And Sounds Like a Plan
Striving Idols
“For my purposes here, I am understanding idolatry as placing a created thing where only the uncreated God should be. This clearly happens whenever images are used in prayer, but images need not be involved. Idolatry is more subtle than that” (Papa Don’t Pope, p. 94).
For Obvious Reasons
“The boundaries of true authority matter to the submissive heart” (Papa Don’t Pope, p. 87).
Dominated by Howling Commies
And just like that, as though coordinated with a prearranged signal, it seems to me that the Democrats have decided to do what they can to make sure that Donald Trump gets a full two terms. While I have been mulling over my promise to write on the challenge that Christians face when it comes …
From the Digital Mailbag
The Counseling Thing Thank you so much for your ministry. God has used your writings and lectures to impact me and my family significantly. On the biblical counseling topic I would put this false teaching as one of the most dangerous. Counseling, and psychology get into the living rooms and bedrooms of people. And if …
25 Theses on Common Grace, Natural Revelation, and Pastoral Care
One of the most common areas where syncretism—an attempt to marry two incompatible worldviews—is making massive inroads into Christian faith and practice is in the area of counseling and therapy. In the conviction that this is a very bad development, as well as believing it is an area where many pastors need to be encouraged …
You Still Have to Decide
“Yes, there are many voices claiming to understand Scripture, and yes, they contradict. But to throw up my hands and step to the right three paces, take down another book, and undertake the interpretation of something else (far more inchoate and difficult) does not solve the problem at all. If I can’t read and understand …
Stands to Reason
Centralized Schism
“John the Baptist didn’t have a cushy office set-up at the Temple. He preached in the wilderness, but this did not make him the schismatic separatist. They were all back in Jerusalem” (Papa Don’t Pope, p. 69).
The Magisterium Needs a Table of Contents
“The faithful Roman Catholic is told that he cannot interpret the fixed Bible without the aid of non-stipulated, non-fixed magisterium. It is like being told that you cannot read the map rightly without being given the key—but then the key is hidden” (Papa Don’t Pope, p. 63).