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A Conflict of Visions-Reality as It Is or Transform It
One of the greatest public intellectuals of the 20th and 21st centuries, Thomas Sowell, a black man and conservative, wrote a book in in 1987 called A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles. I point out his race only to indicate that black...
Numbers 13-14: Exploring Canaan and the Case for Christian Optimism
God communicates his redemptive story through a real people in history as a living metaphor for realities he would bring to pass in due course, a very long course. As I say, God is never in a hurry, and this took 2,000 years from its announcement in the calling of...
God’s Promise in Habakkuk to Fill the Earth with the Knowledge of his Glory
I recently read The Puritan Hope by Ian H. Murray, and we can sure use a lot more Puritan hope in the church today. In it he describes how the Puritans of the 16th through the 18th centuries had a passion for seeing the Great Commission fulfilled in due course because...
Articles on Theology
John 10 – Reformed theology and Keeping Our Kids Christian
Reformed theology has been instrumental, even foundational, in keeping our kids Christian. Looking back at Christian history this means that I find the faith explicated by men such as Augustine and Calvin more persuasive than Pelagius and Arminius. I was reminded of...
The Doctrine of Creation is Critical to Keeping You, and Your Children, Christian: Part 3
In the second of the three posts about creation I argued that naturalism is the default view of reality in our post-Christian secular culture. Even for people who do believe in God, they live their lives functionally as Deists. Even if God is there, he's not terribly...
The Doctrine of Creation is Critical to Keeping You, and Your Children, Christian: Part 2
In my last post I argued that the doctrine of creation is central to the entire history of redemption. For the Hebrews in the ancient world what differentiated them from the Pagan nations was that their God was the creator of the universe, while Pagan gods were...
Articles on Explanatory Power
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Articles on Culture
Resources – Mars Hill Audio
Mars Hill is the famous place in Athens where the Apostle Paul debated with and spoke to Greek philosophers as described in Acts 17. It is also the name of an audio journal produced by Ken Myers for more than 20 years. A couple years ago Andrew Ferguson at the Weekly...
Richard Nixon: Culture Warrior
Most people would date the start of the culture wars to the 1960s and the sexual revolution, but the secular left's war against all things traditional actually began with the Chambers-Hiss case in 1948, according to Mark Judge. He makes a persuasive case. More...
“The Onion,” Pro-Life?
What is this world coming to when The Onion can mock the abortion industry without any seeming embarrassment or concern? That’s just what they did in one of their faux news stories, “Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex.” A mall dedicated to abortion! It’s...
Articles on Apologetics
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