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Living in a Brave New World: Resources to Assist Your April Tabletalk Study
from Karisa Schlehr Apr 08, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
The April 2010 issue of Tabletalk looks at how the rapidity of change in our culture has affected many of its institutions, for good and ill. Here is a list of helpful resources that will complement your study through Tabletalk this month. Keep Reading -
He Who Has Ears…
from Scott Anderson Apr 08, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
Everyone loves a story. Whether young or old, we all enjoy hearing, reading, or seeing a good story unfold. Stories are remarkably powerful things. They stir-up our imaginations and excite our affections. They instruct us and inspire us. They intoxicate and influence us. They linger with us, often becoming more precious and poignant and powerful over time. Keep Reading -
The Times, They are a-Changing
from R.C. Sproul Apr 06, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
One of the oldest mysteries of theoretical thought is the question: What is time? Immanuel Kant defined time and space as “pure intuitions.” We see time as inextricably related to matter and motion. Without matter and space [matter and motion], we have no way to measure the passing of time. Time, it seems, is always in motion. It can never be stopped. Keep Reading -
Taking Captive All Things
from Burk Parsons Apr 05, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
Not too long ago my family and I were eating at a local restaurant known for its home style southern cuisine and quaint family atmosphere. As we were leaving, I couldn’t help but notice a family sitting together, and each one of them — Dad, Mom, big brother, and little sister — was engaged in a conversation with someone else, somewhere else in a galaxy far, far away. With shoulders hunched down and their eyes staring lifelessly into their electronic mobile devices, their frantic fingers typed away as their carefully placed emoticons (electronic emotional images, such as smiley faces, sad faces, etc.) presumably took their appropriate places as emotional substitutes for their dispassionate, electronically glowing faces. Keep Reading -
Columns from Tabletalk Magazine, April 2010
from Tim Challies Apr 01, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
The April edition of Tabletalk is out. This month's theme is "A Brave New World." The issue looks at how the rapidity of change in our culture has affected many of its institutions, for good and ill. Contributors include R.C. Sproul, Douglas Kelly, Carl Trueman, John Muether, Robert Strimple, Scott Anderson and Walter Chantry. Keep Reading -
Out of the Many, One
from Anthony Carter Mar 29, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
In the title “United States of America,” the emphasis is necessarily on the word united. When America was in its infancy and seeking to establish itself as a sovereign nation, it faced many challenges, not the least of which was that King George of England was not interested in letting his colonies in America go free. If these colonies were to establish themselves as a nation apart from British rule, they were going to have to do so by defeating the most powerful army on the earth, namely, the British Army. To do so, it would have to pull together a formidable army out of a scattered rag-tag group of colonial militia. Yet, perhaps the most daunting task in this mission was the pulling together thirteen separate colonies and convincing them of the need to rally around a single vision and mission. This would not be easy. Keep Reading -
Whither Warfield?
from Keith Mathison Mar 24, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
While perusing the internet recently, I happened across a discussion among some Reformed Christians about the concept of geocentrism — the belief that the earth is stationary and at the center of the universe. Some of the participants in the discussion were arguing that the Bible teaches geocentrism. Others were arguing that science has definitively proven that the earth circles the sun, therefore the Bible must not be teaching geocentrism. As I read through the discussion, it became clear that several participants saw the entire debate as a conflict between Scripture and science. As they saw it, those who reject geocentrism are rejecting the Bible. In another similar online discussion, a Reformed participant confessed that if he were ever convinced that the universe was billions of years old, he would renounce Christianity because such a discovery would mean the Bible is untrue. Keep Reading -
What Have You Done?
from David VanDrunen Mar 22, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
Get a group of conservative Christians together and before long someone will probably express shock at the latest evidence of cultural decline: “Can you believe what they did?” It’s not nearly as common in such settings for someone to say, “Well, of course outrageous things happen in society — we’re all a bunch of rotten sinners.” Keep Reading -
The Sinkhole Syndrome
from Donald Whitney Mar 18, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
You know the story. A man has been a believer in Christ for decades. To all outward appearances he’s a man of Christian faithfulness and integrity. He has maintained a reputation as a fine example of public and private faithfulness to the things of God for decades. Then, without warning, it all collapses into a sinkhole of sin. Everyone wonders how it could have happened so quickly. In most cases, it soon becomes known that — like most sinkholes — the problem didn’t develop overnight. Keep Reading -
The Christian Club
from W. Robert Godfrey Mar 12, 2010 Category: Tabletalk Magazine
Many American churches are in a mess. Theologically they are indifferent, confused, or dangerously wrong. Liturgically they are the captives of superficial fads. Morally they live lives indistinguishable from the world. They often have a lot of people, money, and activities. But are they really churches, or have they degenerated into peculiar clubs? Keep Reading
