"Modernism, which denies and abolishes every difference, cannot rest until it has made woman man and man woman"
"Modernism, which denies and abolishes every difference, cannot rest until it has made woman man and man woman"
David is a type of Christ and "You aren't David" but is there more to the story than shadows and types?
It’s no secret that the Bible has a lot of stories; at Covenant [they] are concerned to show how it all fits with the Big Story. But what are we to do with the littler stories? We warn you about an overly simplistic approach, “be like David.” But still; might there not be more? I am sure that there is; but how do we get that “more”?
Unity in diversity & God's moral law
I thought it appropriate to offer a synthesis of what the Neo-Calvinist Dutch theologian Herman Bavinck argues about collisions of duties (most often called moral dilemmas or conflicts of moral absolutes). The purpose here is not to offer a position, but to offer the approach of an influential theologian to help church leaders clarify their method of analysis of this situation...
To silence the silent screams of a desperate conscience that longs to be free and forgiven
“It’s called a defiled conscience... everyone knows exactly what I’m talking about when I refer to those occasions when your conscience feels dirty. I’m talking about what you feel and sense deep within as you lie on your bed at night and reflect on the events of the day: the harsh words you spoke to your kids, the lie that you told your boss hoping to gain advancement, the pride you felt in your heart when someone praised your efforts... The fact that we could treat God with such indifference is profoundly unsettling.”
Getting at the Fundamentals via a Survey of History
Today we sit down with Greg Parker Jr., editor and translator of the recently released book from Herman Bavinck called “What is Christianity?” and get awesome.
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By Andrew White
In his autobiographical essay, “Confidentially,” Abraham Kuyper outlines the circumstances of his conversion to orthodox Christian faith. One pivotal moment is his reading of a popular mid-Victorian novel, The Heir of Redclyffe. Kuyper remarks: “[T]hough not in value, [it] stands next to the Bible in its meaning for my life.”...
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.