When Google banned a dissenting article during "Pride Month: written by Pastor Dan Phillips, the article originally appeared in the Pyromaniacs blog. Almost as soon as it was posted, it was removed by Blogger. After about seven years without a post, I posted a copy of a letter I sent to the congregation I serve in … [Read more...]
A Prayer Suggestion from Charles Spurgeon
Here is a prayer suggestion from Charles Spurgeon. I don't offer any apology for bringing Spurgeon up once again. He's been a great help to me. In fact I find when I skimp on his devotionals I feel a backwards slide in my spiritual life. Spurgeon understood despair, despondency and backsliding, and knew its remedy … [Read more...]
The Value of Christ’s Imminent Return
The Value of Christ's imminent return has been recognized by many good men of the past. Yet others beg to differ, and sometimes quite strongly. One individual went so far as to deny that it is an incentive for holy living. He wrote that, Imminency resulting in action is just another assumption by the … [Read more...]
The Imminence of Death
Or perhaps better- the imminence of death as related to prophecy. The Imminence of Death - note that I didn't say The Death of Imminence - though some want to quash the latter. Death isn't a nice subject. Yet it's one which demands our attention. Barring the Lord's return for His church - in whatever context … [Read more...]
Why Should We Praise God?
Why Should We Praise God? According to Puritan George Swinnock - if God is incomparable we must praise Him for His incomparable excellencies. The Westminster Confession of Faith tells us that the chief end of man is to glorify God [a] and enjoy Him forever [b]. The texts cited are the following: [a]. Ps. 86:9; Isa. … [Read more...]
A Post Rapture Letter
Finding a post rapture letter from Aunt Helen filled Colin with mixed emotions. In it she revealed how sick she was. She'd always been so vibrant and energetic, and he hadn't noticed anything troubling in all his busyness. This is part two of a previous fictional post: "Why am I still here?" It turned out that … [Read more...]
What was Sodom and Gomorrah’s sin?
What was Sodom and Gomorrah's sin? Was it flagrant sexual perverseness? Or was it really a lack of hospitality? The latter is the one that's often presented as an apologetic for LGBTQ acceptance. The "hospitality" idea is a canard which refuses to go away. The reason is that the world has denied that homosexuality … [Read more...]
Why am I still here?
"Why am I still here?" That was the question Colin kept grappling with. "Aunt Helen is gone, disappeared—why am I still here?" What happened? He stood in her kitchen gazing out of the window into the well-tended garden. But he was careful not to step on that greyish residue on the ceramic tiles in front of the … [Read more...]
What is Postmillennialism?
What is Postmillennialism? Postmillennialism in America is experiencing resurgence, at least from my somewhat limited perspective on social media. Why is it apparently becoming popular? Its resurgence in popularity might be attributed to several influential Reformed men who employ various social media outlets … [Read more...]
The Brotherliness of Faith
The Brotherliness of Faith is the title of a chapter in Ian Hamilton's book, The Faith-Shaped Life; one I highly recommend reading. Its meaning ought to be fairly obvious. Needless to say, many of the following thoughts and points are borrowed from Hamilton. Over the years of being a Christian and communicating with … [Read more...]
