Tarheel Covenant Blog

"It is, and must be, an indispensable element in anything which deserves the name of atonement that it satisfies the justice of God, ...

Guilt is our emotional response to affliction of conscience. That is, when we are aware that we have done wrong, and are deserving of punish...

This is being posted for Christmas, 2019. We will talk a lot about the birth of Christ today. But I want to talk about why it matters that ...

The Apostle Paul tells us in Romans 2:15, " They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also...

Years ago, the pastor I had at that time told a story of one of his daughters, about 5 years old at the time. She customarily took an aftern...

An important theme in the New Testament is the role that conscience plays in human lives. We immediately think of its role in the life of ...

I often hear people claim that the moral law of the Old Testament was only for Israel. Now, if we were talking about the ceremonial law, I...

Anyone who looks at the topics that I explore in this blog would have to be deliberately obtuse not to notice that I am a Calvinist. That is...

" Let Israel be glad in his Maker;      let the children of Zion rejoice in their King! Let them praise His name with dancing,      ma...

In the defense of their program of baptism for the dead, Mormons claim that God gives a second chance for conversion to those who never had ...

Martin Luther said something with which I agree completely: " For as long as he [i. e., man] is persuaded that he himself can do even ...

There is a time in the Bible, where the Scripture repeats this mantra: " In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what...

In the Fourteenth Psalm, King David said a number of interesting things about unbelief. In the first verse, he said: " The fool s...

One form of antinomianism holds that the biblical Law is still valid (Matthew 5:18), but is, and has always been, only for Israel. That is...

I have noticed an attitude among Christians that says that repentance is a good thing, but nothing more. One can repent, or not, as he sees ...

Have you ever cruised through the reviews on Amazon? If you have some time to kill someday, I recommend this informative way to use it. I ...

This is a question that I have been asked by both Seventh-Day Adventists (because they believe in the annihilation of the wicked) and atheis...

In Luke 18:9-14, Jesus told a deep parable, that of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. In it, we see strikingly different attitudes in thei...

" They have spoken falsely of the Lord      and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us,      nor shall we see...

"If anyone saith that the sacrifice of the Mass is only a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, or that it is a bare commemoration of t...