The Validity and Potential Value of a Liturgical Calendar (Part Three)
Part One Part Two Regulative Principle of Worship Over a period of time, professing Christians formulated from scripture what was termed, “the regulative principle of worship.” I believe in that. This took awhile in the history of Christianity to develop. I believe it because it is scriptural and, therefore, I want to follow it. […]
The Validity and Potential Value of a Liturgical Calendar (Part Two)
Part One The Suggestion of a Church Calendar Perhaps as you read, I don’t have to argue for Christmas and Easter. You accept that already for your church calendar. Churches should acknowledge and honor the birth and resurrection of Jesus Christ. They include the birth and resurrection in the prayers, singing, and preaching of their […]
The Validity and Potential Value of a Liturgical Calendar
You Might Have a Liturgical Calendar If you have Easter and Christmas on your calendar, you have a liturgical calendar. You might not call it one, but it still is. Should you though? Is it permissible or maybe even of value for a church to keep a liturgical calendar every year? Let’s say that you […]
Right Applications of Matthew 5:17-20 and Wrong Ones (Part Three)
Part One Part Two Jesus Is Scriptural Everything that Jesus said in His sermon from Matthew 5:1 to 5:16 was a scriptural concept. Nothing Jesus taught contradicted God’s Word. Jesus is God. On the other hand, the religious leaders in Israel were “making the word of God of none effect through [their] tradition” (Mark […]
Right Applications of Matthew 5:17-20 and Wrong Ones (Part Two)
Part One Jesus came to elevate scripture, not overthrow it. The scribes and Pharisees had devalued actual scripture for their own traditions. The religious leaders thereby made themselves the standard of righteousness. They were not God’s light, glorifying Him by shining in a dark world. Heaven and Earth Passing Away and Not His Words Not […]
Right Applications of Matthew 5:17-20 and Wrong Ones
Defend or Support the Textus Receptus? Recently I read someone who started his essay on Matthew 5:17-20, and he called it ‘quoted to defend an understanding of preservation that supports the Textus Receptus and the Hebrew Masoretic.’ Nope, that’s not how it works with passages. I’ve preached through the whole book of Matthew. I’ve begun […]
A True View of the World: Inside or Outside?
Anthony Kennedy and Casey In the Supreme Court decision “Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania V. Robert P. Casey” in 1992, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in his opinion: At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life. Is […]
Douglas Wilson: “I Am Not A Separatist”
The Moscow Mood One landscape of the evangelical internet blew up recently when evangelical reformed (Presbyterian?) Kevin DeYoung, leader in The Gospel Coalition, wrote a scathing article against Douglas Wilson and his Christian enterprise in Moscow, Idaho. He entitled it: “On Culture War, Doug Wilson, and the Moscow Mood.” Now Wilson has answered him with […]
The Capitulation on the Biblical Doctrine of the Perfect Preservation of Scripture
Does the Bible suddenly change its meaning? When God speaks on a certain subject in His Word, do we take what He says as the truth or do we conform it to naturalistic or humanistic presuppositions? I ask these question especially here about the biblical doctrine of the perfect preservation of scripture. Master’s Seminary and […]
My Take on the Complicated World Scene That Includes Ukraine, Russia, and Israel (part four)
Part One Part Two Part Three What Is the Greatest Danger? A good question to ask when evaluating United States domestic and foreign policy is “what is the greatest danger to the country?” When I grew up during the Cold War, the Soviet Union was a monumental threat to the security of the United […]
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