Things That Make You Go, “Ouch”
It started with a friend calling me out on being too wrapped up in the whole ER2 thing, seeing as how I’m on the sidelines anyway (my own observation). Point taken, though I’d be lying if I said I...
View ArticleThe Total Depravity of Man – Arthur W. Pink
Arthur Pink gives an outstanding explanation of total depravity in his book The Total Depravity of Man. You can download a free e-book of this excellent work on the link given. Here are a few excerpts:...
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Why are Creeds and Confessions Necessary, and How Have They Been Produced? –...
1. Why are Creeds and Confessions necessary, and how have they been produced? The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament having been given by inspiration of God, are for man in his present state the...
View ArticleWhat’s Obvious to One Group May Not Be So Obvious to Another – Humbly Explain...
“To some extent, cohesive social forces are at work in any culture or subculture with shared worldview and shared doctrines. In itself this counts neither for nor against the truth of the worldview or...
View Article“Freed From the Shackles of Inerrancy” or, rather, “A Year of Biblical...
If I could re-title this book, it would be, “Freed From the Shackles of Inerrancy.” I wouldn’t waste my time on it, frankly; I’m not. Yeah, call me dismissive. There are way too many other books of...
View ArticleThe Weight of Trial and God’s Sovereignty
In response to the worldly “wisdom” going around these days that says entertaining doubt and questioning the Lord’s righteousness in trial and His infinitely sovereign wisdom and control of all things,...
View ArticleLegalism Light
Legalism is quite a charge. When someone is imposing a legalistic vision upon others, they are saying that unless they do certain things, they are out of God’s salvific favor. Christ + something =...
View ArticleSame Old Story
Going to make this quick. This continues to be a growing problem: people either positively posting Osteen’s material as if there aren’t serious theological issues at stake or flabbergasted anyone would...
View ArticleAntinomianism Ironically Produces Legalism
The antinomian, in an attempt to overthrow the law of God for lawlessness, finds himself, of necessity, creating his own basis for morality. The void will not go unfilled. The end result is legalism,...
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A Theological Journey to Presbyterianism
As a teenager growing up in east Fort Worth, in the summer of 1995, I can remember it well. Stuck in the doldrums of my own sin, like a washing machine on spin cycle, I was miserable. With the likes of...
View ArticleNot To Our Name But Yours Alone
“Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!” Psalm 115:1 “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the...
View ArticlePractical Theology: Where the Academic Meets Real Life
“[Calvin] was more pastor than theologian, that, to be exact, he was a theologian in order to be a better pastor.” – John T. McNeill Of all the things I’ve learned in the past couple of years, it...
View ArticleCovenant Versus Dispensational Theology
I recently had a good discussion with a friend about some of the reasons I left a Dispensational church. I previously documented a number of reasons here in my journey from Dispensationalism to...
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