At Least I’m Honest by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | May 2008

Every culture and subculture has its own taboos. Not all of them are the same, however. Given that we are all human, how can we explain the divergence of cultural standards? Why is it that one culture will find adultery …Read More

Jesus Christ Superstar by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | March 2005

The biggest oxymoron in Hollywood may well be this one: Bad publicity. In the television age, what they say about you no longer matters, as long as they are talking about you. Face time is what it’s all about …Read More

The War to End All Wars by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | July 2005

It has long been my habit, which is fitting for the abiding theme of my column here, whenever I speak somewhere, to remind those to whom I am speaking of our historical context. Context is everything. My goal isn’t …Read More

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

Virtual Friendship by John Muether

FROM TABLETALK | April 2010

Let’s begin with a reasonably safe prediction: you are not likely to finish this article. That is not merely because of the prose of the author (though I concede it doesn’t help). It is based on reliable statistics …Read More

A Depraved New World by Gene Edward Veith

FROM TABLETALK | June 2005

Sexual immorality is nothing new, of course, as we can tell from the Bible’s warnings against it. What is new is that sexual immorality now has cultural approval. Men and women who had sex without being married to each …Read More

Biblical Objectivity by Nick Eicher

FROM TABLETALK | October 2010

My colleague Marvin Olasky tells the story of meeting J.I. Packer prior to a conference at which both were slated to speak on different topics in different rooms at the same time. Dr. Olasky lamented the scheduling and observed …Read More

Committed Surrender by John Sartelle

FROM TABLETALK | June 2005

“Therefore, let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator” (1 Peter 4:19). Whatever happened to dating? I first noticed a decline in dating when our daughter, Jamie, was in high school …Read More

Money From Nothing by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | August 2009

I’m connected to royalty. Granted, it’s a rather thin point of union. In less than six degrees, though through enough marriage links that there is no legal tie, I am connected with the king of the tropical island …Read More

Let It Not Be Named Once by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | June 2005

A given culture’s depravity isn’t measured simply by the percentage of Christians in that culture. Vital to the equation are two other factors. First, and most important, is how spiritually mature those Christians are. Corinth remained a sewer …Read More

The Pornographic Seduction by Albert Mohler

FROM TABLETALK | June 2005

Every culture is challenged by its own seductions, but our culture is confronted with the present undeniable fact that we have transformed seduction into an art form. In essence, the cultures of the West are now examples of what the …Read More

Sanctity of Life by John Davis

FROM TABLETALK | July 2005

The simple but sublime words of Genesis 1:26 that God created mankind in His own image and likeness are some of the most important words in all of Scripture. The teaching that man is the image and likeness of …Read More

Cultural Evangelism, Seventh-Century Style by Gene Edward Veith

FROM TABLETALK | August 2007

Christians today often talk about evangelizing the culture, transforming the culture, and finding ways to communicate with people of another culture. What that looks like can be seen in seventh-century English literature. J.R.R. Tolkien was as great …Read More

Confessing Faith by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | August 2005

While it may be true that there are two kinds of people in the world, (those who like to divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don’t), there are in turn myriad places to draw …Read More

Foundations of Political Action by Albert Mohler

FROM TABLETALK | August 2005

On August 24 of the year 410, the Visigoths under Alaric entered Rome, and they plundered the city for several days. Within weeks, word of the catastrophe had been conveyed throughout the Roman Empire, even to a small North African …Read More