Many people understand the book of Revelation as portraying what is going to happen at the end of the world. This comes from what is known as the pre-millennial view, popularized in Tim LaHaye’s and Jerry B. Jenkins’ Left Behind series, which is a recent interpretation pushed by dispensationalists. Rather than see the Bible as a portraying the unfolding of God’s covenant…
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Revoice, Concupiscence, and Worldliness in the PCA
The decision of Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCA) in St. Louis, Missouri to host the Revoice Conference has raised quite a ruckus in the Presbyterian Church of America and some other evangelical denominations. The purpose of the conference is: Supporting, encouraging, and empowering gay, lesbian, same-sex-attracted, and other LGBT Christians so they can flourish while observing…
Where is Your Hope? The Structure of Isaiah
I love reading learned theologians who mine the depth and richness of Scripture. Two of those show up in the article in this post, David Dorsey and Peter Leithart. Building off of Dorsey’s analysis of the chiastic structure of Isaiah, Leithart points us to the central point of Isaiah: The central narrative section is embedded…
Conservatives should be asking themselves about the GOP: Should I stay or should I go?
It is easy today to find people who self-identify as conservative who oppose President Trump, and who even have gone as far as leaving the Republican Party because of Trump. Here is Washington Post columnist Max Boot explaining why he joined their ranks: Veteran strategist Steve Schmidt, who ran John McCain’s 2008 campaign, is the…
Liberty Is an Anti-Darwinian Concept
The traditional view of creation that has been held almost unanimously throughout church history is that creation took place over six 24 hour days. Augustine seems to have believed instead in instantaneous creation, but no prominent members of the church believed in a creation scenario that allowed for the earth to be millions or billions of…
Will the FBI Come Clean?
Everyone knows that the FBI and the Justice Department have been obstructing justice. What we don’t know is why President Trump won’t force them to come clean by declassifying all the documents that they refuse to turn over to Congress–and the public. I don’t think it is because he has anything to hide. In fact, it is pretty…
Hey Democrats, Fighting Fair Is for Suckers
Here’s what the future looks like for the liberals. Although, actually, it is not all that different from their past–lose an election, blame it on the corruption of their opponents, and then use that to excuse for the means to justify the ends: As we all know, Trump and the Republican Party that enables him…
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My Friend Josiah and the Carbon Tax
My friend, Josiah Neeley, recently published a piece, “Confessions of a former carbon tax skeptic.” In it, he professes his belief in taxing carbon and then evangelizes conservatives with the gospel of carbon taxation in an attempt to convert us. Except Josiah doesn’t actually share much good news about the carbon tax with us. Instead,…
Good Reads 03/30/18
What I’ve Been Reading, Listening to, and Watching this Week Counting the Cost: Republicans Turn Their Backs on Promises to Defund Planned Parenthood What Jamie Dean (World Magazine) Says: “A few hours after President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill to keep the federal government funded through September, satirical news website The Babylon…