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  • Canadian Bill C-4

    Canadian Bill C-4

    This is an email I sent to my congregation this week, concerning Canadian bill C-4, which essentially makes the Christian faith illegal in Canada. TPC family, Last Sunday, Canadian bill C-4 forbidding “conversion therapy” for homosexuals and transgenders was mentioned in Sunday School, the opening exhortation, and the pastoral prayer. I wanted to follow up Read more

  • “He Descended Into Hell”: Understanding a Key Phrase in the Apostles Creed

    “He Descended Into Hell”: Understanding a Key Phrase in the Apostles Creed

    The phrase “descended into hell” from the Apostles Creed has been controversial at times in church history. Not even the Reformers agreed amongst themselves what it meant. Should we keep this phrase in the Creed — especially since not every early version of the Creed included it? What did the framers of the Creed mean by it? What should we mean by it when Read more

  • An Email to an Egalitarian Critic (2011)

    An Email to an Egalitarian Critic (2011)

    This is an email I wrote in October 2011. I came across it as I was going through some old files and realized it might be useful to make it public. I am turning it into a blog post here because the issues I was responding to are still very relevant. I have removed personal Read more

  • The Church in Three Dimensions

    The Church in Three Dimensions

    These are lecture notes from a talk I gave at the Auburn Avenue Pastor’s Conference in 2006, but I believe they are more relevant now than when I first delivered them. I argue that when we consider the church’s relationship with culture, we must remember it is a dynamic and fluid, not fixed and static, Read more

  • Notes on Roman Catholicism

    Notes on Roman Catholicism

    Below are various emails I have exchanged over the years with Reformed church members who were drawn to Roman Catholicism or who had already converted to Romanism. Most of these discussions took place between 2009-2012. Obviously only one side of the conversation is presented, but I trust they will still be helpful. My hope is Read more

  • The Pandering Church

    The Pandering Church

    Let me preface this post by offering a couple caveats that will frame all that follows. First, any and all sin can be forgiven through Jesus’ death on the cross. There is no sin that is “too big” to be covered by the blood of Christ. This includes all manner of sexual sin, yes, even Read more