Sermon Video Ever since our rebellion against God in the Garden, the human race has been locked up in the chains of fear, guilt, and shame. We were promised one thing, and we have received another. ...
Our Gibbeted Christ
Guards or Bouncers?
“All pastors and elders should want to protect the Table from corrupt use, but we should do so a posteriori. The approach to church purity taken here is that of hiring big, beefy security guards at the door to check everyone’s IDs three times. The approach taken to church purity by what I take to be a more consistent covenantal approach is to hire big, beefy bouncers.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 644
Yes, Well, There’s Always That
Which Is Unpleasant
“Being prosecuted by sentimentalist pietists is like drowning in a cauldron of hot butterscotch”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 634
Content Cluster Muster [03-28-24]
Watchoo Lookin’ At?: A Modern Macedonian Call: “Come over . . . and help us.” Acts 16:9 Covenant Reformed Church (CRC) in Fairbanks, Alaska, became a CRECMission Church in August, 2015. The congregation has grown to 37covenanted members (12 households) with an average Sunday attendanceof 50 souls. Currently, the Session consists of two men from …
Nothing Ad-Libbed
“The problem with this is that synergism is frequently used by people who want God to do 90 percent, and we do the remaining 10. He carries one end of the heavy object, and we carry the other end. This is not a Calvinistic understanding at all. In Calvinistic synergy, God does one hundred percent, and I do the other one hundred percent. Shakespeare writes one hundred percent of Hamlet’s lines, and Hamlet speaks one hundred percent of Hamlet’s lines. The wrong kind of synergy has Shakespeare writing the plot of Hamlet’s life, with Hamlet ad-libbing his way through it.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 625
Prosperity Gospel, Deuteronomic Faith, and How Babies Come into It
Introduction: Let me go straight to the central question I want to address here. What is the difference between the prosperity gospel and the Deuteronomic blessings I like to talk about? And ...
Letter Writers Helping Out the Letter Readers
Letter to the Editor: Just a question, if I may. In a recent post entitled, "Classical Charter Schools as a Cut Flowers Display," You mention a quote from Peter Berger..."you should ...
Lig Duncan and that Infamous Clip Making the Rounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXnwKgzXy8o Introduction: I was going to be doing a bit of traveling, and so last week I wrote and recorded a few of my blog posts prior to departure. That was ...
Jews and the Measure You Use
Dear Gavin, I know that we have been talking primarily about whites and blacks, but I want to change the subject, moving over to the Jews for just a moment. This is only an apparent change of ...