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5 days ago
4 min

Richard Sibbes on Vainglory

While reading some of the works of the Puritan Richard Sibbes (1577–1635), I ran across the following words on vainglory. Sibbes is well ...

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6 days ago
2 min

How to be a Modern Progressive

Step One: Insist that there is no such thing as the truth. Insist that there is only your truth and my truth and that both truths are equ...

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Feb 19
1 min

Andrew Willet (1562-1621) vs. Cardinal Bellarmine

Andrew Willet (1562-1621) is not a familiar name to most people today. He was a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Church of England mini...

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Feb 18
6 min

A Plea and Warning for Evangelicalism

On February 15, 2021, Christianity Today published an article by Chris Kugler entitled A Plea and Warning for Evangelicalism. Kugler clai...

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Feb 17
3 min

Did God Praise the Hebrew Midwives for Lying?

It is not uncommon for people to bring up the story of the Hebrew midwives when the topic of lying is raised. It usually arises when some...

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Feb 15
4 min

Are the Warning Passages a Weak Link in Reformed Theology?

I recently read Donald MacLeod's book Compel Them to Come In: Calvinism and the Free Offer of the Gospel. It's a very helpful book on tha...

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Jan 3
1 min

Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. He would be 129 today, so raise a glass of Old Winyards and drink a toast to one of the great...

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Dec 11, 2020
6 min

Pontificating Populist Punditry

For those familiar with popular culture in the 1980s, the name Cliff Clavin might ring a bell. Cliff was a regular character in the hit t...

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Dec 10, 2020
1 min

The Best Film Version of "A Christmas Carol"

A few days ago, my wife and I watched the 1938 film version of A Christmas Carol starring Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge. I have seen ...

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Dec 9, 2020
2 min

Every Wind of Doctrine

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for bu...

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