Category: American Evangelicalism

The Definition of a Watered Down Gospel: “Just Be Nice!” »

The vanity of values continues. In this case, it continued in an article entitled “Message Fits to a T” on the front page of the Rapid City Journal’s section on Religion, published November 13, 2010. What did it say? And how does it demonstrate the continuing promulgation of valueless values? Let us first refresh our [...]

Vanity, Values, and Philip Anschutz »

What an incredibly worthless word in today’s society. It reminds me of the AOL commercials from only two years ago that were still advertising “email!” and “videos!” and “share pictures!” as if a person without AOL couldn’t do any of those things. Anyone who had ever used the internet almost felt insulted with every passing frame of the screen. Equally [...]

A Few Good Sermons »

Long story, but I’m home for a week working on the farm. So I listened to several lectures while cutting down a field of hay in the new windrower. Other than the free OT lectures by Belcher on iTunesU, I felt greatly blessed by the sermon series on Romans by Chuck Swindoll. He preached true [...]

Does Dispensationalism Matter? »

Lyndon Unger posted a lengthy comment on my post “Darby’s Dubious Method of Bible Interpretation.” I decided to post my response here as well: I’m not sure you understand that this post is part and parcel of a larger refutation of Hyper-Dispensationalism. So when you say “I havent read anyone who says x,” it’s often [...]

Spurgeon on Darbyism (the original Dispensationalism) »

I’m not sure how helpful this will be to anyone, but I laughed so hard I had to share it: We have even heard it asserted that those who lived before the coming of Christ do not belong to the church of God! We never know what we shall hear next, and perhaps it is [...]

A Response to Scott Sabin: True “Christian Environmentalism” and the Substance of the Gospel »

“Over 500,000 trees have been planted…This is gospel work.” – Scott Sabin, executive director of Plant with a Purpose I love God’s raw creation. Untweaked, unmodified, as close to Eden as possible. Streams and forests with no trails. Rivers with no dams. Prairies with no fences and hills with no power lines. God has manifested [...]

The Evangelical Philosophical Society Stoops to a New Low »

Set Forth Your Case Equipping Christians for Discipleship and Evangelism Experience seasoned teaching by Alvin Plantinga, William Lane Craig, Gary Habermas, Greg Koukl, Randy Newman, Frank Beckwith, Craig Evans, Craig Blomberg, Mike Licona and over twenty other influencers in Christian apologetics as they equip you about the issues facing contemporary Christian witness. And guess what [...]