Book 4/Chapter 18 Laying on of hands (section 6) 1. Why must the Holy Spirit still be present in the church today? 2. Why does Calvin say that the Romanists’ laying on of hands is not the same as the apostolic practice? Anointing with oil (section 7) 1. What is Calvin’s central objection to their …
Behemoth State U and Leviathan State
The perennial temptation of ersatz conservatives is to tell the progressives that what they are proposing cannot possibly work, and that if implemented it will ruin us all. And then, when the progressives (so called because they are progressing toward the Abyss) succeed in driving their proposals through, conservatives line up for the next election …
Christ the Altar
Book 4/Chapter 18 Sacrifices of praise (section 17) 1. How does Calvin demonstrate that it is legitimate to understand “sacrifice” as an offering of praise? 2. Where do we lay our gifts? Filth in a golden cup (section 18) 1. What does Calvin compare the abomination of the Mass to? 2. What does the Mass …
Last Minute Collision Notice
Collision is showing tonight in San Francisco at the Roxie.
The Needy Bucket Angle
In my next installment on Twilight, I let down my guard for a moment and reveal what I really think.
The Plague of Salt Water
The EPA, under the adroit leadership of Saruman, has now declared CO2 to be a pollutant. As the Staples Singers taught us so many years ago — “put your hand on your mouth when you cough, that’ll help the solution.” And after these Hilaritards have regulated all us CO2 emitters into the ground, they will …
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
INTRODUCTION: Last Lord’s Day, the message was brought to us from the conclusion of Isaiah 40, and we learned from that message that there are two kinds of waiting. There is a waiting that causes our strength to dissipate, and there is a waiting that gathers our strength for us. There is a waiting that …
A Case of Boxed Fruit on Your Doorstep
R.C. Sproul has written a few words to explain why he did not sign the Manhattan Declaration, and you may find those words here. On the other end of the spectrum, Al Mohler has explained in this place why he did sign it. I am with Sproul when it comes to his statement that he …
Two Kinds of Sacrifice
Book 4/Chapter 18 Two kinds (section 13) 1. There are two kinds of sacrifice. What are they? 2. What does he call them? Done for money (section 14) 1. What outrage is added to the doctrinal blasphemies of the Mass? Plato’s ridicule (section 15) 1. What practice does Plato mock? Under thanksgiving (section 16) 1. …
Collision in Seattle
For those in the Seattle area, a theater screening of Collision is coming up. More info can be gathered here.