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Thoughts for Young Men Wanting to Marry
“The Christian church is there to remind people, young men included and perhaps even first and foremost, that they have a woman to find, a garden to walk in, a family to nurture, an ark to build, a land to conquer, a ladder to heaven to build, and the utter, terrible catastrophe of life to… Read more
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Do I Believe in Baptismal Regeneration?
I’d have to do some research on my hard drive or in my old email folders to be sure, but I think this essay was probably written about 2004 or 2005, when the Federal Vision controversy was raging. Because this essay has been one of my more commented-on baptismal essays, I thought it would be… Read more
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Covenant Renewal Worship
What is the purpose of gathering together on the first day of each week for worship? If worship gathers up the gifts of the past week and gives thanks for them, if worship lays a foundation of grace for the week to come, what does that mean? How does it work? What are we supposed… Read more
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Kinism, Calvinism, and America’s Founding
Love of people and place is virtuous. It is good to love one’s family, and love of one’s family easily extends to a love of nation, which is largely an extension of the family. One way to honor my mother and father (and grandmother and grandfather, etc.) is to honor the land in which I… Read more
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Tragedies, Part 3: More on the SBC Guideposts Report
A few more notes on the SBC Guideposts sex abuse report, now that the SBC annual meeting has come and gone: Read more
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Calvin on the Church
Regular church attendance and formal church membership are important biblical teachings. The last couple of weeks in the sermon, I have quoted from John Calvin’s Institutes, Book 4, which ties all of this together. Here is Calvin describing what the church is and why we need her: Because it is now our intention to discuss the visible church,… Read more
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