Machen’s Warrior Fathers by R.C. Sproul Jr.

There is no escaping that we serve a God of covenants. It is His habit to work through means. High on that list of means is faithful men with a vision that extends beyond their nose, men who purpose in …Read More

Theology Has Consequences

FROM TABLETALK | April 2006

Richard Weaver first made a name for himself when he published his seminal work, Ideas Have Consequences. It is a brief work with ideas that are still reaping consequences. He was to the secular academic world something of a Francis …Read More

Confounding the Postmodern Mind by Gene Edward Veith

FROM TABLETALK | March 2006

Back in the last century, lots of churchmen were intimidated by modernism — with its triumphant science, dogmatic rationalism, and trust in progress. They figured that if Christianity is going to survive, it has to adapt to the times and to …Read More

Machen’s God-Centered Vision by John Piper

FROM TABLETALK | March 2006

J. Gresham Machen wielded his powers against modernism as an historian and as a student of the New Testament. He argued on historical grounds that from the beginning the church was a witnessing church (Acts 1:8) and a church …Read More

Faithful Vigilance by W. Robert Godfrey

FROM TABLETALK | March 2006

Paul warned the elders of the church in Ephesus about the critical need for them to be vigilant: “Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for …Read More

Holding the Line by D.G. Hart

FROM TABLETALK | March 2006

American Protestantism split in two during the 1920s and has not been the same since. In denominational controversies, especially among Presbyterians and Baptists, and in courtroom debates over teaching evolution in public schools, the once unified front of mainline Protestantism …Read More

The Liberal Agenda by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | March 2006

When any discussion develops concerning Christianity and liberalism, it is crucial that one gives a proper definition of liberalism. The term liberal can mean anything from being free in one’s thinking to being a proponent of the latest fad …Read More

Passionate Complacency by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | March 2006

Sir Edmund Burke is quoted as having said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”— a true statement indeed. For as the history of civilization has shown, when we stand by …Read More

Our Fundamentalist Betters by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | March 2006

As I write, I find myself visiting Gwinnett County, Georgia. It’s a good thing that I am only visiting. If I actually lived here, I’d find myself on the wrong side of the law. It seems the county …Read More