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When he was called before Felix , the Roman procurator for the province of Judea, Paul gave an apologetic, that is, a defense, for the Chris...

In the second chapter of Ezekiel, we have God's commissioning of the prophet to Israel in exile in Babylon. God's plan is not like m...

"Against such as these [i. e., unbelievers], the doctrine of justification may be defended, but it is vain to attempt their satisfactio...

 

 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 ...

 I have noticed a curious trend among professing evangelicals to adopt the doctrine of annihilationism . That doctrine holds that the wicked...

 There is a doctrine which has been commonly-held, but not universally-held, among Reformed Christians for hundreds of years. It is usually ...

Isaiah 55:11 is a verse which is well-known among orthodox Protestants: " So shall My word be that goes out from My mouth; it shall no...

Part of the basis of Calvinism is not just its biblical consistency, but also the practical necessity from the human perspective. The Bibl...

" Thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of ...

I have regular apologetic and evangelistic interactions with pseudo-Christian cults, mainly Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Oneness ...

I have a real problem with classical apologetics. That is for two main reasons. One is that they lead to a generic deity, not necessarily th...

I think that a big part in causing the impotence of the American church is the method of evangelism employed by the members of the church. ...

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...

Many professing evangelicals, perhaps even most (I think so), claim that the decision for belief or unbelief is made by the hearer of the Go...

At the end of His earthly ministry, Jesus gave this assignment to His church: " All authority in heaven and on earth has been given t...

" The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord ,      but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to Him.   The way of t...

In dealing with agnostics or atheists, I, of course, use the Bible as my source of truth. That is what distinguishes me as a Christian. To...

Question 45 of the Westminster Larger Catechism asks, How does Christ execute the office of a king? And answers it this way: " Christ...

Paul, Preaching the Gospel on Mars Hill This is something that I have been running into over the last two years or so. "Evangelical...