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Columns from Tabletalk Magazine, December 2009
from Tim Challies Dec 06, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
The December edition of Tabletalk is out. This month's theme is "The Already and the Not Yet." The issue explores how the kingdom of God has been inaugurated but has not yet been consummated. Contributors include R.C. Sproul, Robert Reymond, Burk Parsons, Keith Mathison, and Guy Richardson. Keep Reading -
Tabletalk 2010: The First Six Months
from Chris Donato Nov 24, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
For more than thirty years, Tabletalk has existed as a magazine for the church. So it strives to help explain important, biblical doctrines and events that shape the church while encouraging people to reflect the image of Christ in both word and deed. We are proud to follow that same trajectory in 2010--dealing with issues that challenge, exhort, and encourage God's people. Keep Reading -
Social Darwinism
from Gene Edward Veith Nov 23, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was never just about biology. Nor were its consequences just about religion. Rather, the origins and effects of Darwinism were largely cultural and moral. Darwin's Origin of Species was published in 1859, which was at the height of the Industrial Revolution and the Capitalist Revolution. Keep Reading -
Intelligent Design?
from R.C. Sproul Jr. Nov 16, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
The culture wars are heating up again. Such, I suppose, ought not to surprise me. Evangelical professor of sociology James Davidson Hunter published his book Culture Wars in 1992. Therein he argued that the real dividing line in modern culture was not between right wing and left wing, not between Christians and non-Christians, but between the orthodox and the progressives Keep Reading -
The Gospel Is for the Broken
from Rod Rosenbladt Nov 13, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
In this article I want to address a particular problem: What we might do as Christians with those who see themselves as "alumni" of the Christian faith. By that I mean those who once professed that Christ shed His blood, freely justified them before God, forgave their sin, gave them eternal life -- but now they don't believe it. Keep Reading -
Christian Publishing
from Allen Fisher Nov 12, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
Looking for things for which to thank the Lord this Thanksgiving? Start by asking this question: Where would my church be without Christian publishing companies? Keep Reading -
Why Is Justification So Important?
from Keith Mathison Nov 10, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
During the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, there were few things more precious to believers than the recovery of the biblical doctrine of justification by faith alone in Christ alone. Five hundred years later, how many of us who count ourselves heirs of these courageous men and women truly believe that this is a doctrine worth dying for? How many of us even know what the fundamental elements of the doctrine of justification are? Keep Reading -
Pardoned and Glorified
from Burk Parsons Nov 07, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
If you've read Victor Hugo's classic work Les Miserables, or if you've seen the stage production or film, you'll recall the scene wherein the bitter criminal Jean Valjean has been released from prison and finds safe harbor at a bishop's home. Instead of returning the bishop's kindness, Valjean steals his silver, strikes him, and flees in the night. Keep Reading -
“Science” vs. Science
from David Robertson Nov 06, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
The door opened and a middle-aged man appeared. "Hi, I'm from the local church and...." "Don't waste your time," he interrupted, "I've no time for religion, I believe in science." "Really? Are you a scientist?" "No." "Have you studied science?" "No." "So why do you have faith in science?" Silence. Keep Reading -
Is Sola Scriptura in the Bible?
from R.C. Sproul Jr. Nov 05, 2009 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
No, and yes. The Bible does not have specific text that suggests that the Bible alone is our final authority in all matters of faith and practice. Those who delight to point this out, however, typically Roman Catholics and the eastern Orthodox, typically miss the point. Keep Reading
