Civilization & Its Discontents by R.C. Sproul Jr.

Sometimes the lofty are rather low. Paul in writing to the Corinthians enjoins them, and therefore us, to “destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God.” Though the giddy optimism of our Enlightenment fathers has dimmed …Read More

Preserving the Godly by Robert Rothwell

FROM TABLETALK | July 2005

The older I get the more I become a news “junkie.” Some of my friends like to tease me because if they call or visit and I am watching television, it is invariably a cable news network of some kind …Read More

Patience, Now by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | September 2004

The devil, if we are paying attention, presents us with something of a paradox. On the one hand, when he is introduced to us we are told, “Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field …Read More

Grand Delusions by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | June 2005

A couple of years ago I met the pastor of an “evangelical“ church in our area. As he told me about the church where he served, he became overwhelmingly excited when he explained that, as a matter of principle, his …Read More

The Law of Life by Albert Mohler

FROM TABLETALK | February 2005

“It need not further be denied,” argued James Orr, “that between this view of the world involved in Christianity, and what is sometimes called ‘the modern view of the world’ there exists a deep and radical antagonism.” James Orr observed …Read More

The Secular Canon by Gene Edward Veith

FROM TABLETALK | October 2008

When Christians talk about the “canon,” they are referring to the books that comprise the Bible. But non-theological scholars too are debating the “canon.” Not the canon of the Bible, but the canon of the “great books” that comprise our …Read More

Judgment and Mercy by John de Witt

FROM TABLETALK | February 2009

When I began to consider what I should say in these pages, I found myself pulled in two directions. My first impulse was to lament the spiritual decay that people of my generation have observed at close range and to …Read More

Some Dance to Forget by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | December 2008

It is a sure sign of the fall that we so egregiously miss what we lost. Jesus calls us to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness precisely because our priorities are all out of line. Even that …Read More

The Unshakable Purposes of God by Douglas Kelly

FROM TABLETALK | April 2010

Hebrews 12 approaches the vast changes to come in church and culture as orchestrated by God for the advancement of His kingdom of grace: “‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.’ This phrase …Read More

Liberty vs. Law? by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | February 2005

I have often heard people define liberty as the ability to do whatever you want to do whenever you want to do it. Although such a definition may sound good on the surface, it more accurately defines anarchy than it …Read More

A Divine Comedy by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | January 2005

Sadly, I must admit the unfortunate truth that I am a former member of a boy band. In January of 1993 I was chosen to be one of the first members of the pop group “The Backstreet Boys.” As a …Read More

Not According to Man by Terry Johnson

FROM TABLETALK | January 2009

My high school-aged children attend a secular prep school. The process of deciding to educate them there was long and difficult. They spent their lower and middle school years in Christian schools and home school. But in the end, all …Read More

Covenant and Culture by Gene Edward Veith

FROM TABLETALK | October 2006

The word covenant is a theological term. But it is also a cultural term. It has to do with God’s primal design for how human beings, fallen though we be, can live together and form a society. Social philosophers …Read More

The Greatest Treasure by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | September 2008

C.S. Lewis, in his essay “On the Reading of Old Books,” which is found in the collection of essays, God in the Dock, argues that we are all by nature time bound. This frailty will, of necessity, give us …Read More

A Different Kind of Power by John Hutchinson

FROM TABLETALK | September 2008

I had just moved to the Washington D.C. area when the call came from a Christian organization on Capitol Hill, asking if I would be the evangelical along with a Jewish rabbi, Roman Catholic priest, and members of Congress …Read More