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Anathema

How I came into possession of the letters to follow, which are by all estimations accounts of future events, I dare not share.  Suffice it to say that certain esteemed individuals have passed them...

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Anathema (Letter One)

[The introduction to this series can be found here] Letter One The patient exhibits classic signs of paranoia: fear of God, belief in original sin, belief in a future judgment… But maybe the most...

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16 Messages That Will Transform Your Life. (The First 8)

I’ve already recommended the following audio resources at my old website.  But with the passing of time, and given the fact that many will probably be unfamiliar with my old site, it seems good to dust...

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A Time to Speak: The Conclusion of a Series on Emergence Christianity

Note:  As Gentle Reformation made the switch to its new format, the first three blogs in this series were lost.  Many thanks to The Aquila Report for keeping them online!  Here are links to  articles...

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Take Your Soul off Silent: Our Desperate Need for Integrity in Education

This past spring, I had the privilege of addressing academic scholarship recipients and their parents on the topic of academic integrity.  The God-given potential in that room was electrifying, but it...

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Truth In Mendacity

Man is a very confused creature. Merely consider the vast multitude of worldviews and religions, and how humanity understands reality in nearly every imaginable way. Flip open a textbook of comparative...

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A Helpful Election Apologetic

Those who reject the sovereignty of God in salvation often explain away election in this manner: Yes, the Bible does use words like predestine or elect to describe the salvation of Christians. However,...

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Questions Worth Asking. Answers Worth Memorizing.

This summer, our family has renewed its work to memorize the Westminster Shorter Catechism. We try to fit some of the questions in our daily devotions and as we drive on the road. Recently, I was...

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Dr. James Anderson – Audio and Articles

Dr. James Anderson, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, has made some of his works available for free. He is an exquisite blend of Van Tillian thought and...

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Christian Apologetics: A Preeminently Spirit Empowered Task

In part III of Religious Affections, section V, Jonathan Edwards writes with penetrating insight, “Unless men may come to a reasonable, solid persuasion and conviction of the truth of the gospel, by...

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Russell Moore Interview of Rosaria Butterfield

The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Church held their national conference at the end of October on the topic of “The Gospel, Homosexuality, and the Future of...

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Why Joy Increases Through Evangelism

We all struggle with discouragement as Christians. We wonder, “Why I am I not more joyful?” One of the ways joy grows in our lives is through the practice of evangelism. Many people I know say that if...

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A Great Pro-Life Idea

On a cold, wintry day in the early 1980’s, while a student at the University of Michigan, I participated in a pro-life march on campus.  As a brand new Christian, I wanted to witness publicly regarding...

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A Review of “The Bible Tells Me So” – Noel Weeks

Peter Enns continues to slide further and further. I do not remember where I heard it, or when I heard it, but I distinctly recall an atheist saying, when asked about the perspective of some liberal...

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Apologetics for the Rest of Us

Evidentialist or Presuppositional? If you said Presuppositional, do you mean of the Van Til variety or are you a Clarkian?  If you said Evidentialist, do you prefer the ontological, teleological,...

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Browse Worthy: Clear Thinking on Recent Islamic Activities

From the Charlie Hebdo attack to Duke University now sounding forth the azan, an Islamic call to prayer, on Fridays, we are being confronted more and more with the need to think clearly about the...

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The Inevitable End of Abortion as We Know It

Though it is difficult even to report or give a link to it, last week a mother in New Jersey set her newborn child on fire and left her in the middle of a road.  A neighbor who witnessed it rightly...

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The Day God Spoke to Katy Perry

While many Christians were in their local church hearing God speak in the reading, singing, and preaching of his Word, Katy Perry was preparing for the half-time performance of Super Bowl XLIX. I...

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The Skeptic and the Problem of Evil

The skeptic looks around at the world and concludes that there is a profound problem. He sees that evil is a real and terrible thing, a power that not only creeps about in the heart of man, but...

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The Christian Use of the Imprecatory Psalms

Last week an interesting article appeared on one of my favorite blogs, Reformation 21, entitled “ISIS and the Imprecatory Psalms.” Excited to see how the Psalm portions that involve praying the...

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