By Colton Corter Total Depravity (3) Are men sinners because they sin or do they sin because they are at their hearts, actual sinners? This question is answered in John 8:34-38. Jesus tells us that whoever practices sin is a slave to sin (v.34). This “practicing” is a consistent pattern of habitual sin, that which …
Continue reading Walking Among the TULIPs: Reformed Theology in the Gospel of John (Part Two)
By David Brown In Part III, Paul gives thanks to God for including the Gentile believers into His Kingdom. Read Colossians 1:12-14. "One of the problems we have in religious life is the tendency to see ourselves as superior to those outside of the faith.This attitude of superiority often causes us to hesitate in reaching …
Continue reading Thanksgiving and Christian Living (Part Three): A Textual Study in Colossians
By Mat Gilbert Editor's Note: Today (August 10, 2015) is the first day of classes for Boyce College, the undergraduate school of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. With that in mind, Mat Gilbert provides us with some helpful reflections on theological education and local church ministry. One of the things I loved about being an …
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By Evan Knies Charles Spurgeon was a Baptist minister that lived from June 1884 to January 1892. This is a quote taken from the sermon "The Blood of Sprinkling". "If ever there should come a wretched day when all our pulpits shall be full of modern thought, and the old doctrine of a substitutionary sacrifice …
Continue reading The Prince of Preachers on Penal Substitution
By Evan Knies There was a setback in the effort to defund Planned Parenthood in the U.S. Senate. One of the best op-eds on the Planned Parenthood issue was from columnist Ross Douthat in the New York TImes. Along those same lines, here is Doug Wilson's thoughts on why the fight to defund Planned Parenthood …
Continue reading Before You Go (The Week In Review): Friday, August 7, 2015
The King’s Table 