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Oral Roberts died this week. He was 91 years old. Roberts was a bit of a denominational mish-mash. He was a Pentecostal faith healer, a United Methodist, a university president, and a proponent of the prosperity "gospel." I know it is normal practice to say nice things about a man when he dies...

Okay, if you're a theology nerd like me then you will want to read the debate between two of my favorite writers - Carl Trueman and Graeme Goldsworthy. Now, I tease a bit about being a theology nerd. But don't misunderstand. Theology is a deadly serious thing and a precious thing. So I am thankful...

Justin Taylor comments on a book that is on my must read list for 2010: "Just noticed that for a limited time Amazon has Jay Richard’s hardcover book, Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem , on sale for 60% off. "Doug Wilson has written that it’s one of the best...

3. The Promise Fulfilled Notice three ways that God’s Word reveals Jesus to us as the fulfillment of His promise. God in the flesh To fulfill His promise God would not raise up a more moral man. It would not be enough for him to simply find the best man for the job. God himself would have to come...

Here are the books I'm taking with me on Christmas break: Presuppositional Apologetics by Greg Bahnsen For the Thrill of It by Simon Baatz Flannery by Brad Gooch The Trellis and the Vine by Payne & Marshall

The Associated Press has posted an article on a so-called "evangelical church" in Denver. I say "so-called" because of the church's decision to embrace homosexuality as a legitimate Christian lifestyle. As I read the article it was clear that the church embraces the standard liberal positions on...

Does Jesus' command to his followers to "turn the other cheek" mean that the state cannot legitimately bear the sword? David VanDrunen has written an excellent article for Themelios on the difference between the church's responsibilities and that of the state. Among the many biblical passages that...

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2549637&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 That's Christmas (Short Film) HD from St Helen’s Church on Vimeo ...

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the...

As Congress and the White House march toward passing massive health care legislation, tax payers face the real possibility of being forced to fund the continuing moral catastrophe of abortion. The only hope of that not happening is for certain pro-life Democrats to steadfastly reject the Senate's...