If there is no God, can there be morality? I’m not asking whether atheists are moral people and do moral things. They do, but by what unimpeachable and ultimate standard? An atheist might say that certain laws are good for the advancement of the species. But let’s not forget that as an evolved species (according […]
Let’s get real about clerical sex abuse
As we hear the horror stories of how 300 Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania sexually abused over 1,000 identified child victims and potentially thousands more, we need to keep a few things in mind for perspective. But let me warn you, the first part of the article gets real. Then, it gets real real. Let’s […]
The Dominion Mandate – Genesis 1:26-28 (1)
Scripture sees the dominion mandate from multiple perspectives, but there is one thing it is certainly not supposed to mean for God’s people. Find out here. . . .
D. A. Carson on the “hard case” of racism
D. A. Carson is acknowledged widely as one of today’s foremost conservative evangelical scholars, certainly in New Testament scholarship. His commentary on the Gospel of John is considered among the very finest. His book Exegetical Fallacies and collaborative Introduction to the New Testament are required reading for seminarians all over the world, and rightly so. […]
The anti-semitic fringe of the American Right
This week, I had a brief run-in with an anti-Semite on one of my site’s forums. He posted an attack on Ron Paul. It was clear from his post that his real complaint about Dr. Paul is that he has not publicly attacked Jews as part of a special-interest group. I canceled his subscription immediately […]
On Angels and Demons: Calvin’s Institutes (Lesson 16)
Even though Moses did not enumerate the angels among the creatures of God, nothing prevents us from treating what is delivered by Scripture concerning them in other places. For if we desire to know God by his works, we surely cannot overlook this noble and illustrious specimen. In Scripture, angels are heavenly spirits whose obedience […]