oday marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Jean Cauvin, who we know as John Calvin.
Calvinism is kind of a dirty word these days, at least amongst so-called mainline Protestant denominations. They just hate the notion that mankind is not in charge, that God chooses, ultimately, who amongst us will be saved, [...]
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God’s sovereignty
Posted in Calvinism, apologetics on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Works for me
Posted in Calvinism, apologetics on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although I attend a Baptist church, I’m probably a Calvinist. I’ve got a Puritan heart. Not that I’m pure, mind ye. Just that I take my Reformation neat, none of that proto-Catholic stuff of the Anglicans who call themselves Protestants. How do I know I’m [...]
Everything else
Posted in apologetics on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
— C.S.Lewis, A Mind Awake.
Had I seen this before I became a Christian, I’d have scoffed. My training was in things you could build; things [...]
Creedal
Posted in apologetics on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Every once and again it is useful to step back and consider what it is, exactly, that we as Christians believe in. Creeds are anathema to some of us, especially those whose denominations have seen persecution because they did not subscribe to an established church’s doctrine.
But members of non-creedal churches [...]
Exclusion
Posted in Abortion, apologetics, sin on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Novak should be read by any who need a quick refresher course in our Christian faith. Not talking dogma or liturgy here; talking basics. Here’s a bracing piece from him on the false doctrine of “inclusiveness.” Which, in my experience, usually means ignoring persistent and unrepentant sin. [...]
The humility of God
Posted in Scripture, apologetics on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am named after two evangelists: John, and Luke. And it is to John’s Gospel I go, whenever I need to be reminded of how our Lord is the light of the world, and the very antithesis of darkness. It is to Luke’s Gospel I go to remember the particulars [...]
All Monotheisms are Not Alike
Posted in Islam, apologetics on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From Christianity Today, this extract using the ancient Apostles’ Creed as the basis for understanding how and why God is not the god worshiped by Muslims:
From How can we engage in conversation and still stick to our theological guns? I propose employing the Apostles’ Creed—a time-tested and easily digestible template of basic Christianity—to remind ourselves [...]
preach Christ, and him crucified
Posted in Jesus talk, apologetics on July 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s crackpot pastor, is easy to categorize. He says things that may literally be the product of insanity, because they are simply too outrageous to be true. But that’s not his greatest failing. And it’s a failing shared by more than a few white pastors.
From this brief, but essential [...]
Moderation in all things?
Posted in apologetics on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
— C.S. Lewis
Not just to the Jews
Posted in apologetics on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve attended mainline churches of late, one thing that you might have missed is any notion that Jesus Christ suffered and died a heinous death. A death that we would never inflict on even our worst criminals — “cruel and unusual” punishment.
I write “mainline churches” meaning places like the Presbyterian Church (USA), United [...]
