By David Brown For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? (Luke 14:28) In his excellent commentary on Luke’s Gospel New Testament scholar David E. Garland wrote: “ Many who come to …
The Incarnation Is Forever — Vernacular
In 1937, fundamentalist radio broadcaster and activist Carl McIntire published a widely distributed pamphlet entitled “Why Should Christians Be Kind to the Jews?” At the outset of the Second World War, the pamphlet was written to deter Anti-Semitism in America, Nazi Germany, and across the world. As a prominent figure in the emerging Religious Right,… via …
Donald Trump and the Evangelical Vote
By Obbie Todd For years scholars have debated the validity of “secularization theory,” the idea that, as society progresses, religion will irrevocably lose its authority in the public square and in society as a whole. In his monumental work A Secular Age (2007), philosopher Charles Taylor described this view as the “disenchanting” of the world …
Controversy Among Youth Concerning Jen Hatmaker’s Last Name: Is Jen Hatmaker a Hat maker?
By Rupert Lange With the current uprising of theological issues concerning Jen Hatmaker's comments on homosexual marriage, younger people are beginning to read her statement. As a popular icon amongst teenagers and young adults in the church, her views have reached many people of this age group. Although her words were very clear about how …
Book Briefs: Practical Religion By JC Ryle
JC Ryle was born in 1816. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1841. He became the rector of St. Thomas's, Winchester in 1843, then to Helmingham, Suffolk the following year. From 1843 to 1879, he wrote various works and gospel tracts. In 1880, Ryle became the bishop of Liverpool and retired in …
The King’s Table 