When being "Winsome" is a cop-out
"Christians should be known for what they are for rather than what they are against" is about as bad as other folk-Christianity sayings like "God helps those who help themselves." Sometime I think "winsome" is a get-out-of-jail free card that releases the Christian. Folks like Luther and Kuyper were intense, often a little rude and a bit bombastic, but everyone knew exactly where they stood. Having drawn their lines in the sand they...
Lift a glass with Bram!
"You can't raise a generation of bold, brash Calvinists on chocolate milk."
Getting down to brass tacks (coming up with joy)
In John 15, Jesus says, “I have called you friends.” But what does it mean to be friends with Jesus? In the early 1650s, theologian John Owen attempted to answer this question through a series of sermons, eventually compiled as Communion with God. The book is full of truths about having fellowship with God, but Owen’s work is often a struggle for modern readers to understand...
Kuyper and Bavinck vs. Piper and MacArthur
Neo-Calvinisim is not to be confused with “New-Calvinism” (that might also be called “neo-Puritanism”). New-Calvinism was/is a phenomenon that has folks, like John Piper, pointing us back to Jonathan Edwards. A fruit of new-Calvinism is, unfortunately, constant fruit-checking, naval-gazing and lack of assurance. You need only hear a sermon from Paul Washer or John Piper, who often co-mingle the Law and Gospel, or John Macarthur who insists...
Recovering an appropriated tradition (and silencing the liberals)
The liberals have usurped Kuyper. I’m mad that many (most?) modern “neo-Calvinists” teach un-Biblical/un-Kuyperian views. I’m mad that Kuyper often gets lumped in with these usurpers. Why should the heretics and liberals get Kuyper as their own? Well, they shouldn’t(!). It’s time we reclaim Kuyper... Let’s put these liberals who have infiltrated our ranks on alert. Let’s call them out. Let’s tell these spirit-of-the-agers to pack up. Let’s read Kuyper for ourselves...
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When being "Winsome" is a cop-out
"Christians should be known for what they are for rather than what they are against" is about as bad as other folk-Christianity sayings like "God helps those who help themselves." Sometime I think "winsome" is a get-out-of-jail free card that releases the Christian. Folks like Luther and Kuyper were intense,...
Lift a glass with Bram!
"You can't raise a generation of bold, brash Calvinists on chocolate milk."
Getting down to brass tacks (coming up with joy)
In John 15, Jesus says, “I have called you friends.” But what does it mean to be friends with Jesus? In the early 1650s, theologian John Owen attempted to answer this question through a series of sermons, eventually compiled as Communion with God. The book is full of truths about...
Kuyper and Bavinck vs. Piper and MacArthur
Neo-Calvinisim is not to be confused with “New-Calvinism” (that might also be called “neo-Puritanism”). New-Calvinism was/is a phenomenon that has folks, like John Piper, pointing us back to Jonathan Edwards. A fruit of new-Calvinism is, unfortunately, constant fruit-checking, naval-gazing and lack of assurance. You need only hear a sermon from...
Recovering an appropriated tradition (and silencing the liberals)
The liberals have usurped Kuyper. I’m mad that many (most?) modern “neo-Calvinists” teach un-Biblical/un-Kuyperian views. I’m mad that Kuyper often gets lumped in with these usurpers. Why should the heretics and liberals get Kuyper as their own? Well, they shouldn’t(!). It’s time we reclaim Kuyper... Let’s put these liberals who...
A Street-Level History of Abortion
Tracing the History of Abortion in America by Looking beyond the Laws to the Dramatic Stories and Colorful Personalities of the People They Touched Fifty years ago, the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion-on-demand sparked nationwide tensions that continue to this day. In the decades since that ruling, abortion...
Make Abraham Great Again - Start by reading the book and joining our Facebook group
So far about 75 of us are going to be reading Abraham Kuyper's "Pro Rege: Living under Christ’s Kingship, Volume 3" and we would love to have you read in parallel. In the six months between February 1st and July 31st, we are slated to read 54 Kuyper articles from "Pro...
Because there are no throwaway verses
When starting a new Bible-reading plan, many readers begin enthusiastically in Genesis but then lose momentum when they encounter the Old Testament laws and genealogies. But the Pentateuch—the first five books of the Bible—has much to offer today’s Christian; it is the foundation for understanding the rest of the Bible,...
"The passion of revisionism never breeds an only child"
“Orthodoxy, like the spires and beams in a gothic structure, can uphold a bigger and stronger roof. Heresy, however, is like a series of cracks that tend to multiply in ways that, over time, can’t sustain the weight of such beauty. By spreading throughout the structure, heresies lead to collapse. Some...
