isle of Man consultation on introducing so-called same-sex...
The Isle of Man Government is conducting a consultation regarding its proposed legislation to permit same-sex ‘marriage’ on the Island. This post contains the response my wife and I sent to the Isle of...
View ArticleJames White on the discernment gap
James White, director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, author of over 20 books, professor, accomplished debater and apologist, has posted another pertinent article, this time addressing how the defenders...
View ArticleOrthodoxy, heresy and aberrancy
This article is adapted from a longer piece, Thinking about orthodoxy: defining terms and asking questions. If we are to understand one another and avoid talking at cross purposes, it is necessary to...
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Elephant Room 2: playing the race card, again
When an ideologue has run out of real arguments, his final desperate resort is to underhand tactics. James MacDonald, lead Elephant Room 2 agitator, has posted this video, in which the race card is...
View ArticleVoddie Baucham accuses ER2 defenders of cult-like ‘Ethnic Gnosticism’
As the fallout from The Elephant Room 2 (ER2) continues to spread, Dr. James White, director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, has interviewed Dr. Voddie Baucham on White’s The Dividing Line programme....
View ArticleThe human cost of T.D. Jakes’ false prosperity gospel
It’s easy to forget the human cost of false gospels. Not only in eternity – though even one lost soul is immeasurably tragic – but also in this life. Thabiti Anyabwile, senior pastor of First Baptist...
View ArticleHard-hitting Rap Video Tackles False Prosperity Gospel
IV His Son has posted the official video for his song, What Am I to Do, from his latest album The Justice System. Tackling the false prosperity gospel, naming names, and citing relevant Scripture, the...
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An Overview of Spiritual Formation, Contemplative Spirituality and Spiritual...
Photo: SVC Dr. Gary E. Gilley, pastor of Southern View Chapel, IL, has produced a helpful introductory overview of the Spiritual Formation Movement. Gilley writes: In this lead article I intend to...
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Journal of Medical Ethics Publishes Article Advocating After-Birth Abortion
Photo: Wikimedia The Journal of Medical Ethics (JME), which describes itself as ‘an international peer-reviewed journal for health professionals and researchers in medical ethics’, has published an...
View ArticleSecond Harvest Bible Fellowship Church Dissociates Over ER2
The elders of Harvest Bible Chapel of Prescott have published a gracious and thoroughly Biblical explanation of why their congregation has dissociated from Elephant Room 2 organizer James MacDonald’s...
View ArticleJames White Reviews Ergun Caner Sermon on Calvinism
This is from 2006, but nevertheless well worth watching. Caner doesn’t like Calvinism. At all. (The video gets going around the 3 minute mark.)
View ArticleJohn Newton on Controversy
A minister, about to write an article criticizing a fellow minister for his lack of orthodoxy, wrote to John Newton, author of the hymn Amazing Grace, of his intention. The Ligonier blog presents...
View ArticleMomentum Gathers as Third Harvest Bible Fellowship Church Dissociates Over ER2
The Elder Board of Harvest Bible Chapel New Lenox has announced its decision to dissociate from Elephant Room 2 organizer James MacDonald’s Harvest Bible Fellowship. In a forthright and Biblically...
View ArticleAn Inside Perspective on the Islamic-Friendly Bible
The practice of tailoring Bible translations to Muslim sensibilities by replacing phrases such as ‘the Son of God’ and ‘God the Father’ has been the source of much controversy. In a comment posted on...
View ArticleFalse Doctrine Destroys Christian Unity
Jesus prayed for the unity of all believers: I do not pray for these [my disciples] alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in...
View ArticleCan the Roman Catholic Gospel Save?
In a recent blog post, C. Michael Patton of Credo House Ministries asked, ‘Are Roman Catholics Saved?’ He argued that the most important question was the one Jesus asked of His disciples, ‘Who do you...
View ArticleForsaken – Jesus Became A Curse
R.C. Sproul ponders the cry of Jesus on the cross, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ View article →
View ArticleThe Historical Figure of Pontius Pilate
Issues, Etc. explores the historical figure of Pontius Pilate in a fascinating hour-long audio interview with historian Dr. Paul Maier. Maier is the author of the superb historical novel, Pontius...
View ArticleExpiation and Propitiation
R.C. Sproul explains two words vital to understanding the Gospel. View article →
View ArticleLearning from Liberals
Nathan Busenitz, Instructor of Theology at The Master’s Seminary in Los Angeles, outlines seven lessons we can learn from the German liberal theologians and higher critics: 1. The way to reach skeptics...
View ArticleThe New Perspective on Paul: Calvin and N.T. Wright
What exactly is the nature of the New Perspectives on Paul? So asks Dr. J.V. Fesko, Academic Dean and Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Historical Theology at Westminster Seminary,...
