As many of you know, David French was going to speak on a panel at the PCA's General Assembly on the problem of polarization in the evangelical church. There was an uproar because French is pretty ...
A Polarizing Invitation
Too Broad, Too Narrow
“The latitudinarians receive as Christ’s those who are manifestly not Christ’s and the sectarians reject those who manifestly are.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 764
Nice and Easy
Who Is the Father Here?
“Regeneration cannot be understood apart from the doctrine of generation. And if a person is of their father the devil, that is their problem of generation, which can only be addressed by means of a glorious regeneration.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 761
The Number of Chicken Bones is Irrelevant
“I have gone through enough theological paradigm shifts to know when it is happening. I used to be Arminian, and now am Calvinist. I used to be baptistic and now am paedobaptistic. I used to be premill and now am postmill. I have learned to recognize it when the scenery changes outside the car window. But I was brought up as an evangelical Christian, I am an evangelical now, and if the doctrine of perseverance is what I take it to be, I will die an evangelical. Bottom line, this means that I hold that a man must be born again, must be given a new heart, in order to see the kingdom of heaven. I don’t care how many chicken bones the priest threw in the air at his baptism. If he is not converted to God in his heart by the glorious gift of the Spirit, then he is going to Hell.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 760
Can We Take the Bait Now? Can We? Huh? Can We?
Introduction: We should begin our musings on our current situation by reflecting on something that Napoleon once said. "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Napoleon ...
A Sign of Some Distress
“At some point in the discussion Wilson began to spit sixteen penny nails. He maintained that this was necessary to keep him from swallowing them.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 758
No Kidding
“Every other year I teach through the Westminster Confession to our ministerial students. It is a practice I commend to some of our critics. There are some lost valleys in there that no white man has ever seen.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 758
Letters for Times That Try Men’s Souls
Letter to the Editor: Is the Constitution as Dead as that Parrot? This spring, I had the privilege of attending a course offered by Patriot Academy called Biblical Citizenship. It is free ...
The Right Word at the Right Time
“As I have maintained, clearly I do not want to substitute biblical language in for confessional language. I want confessional language, believing it to be necessary and edifying in its place. What I object to is the restriction that has been placed on using biblical language ever. So the question is not whether we use biblical language or confessional language. The issue is when we are to use each, because we must use each.”
The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 758