Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction

Mortification of Spin
Dec 7, 2022
Brad Littlejohn reminds us of the powerful influence of Protestant social teaching throughout the millennia. In his roles as president of the Davenant Institute, professor, author, and researcher, our guest has spoken of the radically anti-human concepts now creeping into the national dialogue as...
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8 Features (and a Few Other Things) You Should Know about Divine Providence

Jim Domm
Nov 30, 2022
Editor's Note: This post has been adapted from A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 , edited by Rob Ventura. The opening chapters of the 1689 London Baptist Confession are concerned with the foundations of the Christian faith. Among these foundational concerns are...

A Thanksgiving Day Meditation on Psalm 147

Grant Van Leuven
Nov 24, 2022
Psalm 147:7 commands, “Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving…” for providing us everything as individuals, the church, and a country. Verse 20 speaks of gratitude for God’s special care of Israel as a nation . Though not a Theocracy, yet we His people should appreciate our nation’s history and...
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"Live Your Truth" and Other Lies

Mortification of Spin
Nov 23, 2022
Alisa Childers knows the difference between “live the truth” and “live your truth.” In her new book, the former ZOEgirl singer/songwriter explains how modern lies disguised as truth in today’s culture have taken hold in many churches. Does Scripture call Christians to “follow their hearts” and “...
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Gray Hair Is a Crown of Glory

Joel Smit
Nov 19, 2022
A pastor in our area once told me that the median age of his church was somewhere in the mid-20’s, and that he had no one over the age of 50. Many would have been impressed by such a fact. However, I was a bit sad to hear it—mainly because my friend was missing out on the incredible blessing of...
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Cranky is the New Winsome

Mortification of Spin
Nov 9, 2022
One of our guests encourages parents listening in to enforce a “PG-13” content label on today’s show, but—remembering some disturbing stories Todd has shared on the podcast—we confidently move forward with today’s topic. On the table: a frank discussion of the ongoing fallout from the Revoice...
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For All The Saints

Sean Morris
Nov 9, 2022
Editor’s Note: This post has been adapted from a longer article set to be published in a forthcoming edition of the Puritan Reformed Journal. For most professing Christians in modern North America, Cyprian's dictum —“No one can have God for his Father, who does not have the Church for his mother”—...

Why Should I Join a Church?

William Boekestein
Nov 5, 2022
In 1754 Benjamin Franklin published a cartoon called “Join or Die.” It pictured a snake cut into eights representing the British colonies in the New World. Franklin argued that unless the colonies formed one body they would never be able to resist the powerful threat of the French and their Indian...

Why I Don’t Participate in Halloween

Brian Cosby
Oct 31, 2022
Halloween: It's a conscience issue, and my own conscience is pricked by the thought of participating in it. However, I also recognize that there are legitimate (even “biblical”) reasons that one might have for celebrating with the rest of their neighbors. It's important to realize that historians...

Luther and the Heidelberg Disputation

Jacob Tanner
Oct 30, 2022
The year 1517 is remembered as the year that the pendulum shifted in history and the Reformation began in full swing, and for good reason: This was the year that Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Germany. But it was in 1518, at the Heidelberg...