Archive for category: Christian Worldview

I wanted to briefly mentioned that if you missed the GPTS Spring Theology Conference, you missed a good conference. By the way, as some of you know, going to conferences is not only about listening to the speaker(s), but also includes (at least at the GPTS conferences) good fellowship, singing together and of course, good food. The two evening sessions

GPTS graduate, and pastor, Ryan McGraw recently published the first chapter of his new book Christ’s Glory, Your Good: Salvation Planned, Promised, Accomplished, and Applied on the Katekomen Website. You can read the first chapter “The Eternal Christ” here. McGraw is also the author of By Good and Necessary Consequence and Day of Worship: Reassessing the Christian Life in Light

UPDATE: After realizing I can make my point without by critical of another, I removed the reference to Normal Vincent Peale. I need to be careful with every word I speak (and write) and believe there are no reasons to be critical, when not necessary. I am sorry! === There are some who may tell you that the above terms

My friend Michael Brown is willing to try to speak the truth in contexts that most of us wouldn’t even attempt. Here’s today’s example…. Well, I was going to embed the video, but they designed it so that the snapshot is simply inappropriate for posting. Gotta love when they upload a snapshot of the video that they know will keep

Steve Hays responds to Peter Enn’s shallow theodicy: http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-moments-like-these.html Hays’ third point is especially poignant: iii) More to the point, suppose a believer fail the test of faith in the face of Sandy Hook? What’s the significance of dead children from a godless perspective? Kids are merely biological replacement units. Had they lived, they would have procreated their own replacement

I mentioned in a previous post that I’ve been on a quest to find homeschooling resources that fit my specific wants and needs. I have in my possession, and I know of other materials that come close to what I’m looking for; but so are, I’ve been a bit disappointed. There maybe a number of reasons for this: 1) I’ve

It is about that time of the year when we are introduced to creative ways to read our Bible for the next calender year (did you do it this year?). This is my fifth year encouraging others to use my particular reading plan. I suggest you take each day of next year to read and reflect on a single unit

The light Tuesday’s election cast on the degradation of Western culture’s expression in the United States should not have surprised us. But we still hope for some restraint, some sign that God will restrain the madness of men rushing to destroy everything that is good and holy and just. But what did we see? An open lesbian elected to the

The video from 2008 that remains amazingly relevant:

Don’t you love titles that capture your attention? Well, now that I have your attention, let me point you to an audio program that featured the president. No, not Obama, but the president of Greenville Seminary, Dr. Joseph Pipa. On the latest Confession Our Hope, Mr. William Hill and Dr. Pipa discussed social issues such as homosexuality, women’s ordination, head

On July 20th you sent a letter to the President of Chick-fil-A. In it you misrepresented Mr. Cathy’s published statements, as has been documented by numerous news outlets. Mr. Cathy had expressed, in respectful and measured words, his Christian conviction, based upon the Christian Scriptures, that marriage is a covenant between a man and a woman, so-called “traditional” marriage. And

Read, absorb, communicate, distribute, repeat.

This is our third collaboration together, and, of course, we really need your help to get this video out to as wide an audience as possible. Of course, please pray that this video will not be censored by those who wish to suppress the gospel and the Christian worldview.

A few seconds ago, Dr. White made reference on the Dividing Line to the following response to Dan Savage: -TurretinFan

As a seminary student (5 years and counting), preparing for gospel ministry, I have had the great privilege of exhorting/preaching (whatever you’d like to call it) quite a bit. There are times when I’m able to preach in the same place, and there are other times when I’m simply all over the map. Well, Psalm 1 is a text I

This graphic was sent to me this morning, and I think it is a fine example of the kind of ignorance and prejudice we need to be quick to respond to with grace and clarity in our ever darkening culture. I will be looking at this graphic on the Dividing Line today at 7pm EDT. Join us then!

In honor of Article Two of the “traditional” Southern Baptist view of salvation, I would like to provide a citation from the Abstract of Systematic Theology by James P. Boyce, published originally in 1887. Boyce has the distinction of being the founder and first president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and President of the Southern Baptist Convention (1872-79,1888): II. FACTS

The following video was posted by a 16 year old commenting on the vote on the nature of marriage in North Carolina. You will note it contains no profanity. It is reasoned and clear. And that, of course, is the problem. If this was a young homosexual ranting against Christianity using profanity, or even a middle aged one, like Dan

Recently I invested over five hours of airtime to rather fully discuss the claims made by Matthew Vines in a YouTube video presentation defending the concept of “gay Christianity.” His emotionally-laden presentation was not only badly imbalanced from any scholarly perspective, utterly ignoring the counter-arguments and even conflicting pro-homosexual interpretations offered on the same passages, but it was very poorly

For Christians, this is nothing new: And when finally he was brought up, there was a great tumult on hearing that Polycarp had been arrested. Therefore, when he was brought before him, the proconsul asked him if he were Polycarp. And when he confessed that he was, he tried to persuade him to deny, saying, “Have respect to your age”—and

(Read this. Then read this. And, to really get into this issue, please listen to Dr. White’s Dividing Line on this subject.) I have decided that the powerful rhetoric of Rachel Held Evans is simply too overwhelming – too persuasive to maintain my position that homosexuality is wrong. I have decided to beat my sword into a plowshare. I have

Why a Mega? Simple. I listened to this entire presentation this morning out in the gorgeous Arizona early morning, and I think it is a MUST RESPOND presentation. This is a very different approach than you see in Dan Savage, and is far more difficult to respond to for most Christians. Want to do your homework beforehand so as to

Think Dan Savage would do a real debate, I mean, one where both sides are equally represented, where he would have to engage in cross-examination, provide serious scholarship, etc.? Think this video will remain on YouTube? Let’s pray toward that end!

Man of Sorrows! what a name For the Son of God, Who came Ruined sinners to reclaim. Hallelujah! What a Savior! Bearing shame and scoffing rude, In my place condemned He stood; Sealed my pardon with His blood. Hallelujah! What a Savior! Guilty, vile, and helpless we; Spotless Lamb of God was He; Full atonement can it be? Hallelujah! What

Here is the the Crossan/Borg vs. White/Renihan 2005 Debate on the Resurrection. I attended this debate that took place on the sea during an Alaskan cruise. It was either the day before or after the debate that Dr. White held a session on the cruise for his ministry cruisers where he expounded on the folly of the world’s wisdom in