I love old buildings. Looking at the architecture of old post offices makes me wonder why builders of the past would care to build lasting, beautiful buildings dedicated to “mundane” tasks such as handling mail. Wouldn’t that be reserved for old, medieval, gothic cathedrals or government buildings? Those were days in which architects cared about …
Memento Mori: The Wisdom of Transcendental Architecture Read More »
Recently, I was watching Disney’s 1994 The Lion King, and though I’ve seen it countless times, it is only now that I am older that I have come to appreciate its message even more than the nostalgia it brings every time I see it. In the aftermath of Mufasa’s tragic betrayal and subsequent death, his …
Infant baptism is proved: from the command of Christ. III. (1) From the command of Christ. This was commanded by Christ, if not in so many words (kata to rhēton), yet equivalently and as to the sense: “Go ye, and teach all nations, baptizing them” (Mt. 28:19, 20). It is evident (a) because he who …
Francis Turretin: the Command of Christ (Great Commission) Proves Infant Baptism Read More »
Previously we saw that baptism (1) identifies Christians; (2) signifies and seals the benefits of the covenant of grace; and (3) offers and applies the grace of God. Those are things that baptism does. Our task now is to explain how baptism does those things. To explain how baptism works, we must first recall what …
“How Does Baptism Do That?” By Rick Appleton (Pt. 2) Read More »
Have you ever been challenged or asked to explain how we came up with our modern Bible? Do we have enough evidence to prove that the 66-book Protestant Bible has all the right books? Who made that decision to establish the Bible? We answer these questions and much more! You will not want to miss …
VIDEO: The Canon & Sola Scriptura w/ Austin Reifel (Sippin’ On Theology) Read More »
It seems like anytime a young man or woman is theologically aware, sound, & interested, those in the church push them to go to seminary. Which is a good option. But what if we encouraged them to also go to law school so they can enter the pulpits of the local, state, & national land. …
What if young, theologically-aware men and women were encouraged to… Read More »
Perhaps the title of the chapter is not sufficiently explicit to indicate its theme. This is partly because so few are accustomed to meditate upon the personal perfections of God. Comparatively few who occasionally read the Bible are aware of the awe-inspiring and worship-provoking grandeur of the divine character. That God is great in wisdom, …
Jesus said to him, ‘No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.’ – Luke 9:62 I defy the Pope and all his laws. . . . If God spare my life ere many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow, shall …
How often do we hear Christian men and women who love to study theology talk about the doctrine of faith? In my experience, not very much. Why is that? Would it be too surprising to find out that one of the most neglected doctrines in Christendom is the doctrine of faith? We can hardly define …
It is said that the ancient Greek maxim “know thyself” (Gk. γνῶθι σεαυτόν, Lt. temet nosce) was once inscribed in what is now the ruins of the forecourt of the temple of Apollo at Delphi. From Aeschylus, to Socrates, to Plato, and even to the Wachowski brothers’ The Matrix, this ancient aphorism at the very …
Temet Nosce: Calvin and the True Knowledge of Self Read More »
