Category Archives: Biblical Doctrines

New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 37- We must believe and teach our children to believe that God is the one who gives us our daily bread. It is a common enough argument between those who believe in the sovereignty of God and those who … Continue reading

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Evidentialism; Gnosticism and Conspiracy Theory; Evangelicals and Fundamentalists

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Lisa Joins Me to Discuss Bandits, the Movie, I Consider Sanctification and Relevance Pottage

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Ask RC- Does the Bible consider homosexuality to be a grave sin?

No, the Bible does not make this claim. Neither does the Bible consider alcoholism to be a sin. The Bible, in fact, knows nothing of homosexuality or alcoholism. The Bible does, however, clearly condemn the practice of that peculiar perversion … Continue reading

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A 3rd Look at the 7th Commandment, Knowing God and the Marks of the Church

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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 36- We must be faithful to our spouses in thought, word and deed. One of the great evils of decline in the broader culture is the effect it can have in the Christian culture. As the broader culture becomes … Continue reading

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Ask RC- How can I be sure Jesus won’t say to me “Depart from Me” on the last day?

You can’t make that sure, which is one of the keys to understanding this text. Assurance of salvation is one of the most common pastoral challenges, and understandably so. It matters, forever. And we struggle with sin until the day … Continue reading

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The Dance of Life, or The Devil in the E’Gals

The fall of Adam and Eve is one of the stickiest theological wickets we encounter in the Bible. How could both of them, whom God had declared good, do bad? But there is a stickier wicket still, perhaps made so … Continue reading

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Ask RC- What does 1 John 2:2 – “And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world” mean?

My hero and teacher, Dr. John Gerstner, in dealing with one of the errors of dispensationalism, its rejection of the doctrine of limited atonement, referred to this error as, “beating the ‘L’ out of TULIP.” Though we believe the five … Continue reading

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God Wills; Randy Winton, Hero and the Catechism on Adoption

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