Book I/Chapter 6 Actual Knowledge (section 1) 1. What is the only source of actual knowledge of God? 2. Natural revelation is sufficient to produce only what? 3. What illustration does Calvin use to show what Scripture does? 4. Is knowledge of God as Creator sufficient for a man? 5. How can God be distinguished …
Interview Next Week
I am going to be interviewed next week on blog radio, and more information can be found here. The topic is classical education.
Rich Autumn Wisdom
I would like to take this moment to give the mother of all recommends. My father, Jim Wilson, has accumulated a lot of practical wisdom on relationships in his sixty years as a Christian. What he has done in this set of DVDs is gather together some of the most basic principles for living the …
A Judicious Temperament
I was in wait-and-see mode on Rick Warren praying at the inauguration. My initial reaction was uh oh, but being as judicious and thoughtful as I am, I thought I would wait and see what he actually said in his prayer. The upshot is that I was fully prepared to praise him for participating in …
Natural Revelation
Book 1/Chapter 5 Missing the point (section 13) 14. What did the princes of this world not understand? Speaking in vain (section 14) 15. How does the manifestation of God in nature speak in vain? No excuse (section 15) 16. If the glory of God is declared through nature unsuccessfully, then why does this not …
Violence and Vilence
There is not a word in the New Testament that hints that the Church is at odds with the State because the State is violent. When the Church is walking in the light and finds herself at odds with the State it is always because of statist idolatry, not because of violence. Those who believe …
Unbread from Unfathers
I have written in this thread before that many of our contemporary food oddities are little more than thinly disguised manifestations of father hunger. Of course, father hunger manifests itself in other pathological ways than food issues — sexual promiscuity, to name just one — but sure it is no coincidence that this era of …
The Genesis of Hypocrisy/Romans 8
INTRODUCTION: We have already seen in the first chapter that the unbelieving Gentile world is without excuse in their rebellion against God. We have also seen (in this second chapter of Romans) that believing Gentiles are not in the same position. And here in this passage, we come to the point of emphasis, which is …
The Whole Tribe of Philosophers
Book I/Chapter 5 The point (section 10) 8. What does knowledge of God lead us to? The limits (section 11) 9. In what way is evidence of God in creation worthless? 10. In what way are unbelieving men alike and in what way are they different? 11. What is the problem with the whole tribe …
Because Everything Might Change Tomorrow
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 159 “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth” (Pr 27:1). This passage states quite an obvious point, but it is one that is overlooked in business ventures more often than many other …