I appreciated the invitation from Andrew Walker to write on the biblical case for parental rights and authority for Public Discourse, and online journal of the Witherspoon Institute. Below is an excerpt from the article, the rest of which can be read here. "Parental authority is enshrined in Christian Scripture in a prominent position as…
Reading Chrysostom's (c. 347–407) homily on Ephesians 6:1–3 today, I was struck by this simple yet profound picture of the Christian life as a statue or portrait honoring the King of kings: For if men for making statues and painting portraits of kings enjoy so great honor, shall not we who adorn the image of…
The following words by Rev. Andrew Thomson from 1850 conclude the short biography of John Owen (1616–1683) that accompanies Owen's collected works: John Owen belonged to a class of men who have risen from age to age in the church, to represent great principles, and to revive in the church the life of God. The…
Happy Reformation Day! To celebrate, here are some of my favorite of Luther's 95 "Tweets": 1. When our lord and Master Jesus Christ said “Repent,” he intended that the entire life of believers should be repentance. 2. This word repentance cannot be understood to mean the sacrament of penance, or the act of confession and…
The following excerpts are taken from the third volume of Herman Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, wherein Bavinck elaborates on the Reformed view of sin and salvation in Christ. In these two excerpts, Bavinck makes the case that the historic Reformed position on concupiscence is that "the impure thoughts and desires (concupiscence) that arose in us prior…
Much controversy has swirled around the upcoming Revoice conference being held at a PCA church in St. Louis on July 26–28. Here is its stated purpose: "Supporting, encouraging, and empowering gay, lesbian, same-sex-attracted, and other LGBT Christians so they can flourish while observing the historic, Christian doctrine of marriage and sexuality." A number of writers have signaled…
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. The passage above was written by John the apostle in the letter known as 1 John, a letter that was very likely…
When we got to the third line of the first verse of Grace Greater than Our Sin this past Sunday and sang "Yonder on Calvary's mount outpoured," all I could think about was Planned Parenthood and the abortionists who crush the skulls of infants. That's a strange association, you might say. Indeed it is. Allow me to explain.…
Here is a helpful tool for anyone reading or teaching through the Book of Acts. It is a detailed timeline (although it is without dates) that chronicles the people and events surrounding the founding of the early Church. Click on the timeline for a larger view. HT: Tim Challies
Genocide is being perpetrated throughout the Middle East by militant Islamists such as ISIS, Hamas, and Al-Quaeda, and every one of these groups is showing its religion's true colors. In Mosul, Iraq, a millinea-old Christian community has been systematically and completely wiped out. In addition to massive losses of human life, history has lost irreplaceable churches, libraries,…
Anchored 