“By distorting sphere sovereignty, these authors have embraced intellectual schizophrenia. What one believes to be true in one location (church), one must forget when entering the other church he attends (the lab). At the risk of sounding revolutionary, if something is false we should reject it, regardless of the source. And if it is true, …
Prosecution and Defense
The name Satan means accuser. The word for devil is related to the word for slander. The devil is the accuser of the brethren; he accuses day and night. When the sons of God were gathering in the presence of God, God bragged on His servant Job, and Satan was the one who accused him …
Souls Without Gravity
“Thus the freedom to ‘be one’s self’ was soon held hostage to the views of others, the world of fashion, and the pressure of social trends. And without a clear sense of the self, the ability to deny the self began to weaken. Standards became blurry, and without a religious framework of meaning to give …
Despair Is Too Optimistic
“As Cornelius Van Til observed, moderns think they understand themselves. As becker’s writing evidences, even in their despair, they think that despair makes sense. But a man cannot even say, ‘Everything is senseless,’ without making sense; rebellious man is trapped in the world God made and not the world he can only partially and inconsistently …
Sins Are Like Grapes
Sins are like grapes; they come in bunches. Observant people see this, and have to deal with it, but it still has to be kept distinct from any judicial proceeding. Wise pastors see this also, and are able to make connections between apparently disparate sins in the life of someone they are counseling. But providing …
Your Earth, Oh Lord, Is Full of Grace
Minister: Lift up your hearts! Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord! Great God, You are my portion now, And I will keep Your words. I have entreated all Your grace, With all my heart and all my soul, Be merciful and keep Your Word. I have considered all my ways, And turned my …
The Jealosy That Never Stops Losing
Once there were two young brothers, with one of them three years younger than the other. He was not only younger, but he was also slighter in build, and, though he was intelligent, he was not quite as sharp as his brother. They played a lot together, but in everything they did, the older brother …
One Provision of His Will
God has brought us together into the household of faith, and, like all households, we share a table together. But one common feature of most household tables going back into antiquity, is the feature of sibling rivalry. At the first Lord’s Supper, there were two sets of physical brothers—Peter and Andrew (Matt. 4:18), and James …
South Dakota and Pro Life Incrementalism
Many political observers, I think rightly, say that Roe is going to die the death of a thousand qualifications. Overall, the pro-life movement has taken an incrementalist approach, which I think wise and prudent. Way to go. But they appear to have lost sight of a little strategic something in the process. I believe we …
Trial By Internet
The Bible tells us that the man who is able to tame the tongue is able to deal with anything. The tongue is a restless evil, he says, full of poison. It sets the world on fire, and is set on fire by hell. As long as sin has been in the world, this has …