Bible, Theology & Philosophy

Banner of Truth: The Basic Christianity people are buying and reading today is a bad imitation of the original. The editor and publisher had no right to transform Stott’s book as they did, whether or not the author granted his permission.

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Suffering is not the starting point for the Christian worldview, but, nevertheless, it throbs in its philosophical marrow. Blood is shed everywhere, but that blood is not without a voice. Humans did not just appear without forethought or purpose, but are integral to a divine plan. But this plan is fully made known—and often largely obscured—to erring mortals.

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Starting at the end of the 16th century, however, some of Calvin’s theological descendants, mostly Puritans, … took seriously the Reformation’s emphasis on the plain sense of the Bible and therefore distinguished between promises made to Jewish Israel and those made to the new Gentile Israel. Thomas Draxe (d. 1618) was a disciple of the Puritan theologian William Perkins.

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Anselm was a brilliant guy. A genius. He published his book Why God Became Man in 1097, so you could say it’s a bit of an antique. Anselm’s book is really about why Christ had to take on a human nature and be conceived of and born to a virgin. But, along the way, he tackled the reason for Christ’s death and thus popularized the “satisfaction theory” of atonement, which envisioned God as an overlord of sorts who was owed “satisfaction” or payment by his subjects for crimes committed, in order to set things right.

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If you dishonor a toad, you’re not very guilty. I stomped on a toad when I was a teenager, and I felt a little bad, but not much. If you dishonor a man, you’re very guilty. If you dishonor God, you are infinitely guilty because he’s infinitely worthy of every millisecond of worship in your life. If you don’t give him worship, you multiply the storehouse of wrath.

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From DBSJ. This installment discusses the seventh, eighth, and ninth of nine essentials of YEC. Read the series.

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Psalm 8 is quoted four times in the New Testament showing that its message is important for understanding the Bible’s storyline.

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[While] I like the ESV. I am writing this article, however, because I have heard a number of Christian leaders claim that the ESV is the “Bible of the future”—ideal for public worship and private reading, appropriate for adults, youth and children.

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As the author comes to the Prophets, he gives his reader a summary of the overall message of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel:

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In the spring of 1887 C.H. Spurgeon’s The Sword and the Trowel began to decry the decline (movement down grade) of belief in essential Bible doctrines among many Baptists in England. Spurgeon published three anonymous letters on the topic (written by friends of his), then entered the fray himself by publishing the following signed article in the August 1887 issue. — Editor

Bible, Theology & Philosophy

Bowlderizing John Stott

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Two Views of Suffering: Atheist Existentialism and Christianity

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The Reformed Tradition on Israel Is Diverse

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Theology Thursday – Anselm on the Atonement

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Is This Life Too Short to Determine Our Eternal Destiny?

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Essential Elements of Young Earth Creationism and Their Importance to Christian Theology (Part 7)

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Psalm 8 in the New Testament

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Why the English Standard Version (ESV) Should not become the Standard English Version

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Review: “He Will Reign Forever” by Michael Vlach (Part 2)

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Another Word Concerning the Down-Grade

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