First is Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. I’ve been going through it lately and wanted to share some brief thoughts. I’ll start with a few obvious criticisms: (1) Poor editorial work for a generally good book (the recent Politics According to the Bible by Grudem). Did someone say, “spellcheck”? The “Untied States” (instead [...]

(Update: Apparently I  confuse Michael Sudduth with Michael Butler. My apologies!). But anyway, most people these days know Sudduth from his recent book The Reformed Objection to Natural Theology. He’s converted to Hinduism. Read his own testimony here. Events such as these remind us of a number of things. But three are worth pointing out:  [...]

What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. But if there [...]

The laws of logic have played a consistent role in Reformed apologetics in the past century. Figures such as Van Til and Bahnsen have often appealed to the nature of logical laws to form a transcendental argument for the existence of God. But there are still critical questions about the nature of these laws that [...]

Hey Real Apologetics crew, I really really like your recommendation page, it’s a safe place for me to get resources I know will help me in my walk. I do have a question though on what you would recommend on the formulation of the Gospel in confronting this trend of people like NT Wright, McKnight [...]

Colossians 2:11-14 has been used by paedobaptists for centuries to establish the vital connection between OT circumcision and NT baptism. Richard Barcellos, “An Exegetical Appraisal of Colossians 2:11-12.” Reformed Baptist Theological Review 2 (2005): 5, and Martin Salter’s essay, “Does Baptism Replace Circumcision? An Examination of the Relationship between Circumcision and Baptism in Colossians 2:11-12.” [...]