Are You Sick? Call Your Elders

William Boekestein
Mar 11, 2021
Struggling Christians should get in the habit of calling their elders for prayer. “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders” to pray for God’s healing (James 5:14). Do you? Or do you treat this invitation as a throw-back to a pre-scientific era in which a “spiritual cure” was a sick...

The Echo of the Imago Dei

Arthur Hunt
Mar 10, 2021
In our last post , we made four observations regarding how Lewis goes about establishing the law of human nature in the first section of Mere Christianity . We should return to these observations and make some additional comments on how they might be applied to apologetics. However, it first must...

At the First Puff of Wind

Mortification of Spin
Mar 10, 2021
The cancel culture mob never sleeps, and this time they’re after one of the most well-known evangelical pastors and writers of our day. Max Lucado recently came under fire for a message he preached and an article he wrote in 2004 holding the view that marriage is between one man and one woman. Our...
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On the Road with Saint Augustine

Joel Heflin
Mar 10, 2021
On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts By James K.A. Smith (Grand Rapids, MI., Brazos Press, 2019) On the Road with Saint Augustine just might be the perfect read for those of us forced inside by the pandemic. In this fresh approach to Christian spirituality...

Hilary's View of the Trinity

Todd Rester
Mar 5, 2021
In our last post , we saw how Tertullian clarified, expounded, and defended the doctrine of the Trinity. Now we turn to another figure in the western, Latin branch of the Church: Hilary of Poitiers (c. 300–367 AD). When it comes to studying the doctrine of the Trinity, Hilary is often passed by in...

You've Been Cancelled!

Mortification of Spin
Mar 3, 2021
American culture has been moving in a progressive direction at breakneck speed, with it, the language employed to define the trends. Today, Carl and Todd explore the meaning of “Cancel Culture” and the latest “cancellation” of a prominent conservative voice by one of the most powerful corporations...
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No Forgiveness

Justin Poythress
Feb 26, 2021
What would a world without forgiveness look like? We could expect constant wars, fighting, and conflict. We would witness the dissolution of marriage, family, and all but the most casual friendships. Court systems would clog. Everyone would seek to live and work alone. We would settle and adopt a...

There But for the Grace of God Go I

Simonetta Carr
Feb 24, 2021
Over the last few days, an opinion piece by Kyle J. Howard [1] has made its rounds on social media. It’s a critique of a common phrase many “Christian leaders” have apparently used in their reaction to Ravi Zacharias’s fall: “There, but for the grace of God go I” (or other versions of this saying...
John Owen knew all about proclamation.

He's Worthy of Proclamation

Mortification of Spin
Feb 24, 2021
Christian education is highly regarded among Reformed Christians, and for good reason. Teaching young believers the basics of the faith and helping the mature ones swim the deep waters of the catholicity of our creeds and confessions has been, for many years, a passion and mission of today’s guest...
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Lewis and the Moral Law

Arthur Hunt
Feb 23, 2021
Theologians who now write on natural law often begin by first acknowledging the long dry spell during the twentieth century. They cite that Reformed-minded scholars were either distrustful or even hostile to the theory that there was a knowable system of right and wrong held in common by all human...