The elections of November 8, 1994, who will forget them? They could be the beginning of a new direction in the governing and public life of the United States. Time will tell. They awakened many political leaders as to where many citizens want this country to go. All kinds of advice is now being given […]
How can the US Congress prevent the establishment of religion while also insuring the free exercise of religion? Are concepts such as justice and rights inherently religious? (The American Declaration of Independence states that rights come from the Creator.) How can we fully discuss issues such as prayer in public schools, abortion and civil rights […]
A theological library is filled with various approaches to the study of God and His Word, not the least of which is the shelf of books on Greek and Hebrew word studies. Sometimes it helps to take a look at what the Scriptures say through the prism of one’s own language. Since there are those […]
Just as the Clinton crowd plastered “It’s the economy, stupid!” in their “war room” during the 1992 campaign, Republicans should hang this statement by incoming House Speaker Newt Gingrich in every one of their offices: “It is impossible to take the Great Society structure of bureaucracy, the redistribution model of how wealth is acquired and […]
Scattered all through the valleys and basin of the Carpathian mountains are remnants of the once strong Hungarian Reformed church which long constituted the eastern bulwark of Protestantism, but now is being driven back by the mystical forces of Orthodoxy. THE REFORMATION’S EASTERN BULWARK Influenced by the followers of John Huss, many of whom fled […]
Early in his final illness, Francis Schaeffer told a New England audience that Europe already had become post-Christian, and America soon would be if its people did not return to God. A decade later I am reminded of his prediction. There is a special report in Christianity Today (September 12) entitled, “Reaching the First Post-Christian […]
In this article, Dr. Joel R Beeke responds to the material presented in an important new book written by lain Murray, Revival and Revivalism: The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism 1750–1858 (Banner of Truth Trust, 1994). Revival and Revivalism is an outstanding, thoroughly researched work by the editorial director of the Banner of Truth […]
So far our treatment of general eschatology, the Bible’s teaching regarding the return of Christ and the events which precede and accompany His return, has been introductory in character. We have seen that the return of Christ is the great event on the horizon of the history of redemption; that it is an event that […]
Bible Reading: Acts 9:36–42 …this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did. Acts 9:36b (NASV) That Dorcas has endeared herself to women in the Christian church for centuries is demonstrated by the fact that so many ladies’ societies have named themselves after her and that […]
After church was over, the routine was predictable. The adults went outside, stood on the sidewalk surrounding the church on the comer, and talked. The kids ran off energy, chasing around the lot, slowing down periodically when scolded by a watchful parental or other adult concerned about skinned knees and torn “Sunday clothes.” Then the […]