Standing with the Little Guys
RPTS Statement on Human Identity and Christian Behavior
At a time when Biblically faithful colleges and seminaries are under incredible pressure to conform to this world just to survive, it is vital that we do not compromise the truth and morality of the Christian faith. As part of my duties as president of our denominational seminary, over the last month I attended... Continue Reading
Use the Rod, Lose the Child?
Corporal discipline was once considered normal and effective; today many people consider it nothing less than abuse.
As we read through the Bible we find that lesser authorities never have the right to contradict greater authorities. Therefore government does not have the right to tell us to disobey God. So if God says we must spank our children and the government says we must not, we need to obey God, not government.... Continue Reading
Political Theology: The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Man
The clash of kingdoms is real.
It was the Judeo-Christian understanding of things that led away from Statism to the freedoms and values of the West. But sadly, as the West becomes more secular and anti-Christian, it is reverting to its pagan roots—and that includes the return to the all-powerful and all-dominating State. Political Theology, as the term implies, has... Continue Reading
Comfort Facing Death
Psalm 139 gives us the comfort we need when facing the end of our lives.
Do we take comfort from knowing that our Creator is the LORD, our faithful covenant God? Are we entrusting ourselves and our eternal future into His hands? Do you ever think about your own death? Poets may come up with flowery words and philosophers may make scholarly statements that ring hollow when there is... Continue Reading
Can I Follow My New Heart?
Christians have biblical warrant to cultivate a healthy suspicion of what they recognize as their hearts’ desires.
Looking into our hearts for direction can be spiritually hazardous. It is usually more helpful for us to direct our hearts to what is most valuable and delightful. Which is why I believe David counsels us, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4). “Why... Continue Reading
Your Body, Whose Choice?
The Christian view is that to defile the body, either our own or another’s, is to violate the image of God.
Regardless of how old, how young, how healthy, or how sick our bodies are, a Christian view is that these bodies are not our own.” “You were bought with a price,” Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, “therefore glorify God in your body.” In a rather stunning op-ed at CNN a couple of weeks ago,... Continue Reading
On Intersectionality
Just what is intersectionality, and why is it so dangerous?
Oppression happens on more than one level. There are multiple levels in which oppression and injustice occur. Thus the oppressed are not just victims of racism, for example, but are victims of other evils, be it sexism or imperialism or homophobia or whatever else you want to add to the list. The radical left... Continue Reading
We’re Always in Gospel School
The gospel is for believers as well. We need it everyday.
As a Christian, you should desire to become more like the one who died for you. You should not take your eyes off the gospel any day of the week. Wake up to the gospel. Talk about the gospel. Think about and read the gospel. Go to sleep pondering the gospel. Ultimately, that is the... Continue Reading
The Eschatological Household
When Christ returns, we will worship as a universal assembly of God’s elect, at the consummate Mount Zion on an eternal Sabbath.
When Christ returns, His church will be entirely purified and cleansed from all iniquity. He will make us suitable for everlasting fellowship with the triune God. When we see our Savior returning on the clouds, we will be like Him (1 Thess. 4:16–17; 1 John 3:2), being raised from the dead unto spiritual bodies (1 Cor. 15:42–49) to enjoy... Continue Reading
Woke Theology: A Secular Version of Postmillennialism, Covenantalism, and Theonomy
Wokism is not merely cultural or political, it is religious, seeking to substitute itself as a new religion for the old Christendom that permeated the western world for centuries.
We have preached defeat and now we own it. We have taken hope for the future away from our youth, and then we are surprised when they leave the church for something else or just sit around with no purpose in life–or even join forces with the enemy. The woke-movement has discovered the old tenets... Continue Reading
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