Why Study the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith?
The reasons for why we should study the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith is laid out for us in its introduction.
Christian Living
Lament for the West
Jesus lamented over the spiritual condition of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum. Should we lament over the condition of the West?
The Glory of God in Salvation
In the life of every believer, from the beginning of church history up until our present day, a pitched battle has been fought between two kingdoms: the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of the self.
Night and Day and the Marriage Bed
We live in a world that dishonors marriage, but the writer of Hebrews exhorts us to honor it. What does the latter mean?
A World Where AI Exists
How are we to regard AI? Is AI unethical and/or dangerous? Can AI serve a noble, righteous end? Questions abound in this cultural fog.
The Word of God and Science
The problem of the relation of the Bible to science is of fundamental importance for any group of Christians who engage in theoretical work. At the same time this customary formulation of the question, the relation of the Bible to science, is inadequate and requires expansion.
The Reality of Social Structures
The question for this paper is the status and nature of the structural entities which everyone experiences in his life; family, state, marriage, institutional church, business, labor union, etc.
Must the Church become Secular?
The most perplexing, and at the same time, the most vital question which faces the Christian community is her relation to the world. She may not flee the world she is called to be “in” the world – neither may she accommodate to the world – it is her very nature to be “out” of the world.
John Calvin on Creation
Calvin has two planes along which humanity can come to a knowledge of God. There is the special history of God’s covenantal purposes and the general history of God’s purposes with the entire world.
The Practice of Political Spirituality
Battles which go much deeper than the legal ones are being waged these days with regard to the separation of Church and State. As institutions, these may well be separate; statecraft (political activity) and spirituality (this in its biblical sense) cannot be.