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Gay Christianity Refuted: James White’s Full Response to Matthew Vines
On 8 March 2012, 21 year old Matthew Vines gave an emotionally charged presentation entitled The Bible and Homosexuality. He attempted to argue the case that ‘loving’ homosexual relationships were...
View ArticleCarl Trueman on Outsourced Sermon Preparation
In the light of a new research service endorsed by the likes of Mark Driscoll and Craig Groeschel, Carl Trueman wonders whether it is acceptable for preachers to outsource an integral part of their...
View Article‘No Compromise: Ever’ Trailer
Mike Abendroth, Phil Johnson, James White and Carl Trueman don’t seem to be fans of James MacDonald’s Elephant Room 2… Source: http://nocoever.com/
View ArticleThe Beauty of Concealed Scholarship
Wise words from Jeremy Walker of the Reformation21 blog. View article →
View ArticleNo Compromise Ever, Episode 1
I’m rather late with this one but, if you haven’t already seen it, Episode 1 of No Compromise Ever is available and well worth watching. Mike Abendroth, Dr. James White, Dr. Carl Trueman and Phil...
View ArticleLCMS Theology Commission: Avoid NIV 2011
The Cyberbrethren blog reports that the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Commission on Theology and Church Relation’s executive staff has warned against the 2011 version of the New International...
View ArticleForgiveness
Sound words on forgiveness from Kevin DeYoung and Chris Brauns. View article → Better still is the realization that, not only is our having been forgiven a gracious gift from God, but so too is our...
View ArticleJustified by Faith, Apart from Works
I recently listened to a train wreck of a sermon by a local Purpose Driven pastor. In his 44 minutes on the subject of faith, he achieved the remarkable feat of avoiding any mention of the proper...
View ArticleChrist, Our Exceedingly Great Reward
This is the second post in a series responding to a sermon by a local Purpose Driven pastor. The first part, Justified by Faith, Apart from Works, may be of interest to readers for establishing...
View ArticleCain and Abel, Law and Gospel
This is the third post in a series responding to a sermon given by a local Purpose Driven pastor. The first examined the astonishing claim that ‘Faith is giving when I don’t have it’. The second...
View ArticleA Second Opinion on that ‘Justification by Tithing’ Sermon
This is the final post in a series responding to a sermon given by a local Purpose Driven pastor. The first examined the astonishing claim that ‘Faith is giving when I don’t have it’. The second...
View ArticleLaw, Gospel, and a Good Hymn
What makes a good hymn? We’d like it to be skilfully crafted. And it must be set to a fitting tune – preferably one we can sing. But I suggest that the primary requirement of a good hymn is that it...
View ArticleHe Gave Them New Clothes
A narrative meditation upon the imputation of Christ’s active and passive obedience, from Gen. 2:8–3:24. Audio from a sermon based on this post is available. They were both naked, the man and his wife,...
View ArticleHe Gave Them New Clothes (Genesis 2:4–3:24 Sermon Audio)
I was recently asked to preach at relatively short notice, so what to do? I dusted off my He Gave Them New Clothes post and added an introduction to turn it into a sermon proper. This is the result:...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Role of the Pastor: Called to Proclaim the Word
I came across this description of the ideal pastor (courtesy of The Brothers of John the Steadfast), which I thought my pastor friends would appreciate: The ideal pastor preaches exactly twenty minutes...
View ArticleTwo Religions (Genesis 4:1–16 Sermon Audio and Transcript)
This is the audio and approximate transcript (based on my speaking notes) from a sermon I preached yesterday evening from the Genesis 4:1–16 account of Cain and Abel. The highlight is towards the end,...
View ArticleWhy is the Charismatic Movement Thriving in Africa?
Sometimes, one reads an article and a whole set of mental jigsaw pieces suddenly click into place. This post by Conrad Mbewe, an African Reformed Baptist pastor, is one of those. Many of his...
View ArticleUK pastor referred to the Crown Prosecution Service over ‘homophobic’ comments
Equal rights? Tolerance? Not in 2013 England. The Spectator magazine’s website has a thoughtful post detailing yet another demonstration of the state-enforced über-rights enjoyed by one particularly...
View ArticleA Bibliology Grounded in Christology
New Testament scholar, Dr. Daniel B. Wallace, has written a superb article in defence of Biblical inerrancy. View article →
View ArticleSin, Wrath, Grace (Genesis 4:25–6:9)
In this post: The story thus far; Introduction; The righteous long for the promised Seed; Adam’s lineage, and the hope of salvation; The consummation of man’s wickedness; Unexpected grace; Conclusion....
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