As you walk with Jesus through the events of this most holy of weeks, listen carefully for the echoes of the Old Testament in the words and the whispers of the New. While it is true that Jesus fulfills many prophecies contained in the Hebrews Scriptures, it is important to remember that Jesus is the…
Yesterday was the 499th anniversary of the Reformation which makes today the first day of the 500th year. I thought it would be fun to focus on a Sola a day to drive the heresies away! Salvation comes by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, for the Glory of God alone. And all…
By Stacey Henson, News-Press.com (Florida). Church elder and artist Deborah Fransway lays on her belly in an unfinished sanctuary, black Sharpie in hand, writing the Gospel of John on the concrete floor. As she works, a reader gives her snippets from each passage of the NIV Bible used by the New Hope Presbyterian Church. “When he had finished…
By Tim Keller, The Gospel Coalition. Western society used to be basically divided between people who (1) respected the Bible as “the truth” but didn’t follow it, (2) believed and followed it devotedly, or (3) rejected it as simply a book of legends and myths. Things are changing. To begin with, the first group is rapidly…
On Tuesday, during an interview with Jimmy Carter about his forthcoming memoir at 90, Huff Post Live’s Marc Lamont Hill worked the conversation around to the topic du jour: gay marriage. Carter deftly deflected the initial question saying that he has no problem with it. Then the former President, aware of his stature as a public moralist,…
By Albert Mohler “It is well and good for the preacher to base his sermon on the Bible, but he better get to something relevant pretty quickly, or we start mentally to check out.” That stunningly clear sentence reflects one of the most amazing, tragic, and lamentable characteristics of contemporary Christianity: an impatience with the…
By Thomas Kidd A new study on “The Bible in American Life” by the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture suggests that the Bible retains a position of unique influence among Americans, even if many more people respect the Bible than actively read it. The report finds that two-thirds of those people…
By Dr. Albert R. Mohler Jr. “It is well and good for the preacher to base his sermon on the Bible, but he better get to something relevant pretty quickly, or we start mentally to check out.” That stunningly clear sentence reflects one of the most amazing, tragic, and lamentable characteristics of contemporary Christianity: an…
Words matter? Apparently some words matter more than others. Much has been made lately of the removal of “In Christ Alone” from the new Presbyterian hymnal. The debate in committee and the reason given for the hymn’s elimination was the particular use of a particular word: wrath. As Christians sing their theology, words matter. In…
In the last decades before her capture by Babylon, the nation of Judah placed a boy on her throne. Josiah became the ruler of his people after the assassination of his idolatrous and wicked father Amon. And, if you know your Judean kings well, you know that Josiah’s grandfather Manasseh was wicked – one of…