Tarheel Covenant Blog

I have written before on the subject of the conversion of the Jews ( here , here , and here ), so this post will rehash some material from t...

Rape is a horrible crime . Not only does it violate the physical wholeness of the victim, but it is also an assault on her mental wholeness....

" Do not boil a goat in its mother's milk " -Deuteronomy 14:21.  I remember the first time I read this verse in an Old Testame...

" These are the statutes and rules that you shall be careful to do in the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to...

"In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, prophets since Joseph Smith have taught clearly that there are three separate memb...

Here is an article from a non-Christian economics think tank about the historical impact of profligate government printing of currency. As ...

In Deuteronomy, Moses laid out for the Israelites the blessings and curses that would come from the obeying or disobeying of the commandment...

" Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished " (Proverbs 16:5).  I con...

" The right hand of the Lord does valiantly! " (Psalm 118:15). The reference above mentions the right hand of God. We also see ref...

Everyone knows the Fifth Commandment by heart: " Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lor...

"[L]ove is not a replacement of the Law of God but rather its highest manifestation or fulfillment (Romans 3:10). In addition..., there...

I write this at a time when America is going through widespread social tumult over police shootings of black men and women. George Floyd and...

One of the distinctive doctrines that I love about Presbyterianism is what is called "covenant succession," the belief that the ch...

 As Moses approached the end of his life, he faced the prospect of leaving his people to the leadership of someone else, Joshua. Under such ...

One of the greatest errors of dispensationalism has passed to a wider audience of evangelicalism. It has become to claim that the moral law ...

One of the distinctions between Mormonism and biblical Christianity is the insistence by Mormons that God the Father has a body such as huma...

Before starting, I want to mention that this post represents a major moment. It is my 800th post! " The Lord spoke to Moses, saying...

To the modern reader, there may be nothing written in Scripture more bewildering than one short phrase: "the fear of God." For exa...

There is a strange and controversial story found in John 7:53-8:11. In the story, the Pharisees bring to Jesus a woman who was caught in adu...

When dealing with even professed Christians on Facebook, I get a continuous stream of questions about hypothetical issues. Today someone ask...