In chapter seven of his book, The Reason for God, Tim Keller addresses the common objection of skeptics that "you can't take the Bible literally". At the conclusion of the chapter he writes: If you don't trust the Bible enough to let it challenge and correct your thinking, how could you ever have a personal relationship with God? In any t […]
Oprah has skyrocketed the career of another author on her book club. But this endorsement is a bit heart-wrenching. She's taking her fans through a year-long "Course in Miracles" by Marianne Williamson. Each day, her book club site features a different lesson on this essentially new religion. Here are some quotes from this book: "There is […]
Calvin, a Guide for the PerplexedThose who visit Helm's Deep may be interested in this short book, Calvin, A Guide for the Perplexed, (a nicely ambiguous title, don't you think?), to be published later this year by T & T Clark. It is intended to be an introduction to Calvin's theology, with (where appropriate) a philosophical flavour.The C […]
(Author: David Mathis) This week's sermon: "Everyone Who Has Been Born of God Overcomes the World: A Wide-Angle View of John's First Letter" The apostle John wrote his First Epistle to believers, with deceivers in their midst, to give them rock-solid confidence in their possession of eternal life as born-again children of God, so that the […]
(Author: John Piper) What about those hungry fellows who promised not to eat till they ambushed Paul? We read about them in Acts 23:12, “When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.” It didn't work. Why? Because a string of unlikely events happened. A boy over heard the plot. T […]
Some time ago I promised an article on the subject of conditional versus unconditional forgiveness. I’ve had many false starts and have been largely unsatisfied with anything I’ve written on the subject. So I decided to simplify and to provide only an outline of my thoughts on the subject. I am, perhaps, a little less than perfectly confident in my beliefs o […]
The practice of Believers Baptism is very common in America. So is the understanding of liberty of conscience. This has not always been so. When Baptists came onto the scene of European history, neither the Church nor the State would ever be the same. When the magisterial Reformers placed the Bible into the hands of every believer, the Baptist faith was […]
From the introduction of The Reason for God by Timothy Keller...Only if you [believers] struggle long and hard with objections to your faith will you be able to provide grounds for your beliefs to skeptics, including yourself, that are plausible rather than ridiculous or offensive....But even as believers should learn to look for reasons behind their faith, […]