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Beating Mr. Bulver, or Suspecting the Man in the Mirror

That Bulverism is a fallacy (wherein one discredits the conclusions of another on the grounds that said conclusions benefit the concluder) does not mean that it is not also a temptation. Suppose, for instance, I were to make the argument … Continue reading

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Eating Our Parents- Faux Nostalgia From a Faux Culture

Even cowboys are sometimes Indians. The double cliché is that on the one hand the cowboys who opened up the American west were as wasteful as they were courageous, littering the great plains with the rotting carcasses of buffalo. We, … Continue reading

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Won

We ought to be stunned, and in turn filled with an unshakable joy as we consider how far God stooped to redeem us. God, after all, so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes … Continue reading

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Following the Leader

I don’t much care for physics. Never did. That, of course, doesn’t keep me from being grateful for physicists, and for engineers. This message has reached you through the labors of men who do care about such things. But usually … Continue reading

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When Pigs Fly

We Protestants tend to have something of a love/hate relationship with Thomas Aquinas. On the one hand, as Protestants, at least we who are Reformed, we value theological brilliance. We admire deeply the mind of Thomas, perhaps even dreaming that … Continue reading

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The Law of Grace and the Grace of Law

Some call them “Nice Nazis.” These are those stormtroopers, some professing Christians, some not, who can be counted to race to the aid of the accused. That is, if I say, “It is wrong to do X” the “Nice Nazi” … Continue reading

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The Second World War

It is natural, though altogether wrong, to think that somehow when we turn the pages that separate the Old and New Testaments that we are entering into more gentle times, that God in the interim somehow became kinder and gentler. … Continue reading

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Evangelical Self-Delusion

It is because we love the world so profoundly that we think we’re already being persecuted. That is, we see ourselves as bold prophets confronting the sin of the world because we vote for candidates approved by the National Right … Continue reading

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Today’s blog post, from special guest Linus Van Pelt, explains what Christmas is all about…

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Just My Imagination

It’s the fuzzy stuff around the edges that gets us. When we are aware we are facing a text from God’s Word, we tend to tread carefully. We move slowly, break out our exegetical tools, and get to work. The … Continue reading

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