What if you died and woke up in a heaven without Christ? Can there even be a Christ-less heaven? I'm sure many people today would prefer it that way. But might a heaven devoid of Christ actually be something else? I was first taught about Christ by my mother. For all its theological problems, Christ was also taught … [Read more...]
The Same God?
Back in December of 2015 a Wheaton College professor caused no small stir for declaring that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. At the time, Larycia Hawkins was tenured by the college as an associate professor of political science. According to Wiki, Hawkins posted the following on her personal Facebook … [Read more...]
Anti-Semitism, the Jews and Israel
What's the connection between anti-Semitism, the Jews and criticism of Israel? Read the following words very slowly and repeat as often as necessary: It's the Jews! The world hates Jews. It will concoct any excuse and any conspiracy theory to hate them. History is full of such examples. They hate Israel because it … [Read more...]
A Tribulation Training Manual
The following is my brief adaptation of a tribulation training manual. I'm not talking about physical preparedness. My focus is on the spiritual. The basics presented here aren't mine, either - fortunately! They're a collection from Scripture and some wise voices from the past and present. First: The mockers, … [Read more...]
Rachel Held Evans – Inspired
Rachel Held Evans has written a best-selling book - Inspired. Its full title is "Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again." It is published by Thomas Nelson (Paperback 240 pages). Evans is a high-profile author, tweeter and blogger who self identifies as a "doubt-filled believer." She … [Read more...]
Rejecting Pig Food and Being a Slave
Rejecting pig food and being a slave! What kind of a nonsense title to an article is that, you may ask. Well, stay with me for a bit. In their book A Puritan Theology - Doctrine for Life, Joel Beeke and Mark Jones have a chapter called The Puritans on Coming to Christ. This section aptly begins with a quote from … [Read more...]
Farewell to Our Beloved Omega Letter
Note that this article was written primarily to the Omega Letter Website audience. As some readers may be aware, the Omega Letter website founded by Jack Kinsella is closing down. Here's my fond farewell to our beloved Omega Letter. I providentially discovered Jack Kinsella and the OL some time after the … [Read more...]
Guilty till Proven Innocent
You've heard the phrase "innocent until proven guilty. Yet in some circumstances people are regarded guilty till proven innocent. The media kerfuffle between Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh is both fascinating and deeply frustrating. I don't want to analyze the debacle here - and it is a debacle. I'm … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two Social Justice Statements
A Tale of Two Social Justice Statements - the ongoing Spiritual Warfare. Attacks on God's Word are as old as God's spoken and written Word. In all likelihood whenever "fundamentalists" recall the Serpent's original deception in the Garden of Eden, more enlightened, progressive Christians, will shake their heads in … [Read more...]
Vern Poythress Theophany and the Seven Seals
Vern Poythress is an amillennialist. From my premil perspective I disagree with much of his eschatology. For example, in one article he writes: The new appreciation of inaugurated eschatology has already generated an atmosphere where we find some fresh exegetical argumentation in favor of amillennialism. Geerhardus … [Read more...]
