by Andrés García.
Mexicans today live their lives in a context quite far from God. Little is known of Calvin, of the reformers, of church history; for the same reasons, knowledge of Neo-Calvinism is unknown in much of the country. However, some churches of Calvinist tradition jealously guard these roots, so that Calvinism and neo-Calvinism in Mexico is not entirely muted... The roots of Neo-Calvinism in Mexico date back to the 80s, when Dr. John Paul Roberts brought reformational thought to our country. Since then, Neo-Calvinism has tried to sow in ecclesiastical institutions without achieving a consolidated fruit to date.
God is sovereign… So now what?
“Humanity is no aimless mass of people which only serves the purpose of giving birth to the elect. On the contrary, the world now, as well as in the beginning, is the theater for the mighty works of God, and humanity remains a creation of His hand, which, apart from salvation, completes under this present dispensation, here on earth, a mighty process, and in its historical development is to glorify the name of Almighty God.” --- Abraham Kuyper
Means, Ends & Expectations of Personal Devotion
What should my “quiet time” consist of? What should be taking place – increased knowledge? felt experience? Regardless, what are the appointed tools and means? Are “quiet times” even a biblical concept? What did the people of God do before the printing press? Join us as we sit down with Jonathan Gibson, author of “Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship” (Crossway), and discuss the most illusive facts of the enshrined “quiet time.”
by Steve Bishop
England has a population of 56 million and yet there are only a small number of Calvinists and an even smaller number of neo-Calvinists. However, their influence has been greater than their numbers. For many years in the twentieth century, there were three main hubs of neo-Calvinism in England: Cambridge, Bath, and Leeds. These were home to three neo-Calvinist institutions: College House, Christian Studies Unit and ThinkingFaith Network (formerly WYSOCS)...
And Why I Want Christians to Read Him
I thought “I should wipe this pee off. If I was in the garden, or the new heavens and new earth, there would be no pee on the toilet seat. I wasn’t created to pee on the seat nor were people created to have to sit on my pee.” And so right then and there, in the face of God – with nobody watching, in a mighty act of worship, I wiped the pee off the toilet seat. It was one of the first Christian things I have ever done without whack motives...
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“God doesn’t need your good works… But your neighbor does.”
Ok, so were saved… Now what? Once we know we are firm in Christ, we ask, along with Luther, what should we do now? We know we don’t perform good works to get saved, or to stay saved, or to improve our salvation, or to impress God… So why do...
When the desire to be on fire for Jesus is a living hell
“Is there a God for those who are not changing anything but diapers? Is there a God for those who simply love their spouse and pour out rarely appreciated affection on their children day after day? Is there a God for the mom who spends what feels like God-forsaken days...
The Trinity is not a Mere Concept, Idea or Formula or Code to be Cracked
Questions to Dr. Sonderegger 1. What did God’s internal relationship look like as Father, Son and Spirit BEFORE anything was ever created? 2. Does understanding their pre-creation relationship explain why the Son was sent by the Father instead of the Son sending the Father to be incarnate and save us?...
The question stretches out into the pew where it steals away into suburban homes, places of work, seminaries and wreaks havoc in bedrooms and boardrooms
Is there a God for those who are not changing anything but diapers? Is there a God for those who simply love their spouse and pour out rarely appreciated affection on their children day after day? Is there a God for the mom who spends what feels like God-forsaken days...
The Moral Life of the Gospel in Contemporary Context
Dr. Ross Hastings is a pure and utter delight and a fount of wisdom - a medium for compelling truth for the Christian just trying to make it through the day. Bombarded with temptations from within and without, how do we actually wage war, how do we “by the Spirit...
"Making lay people more thoroughly Christian in their everyday lives and their secular careers"
In the late 1960s and on into the next decade, Francis Schaeffer regularly received requests from evangelicals across North America seeking his help to replicate his innovative learning community, L'Abri, within their own contexts. At the same time, an innovative school called Regent College had started up in Vancouver, British...
Karl Barth was a heretic? Apostolic succession? The Medieval Church abandoned Grace? etc.
We all know Santa Claus didn’t really punch Arius in the face at Nicea (but we still share the memes), but there are a few other urban legends of Church history we need to come corrected on. In this episode Dr. Michael Svigel, author of “Urban Legends of Church History:...
Reckoning with Race and Performing the Good News In Search of a Better Evangelical Theology
Join us as we sit down with Dr. Vincent Bacote, (the first of two interviews with) (Associate Professor of Theology, Director of Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College) author of “Reckoning with Race and Performing the Good News In Search of a Better Evangelical Theology” (Brill, 2020) -...
Reckoning with Race and Performing the Good News In Search of a Better Evangelical Theology
Join us as we sit down with Dr. Vincent Bacote, (the first of two interviews with) (Associate Professor of Theology, Director of Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College) author of “Reckoning with Race and Performing the Good News In Search of a Better Evangelical Theology” (Brill, 2020) -...