This episode of The White Horse Inn from September 20 is a must-listen: Christianity and Popular Culture (it’s actually a rebroadcast from 12 years ago). Michael Horton and his guest Ken Myers offer a poignant and precise critique of the “Christian” industry ghetto, with its second-rate rock stars and cheesy praise choruses that bear more […]
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For body-modified Christians like myself, here is a helpful answer from the Q&A of the Lutheran Missouri Synod (a.k.a. the good guys) that emphasizes the difference between the moral law and the ceremonial law. I[t] should be kept in mind that the prohibition in Leviticus 19:28–“Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put
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The Holy Spirit creates this desire [for holiness], not only by showing us our sins, but also by showing us God’s standard of holiness. He does this through the Scriptures. As we read and study the Scriptures or hear them taught, we are captivated by the moral beauty of God’s standard of holiness. Even though
I am thoroughly enjoying the Todd Wilken interviews with Dr. Kim Riddlebarger on the Lutheran Public Radio program, “Issues, etc.” (based in Illinois). Download the audio here. Two comments: 1) I had no idea about the lack of security Dispensationalists have, despite their “get-out-of-hell-free-card”, “ticket-to-heaven”, “once saved always saved” mantras. Mr. Wilken provides some really
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“We must guard, no doubt, against … doing violence to the text before us in the interests of Bible-harmony. But within due limits, surely, the order of investigation should be from the clearer to the more obscure. And it is to be feared that there has been much less tendency-interpretation of Rev. XX in the
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The third chapter of Michael Horton’s book Introducing Covenant Theology is a difficult one, but we are encouraged by looking at the opening of chapter four, where he says we have our most difficult work behind us. The chapter is entitled, “A Tale of Two Mothers”, after Galatians 4:21-31. First we have the covenant of
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I am getting ready to post on another Chapter from Michael Horton’s Introducing Covenant Theology, and I thought it might be helpful to clear up a couple things about covenant theology before we dig deeper into the book. In Reformed theology, we see three covenants in Scripture: Redemption, Works, and Grace. The Covenant of Redemption
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In the second half of chapter 2 in Introducing Covenant Theology, Michael Horton drills down towards the characteristics of the biblical covenant. It is founded on God’s transcendence, his sovereign election, and his grace, which is proclaimed loudly in his forbearance. The religion we see in Scripture is unlike the pagan religions because we see
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When I started working on my last post 3 months ago, I quickly realized the two major issues from the Shepherd’s Conference were John MacArthur’s eschatology and Phil Johnson’s treatment of Mark Driscoll. I decided to separate these issues into two separate posts. I am troubled by John MacArthur’s eschatology, which tends to come up
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First I want to say what a blessing it is to have the door opened to covenant theology. I am learning so much and am so thankful. The discovery of the Reformed biblical framework is an amazing gift which empowers the student of Scripture to dig into it and learn for himself what the Spirit
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