“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 81 “Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase” (Prov. 13:11). The contrast here is between wealth gained by labor, and wealth gained by vanity. One of the most marked distinctives of wealth …
Statement on St. Peter
Randy Booth, the moderator of the CREC Council, has posted a statement on the situation at St. Peter. That statement can be found here.
The Lure
“Advertising, which is a large part of our public world, has learned how to dip its bucket into the well of our inner desires and fantasies; it projects those desires and images as part of its merchandising prowess” [David Wells, Losing Our Virtue (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998), p. 109]
Intellectual Schizophrenia
“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 …