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Doug Wilson rightly observes the idiocy of atheistic anger in this quip from “Letters from a Christian Citizen”:
“You want to rage, but there is no object for your anger. There is no wall to punch. Because above you and them is only sky. You want to rail against God, but He is not there. But that [...]
George Bryson wrote the following:
THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO
JAMES WHITE
OR
THE “REFORMED” DOCTRINES
OF
DOOM AND GLOOM
The First Point
The first side (the positive side) of the first point of Calvinism is that if you are one of those elected for salvation you will one day [...]
Book Review of David VanDrunen’s "Living in God’s Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture"
By Rick Hogaboam On November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Book Reviews, Christ & Culture, Covenant Theology, Debates, Ethics, Kingdom of God, Missional Thought, Philosophy, Theology, Vocation
Living in God’s Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture
Copyright © 2010 by David VanDrunen
Published by Crossway Books
PRELIMS: This book was provided by Crossway for my personal review.
First off, Dr. VanDrunen is a credible author on the points in [...]
Humanistic Conservatism
By Scott Kistler On July 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Christ & Culture, Debates, Philosophy, Politics
Doug Wilson, reflecting on Glenn Beck’s novel The Overton Window and Beck’s view of humanity:
Our problem is humanism, and we cannot effectively counter radical leftist humanism with apparently milder right wing forms of it. The humanist believes that mankind is basically good and, going back to Socrates, the explanation for [...]
I stumbled across this site that has three GREAT debates on it.
1. The classic Dr. Greg Bahnsen vs Dr. Gorden Stein debate on the existence of God. Where Dr. Bahnsen masterfully employs the Transcendental argument.
2. The John Macarthur vs R.C Sproul debate (more competing presentations) on infant baptism.
3. James [...]
Over on Facebook, Pastor Rick wrote:
…if there was continuity in the constituting [of] God’s covenant people, Jesus would never have told Nicodemus that he must be born again. How dare Jesus be so pietistic as to tell a respected “covenant” member that he needs to be born again.
He echoes a question I [...]
Jennifer Knapp, Larry King, Ted Haggard, and Bob Botsford = Painful Television
By Rick Hogaboam On April 26, 2010 · 9 Comments · In Apologetics, Debates, Ethics, Homosexuality, Uncategorized
I watched Larry King Live on Friday night and was pretty disappointed with just about everything I was hearing, even from “Evangelicals” Ted Haggard and Bob Botsford. Here’s a summary of what disappointed me:
Jen Knapp – She is obviously still conflicted from her body language. It was unclear if she actually viewed her [...]
You may have heard about the Glenn Beck-Jim Wallis debate recently. Beck told people to leave their churches if their clergy supported “social justice”; Wallis said that Beck had attacked a fundamental part of Christian teaching and should be shunned like Howard Stern. To be frank, nothing that I read about the debate suggested that [...]
Is Brian McLaren "Whoring" the Gospel?
By Rick Hogaboam On February 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Book Reviews, Debates, The Mysterious World of American Evangelicalism, Theology
Tim Challies seems to think so in his recent review of McLaren’s book, “A New Kind of Christianity”. Check out his blogpost here. A couple excerpts:
It would take more time than I’d be willing to give it to offer a point-by-point explanation of what responses McLaren proposes for each of the [...]
My Angst with Dispensational Defiance of Rejecting an Apostolic Hermeneutic of the Old Testament
By Rick Hogaboam On February 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Biblical Studies, Covenant Theology, Debates, Hermeneutics, Intertextual - Old Testament in New Testament, Pentecostal/Charismatic Interests, Theology
The cited material comes from Robert L. Thomas’ volume, “Understanding Spiritual Gifts”. Thomas (1999:141), who is an able exegete and professor at the Master’s Seminary, evidences nonetheless a priori commitment to a systematic paradigm that influences, in my estimation, a reading of certain texts, namely Joel 2:28:
Prophets in the future will minister to people [...]
Rick,
“By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which he determined with himself whatever he wished to happen with regard to every man. All are not created on equal terms, but some are preordained to eternal life, others to eternal damnation; and, accordingly, as each has been created for one or other [...]
You never know what will occur in the blogosphere. It is definitely encouraging when someone reads the blog and takes the time to offer some comments. Author George Bryosn responded to Matt’s blog, “4 Reasons Why I Dislike Hyper-Calvinism More than Arminianism“. Mr. Bryson has authored a couple books, that he mentions [...]
Brit Hume Stands by His Words
By Rick Hogaboam On January 5, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Christ & Culture, Debates, Philosophy, Politics
Here is the latest clip from Hume, explaining his rationale behind suggesting that Tiger Woods’ should turn to Christ. I have a ton of thoughts that I wish to offer, but will simply redact myself in stating that Hume acknowledges that he was trying to be less offensive by initially referring to the “Christian faith” [...]
Today I was pondering evangelism because I’m going to be teaching on the subject soon. I was thinking of my upbringing which was basically Arminian, I grew up at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. I am happy to say that saw much fruit from that place. I was introduced to Jesus, taught the importance of scripture [...]
Well, today I listened to the Hunt vs Pipa debate on the atonement. Let me say that I grew up in Calvary Chapel circles, so Dave Hunt is very familiar to me obviously. I have great respect toword him for exposing many dangers facing the Church. Unfortnately he lables Calvinism as a dangerous doctrine and [...]
Mark Horne has a helpful post on why he is not a Roman Catholic. An excerpt:
Idolatry is a huge sin and praying through icons (whether 3d or 2d) is idolatry. I cannot possibly engage in such a practice, allow anyone in my guardianship to do so, or excuse such a thing, [...]
Steve Cornell commented as follows:
Mr. Hitchens, you’re the one, sir, who is blasphemous in speaking of Christ’s act as “sorcery”. The more I listen to you, the more it confirms my calvinistic beliefs that man can not see the kingdom of God apart from the work of the [...]
Christopher Hitchens opening statement
Doug Wilson opening statement, Christopher Hitchens opening statement
Opening Statement by Doug Wilson
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