The Man, the Faith, & the Life Behind “A Christmas Carol”
Everybody loves Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” (well, at least the movies), but who was this man? Was he best friends with Hudson Taylor and annoyed with Charles Spurgeon? Was he an ideal husband or a bit of a playboy? Did he leave his children to their own devices, or did he pen an entire book solely for their edification and growth in Christ? Listen in as we are joined with Charles Dickens go-to scholar, and author of "God and Charles Dickens: Recovering the Christian Voice of a Classic Author,” Dr. Gary L. Colledge and discuss all things Dickens.
A Hospitable Bed Interview on Spiritual with Jim Houston
“I came here to die.” That is what Christian pillar James Houston, who is 99 years old, told me on our chat today – yet he is still writing and still offering wisdom to weary souls and offers a lifetime of insight in these 45 minutes. In this interview with Dr. Houston, I had the great honor to glean wisdom on everything from spiritual health and cultivation (“We need to ask God to allow us to dream about Him each night.” “We need to remove obstacles that keep us from a love-affair with God… Let God be the last thing you think about each night, not the news or a book or a movie…”) to Trinitarian theology of participation, and to the Evangelical over-emphasis on “Systematic Theology” (As opposed to, what he suggests, a healthy “Child Theology”)...
Henry Van Til on The Cultural Mandate & The Great Commission
Jesus did not call all men as individuals to the special task of being fishers of men, the modern contention that every Christian must be a missionary, to the contrary notwithstanding... Neither Christ himself, nor any of his apostles, ever intimated that every believer had to be a missionary. Indeed, the term "missionary" in the New Testament has the special connotation of one who is sent by the church to seek those that are without. However, the love of Christ also constrains every Christian to give vocal witness to lost sinners and to call them to repentance. Hence the missionary mandate is fulfilled by those who have a cultural calling.
Questions about what we have just assumed
A few weeks ago, I happened upon a 2-part article series by Michael Cooper called “Ephesiology and the Critique of Church Planting Movements” and “Is Church Planting a Biblical Mandate?” and so, I’m not a deconstructionist, but I do appreciate a good questioning of what has been assumed. Listen in as we sit down with Dr. Cooper and discuss Paul’s model of making disciples, and all the rage that is “the church planting movement.”
1923 Report from the Dr. Abraham Kuyper Foundation regarding Compulsory Vaccination
Herman Dooyeweerd spent about 5 years as director of the Kuyper Foundation, the policy institute of the Anti-Revolutionary Party. From 1922-1926 he produced several reports, including one in 1923 concerning compulsory or mandated vaccination by the civil government. The report begins by saying that while some members of the political party are opposed to taking vaccinations, and others are themselves in favor of it, as a party they strongly oppose all civil government coercion of vaccination...
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The Man, the Faith, & the Life Behind “A Christmas Carol”
Everybody loves Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” (well, at least the movies), but who was this man? Was he best friends with Hudson Taylor and annoyed with Charles Spurgeon? Was he an ideal husband or a bit of a playboy? Did he leave his children to their own devices, or...
A Hospitable Bed Interview on Spiritual with Jim Houston
“I came here to die.” That is what Christian pillar James Houston, who is 99 years old, told me on our chat today – yet he is still writing and still offering wisdom to weary souls and offers a lifetime of insight in these 45 minutes. In this interview with...
Henry Van Til on The Cultural Mandate & The Great Commission
Jesus did not call all men as individuals to the special task of being fishers of men, the modern contention that every Christian must be a missionary, to the contrary notwithstanding... Neither Christ himself, nor any of his apostles, ever intimated that every believer had to be a missionary. Indeed,...
Questions about what we have just assumed
A few weeks ago, I happened upon a 2-part article series by Michael Cooper called “Ephesiology and the Critique of Church Planting Movements” and “Is Church Planting a Biblical Mandate?” and so, I’m not a deconstructionist, but I do appreciate a good questioning of what has been assumed. Listen in...
1923 Report from the Dr. Abraham Kuyper Foundation regarding Compulsory Vaccination
Herman Dooyeweerd spent about 5 years as director of the Kuyper Foundation, the policy institute of the Anti-Revolutionary Party. From 1922-1926 he produced several reports, including one in 1923 concerning compulsory or mandated vaccination by the civil government. The report begins by saying that while some members of the political...
"Compulsory vaccinations should be out of the question."
In 1823, because of a deadly Cowpox epidemic in the Netherlands “The Dutch government decided to make the cowpox vaccination indirectly compulsory for children. From then on, anyone who wanted to go to school had to present proof of vaccination, the so-called smallpox certificate.” So, the situation is not that...
Getting the Big Picture of the Pilgrims. Fact vs Fiction. Pilgrim Theological Emphasis. Theonomy Applied. Etc.
Thomas Kidd just showed me that I really am a product of the California public school system as he separates pilgrim, Mayflower, and Thanksgiving fact from fiction. It’s not just that he corrects snippets of legend-as-history, but he fills out the pilgrim experiment and gives us the big picture and...
Lim Swee Hong and Lester Ruth
“God inhabits the praises of His people” Psalm 22:3. With this verse as the Theological lynchpin, a new way of worshipping God took root, and continues to this day.
How Cessationists Violate Sola Scriptura
Many today in the Church, especially in reformed circles, do not believe the office of prophet or the gift of prophecy are still in operation today. “However, while it has an ancient and respectable pedigree, this view is inadequately grounded in the New Testament.”[1] One objection which has been raised...
