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An Apology for Apologetics
from Stephen Nichols Mar 22, 2019 Category: Articles
My professor of apologetics in seminary told stories of odd reactions he received when he would tell people what he did for a living. The best story involved a bank loan officer. When he told the loan officer that he was a professor of apologetics, she replied, "That's wonderful." Then she added, "These days, we really do need to teach people how to say they are sorry."
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The Scandal and Sweetness of John 3:16
from William Boekestein Mar 20, 2019 Category: Articles
John 3:16 has become so familiar that we no longer find its words astonishing. But this remarkable verse reveals amazing truth that should delight us every time we hear it.
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TULIP and The Doctrines of Grace
from Steven Lawson Mar 18, 2019 Category: Articles
The central truth of God’s saving grace is succinctly stated in the assertion, “Salvation is of the Lord.” This strong declaration means that every aspect of man’s salvation is from God and is entirely dependent upon God. The only contribution that we make is the sin that was laid upon Jesus Christ at the cross. The Apostle Paul affirmed this when he wrote, “From Him and through Him and to Him are all things” (Rom. 11:36). This is to say, salvation is God determined, God purchased, God applied, and God secured. From start to finish, salvation is of the Lord alone.
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Who Was Saint Patrick and Should Christians Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?
from Stephen Nichols Mar 15, 2019 Category: Articles
When it comes to Saint Patrick, the true story is even more exciting than the legend and the myth. The facts are far better than the fable. This day that belongs to St. Patrick has become about leprechauns, shamrocks, pots of gold, and green—green everywhere. Famously, the City of Chicago dumps forty pounds of its top-secret dye into the river. A green racing stripe courses through the city. But long before there was the St. Patrick of myth, there was the Patrick of history. Who was Patrick?
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The Holiness of God and the Sinfulness of Man
from R.C. Sproul Mar 13, 2019 Category: Articles
One word that crystallizes the essence of the Christian faith is the word grace. One of the great mottos of the Protestant Reformation was the Latin phrase sola gratia—by grace alone. This phrase wasn't invented by the sixteenth-century Reformers. Its roots are in the theology of Augustine of Hippo, who used it to call attention to the central concept of Christianity, that our redemption is by grace alone, that the only way a human being can ever find himself reconciled to God is by grace. That concept is so central to the teaching of Scripture that to even mention it seems like an insult to people’s intelligence; yet, if there is a dimension of Christian theology that has become obscured in the last few generations, it is grace.
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What Is Islam?
from James Anderson Mar 11, 2019 Category: Articles
Whenever I teach on Islam, whether at seminary or in a church, I invariably get asked questions that begin like this: "What would a Muslim think about...?" My standard response is another question: "Which Muslim?"
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Sin Is Cosmic Treason
from R.C. Sproul Mar 08, 2019 Category: Articles
Every sin, no matter how seemingly insignificant, is an act of rebellion against the sovereign God who reigns and rules over us and as such is an act of treason against the cosmic King.
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We Cannot Love God if We Do Not Love His Word
from R.C. Sproul Mar 06, 2019 Category: Articles
It is very sad to me that in today's sophisticated Western culture, people are more familiar with the twelve signs of the Zodiac than with the twelve tribes of Israel or the twelve Apostles. Our world likes to see itself as sophisticated and technological, but it remains filled with superstition. Christians are not immune to this.
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Escaping Anonymity
from Tim Challies Mar 04, 2019 Category: Articles
Admiral Lord Nelson once remarked that “every sailor is a bachelor when beyond Gibraltar.” This was a statement about anonymity, a rare concept even just a few short generations ago. Nelson knew that once his sailors moved beyond the bounds of the British Empire, beyond society’s systems of morality and accountability, they underwent a transformation. Every man became a bachelor and sought only and always his own pleasure. Those who have read biographies of John Newton will see there a vivid portrayal of a man who was a gentleman at home but who was vulgar and abusive while away. Given only a measure of anonymity he became a whole new man.
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Arminius and the Remonstrants
from W. Robert Godfrey Mar 01, 2019 Category: Articles
Jacobus (James) Arminius (1559–1609), ironically, is the most famous theologian ever produced by the Dutch Reformed Church. Arminius’ biography is simple. He was born in the province of Holland in about 1559.
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