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Notes on Genesis 1
It’s important to get the early chapters of Genesis correct. On the topic of creation/Genesis 1, I especially recommend Jim Jordan’s Creation in Six Days and Doug Kelley’s Creation and Change. Both of these books are excellent defenses of young earth creationism – the view that God made the world in 6 days about 6000…
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Some Notes on the Paedobaptism Debate
Some notes on the paedobaptism debate: 1. The fundamental divide between covenant baptism and the Baptist view is seeing baptism as a gift and work of God in which we receive a promise versus seeing baptism as act of obedience in which we make a confession of our faith. Is baptism about God’s promise or…
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The New Right Meets Ecclesiocentrism
The goal of Christian cultural engagement is not to anger the left or “own the libs” or “drink liberal tears.” The goal is to be faithful to Scripture in all of life. Yes, a by-product of faithfulness will be transgressing progressive dogmas. And when that happens, the attitude of the New Right to the left’s…
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A Masculinity Manifesto (Repost)
This essay already appeared on this blog and also on Kuyperian.com last year, but I wanted to repost it as a stand-alone piece. I love it when various interest of mine converge in one place, and that’s the case with Romans 2:6-16. This passage brings together some of the themes I’ve emphasized in my teaching…
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Waxing Nostalgic
I was going through some old emails the other day and came across an email I wrote to my kids on the occasion of one of them graduating from high school. This is a slightly edited and slightly depersonalized version of that email: ———— Graduating high school is an important milestone in life. It’s a…
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Notes on Anti-Semitism
Some thoughts on the current anti-Semitism trends: ———- Questions for anti-Semitic “Christians”: Much of the NT was written to instruct Christians about how to deal with their persecutors, most of whom were Jewish. Are you willing to follow those instructions? The book of James is particularly relevant here since it addresses precisely this issue. If you…
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Merry 8th Day of Christmas!
Merry 8th day of Christmas! And happy Jesus’ circumcision day! Today is the Feast of the Circumcision and Naming of Jesus. Luke takes care to record Jesus’ circumcision in 2:21. The shedding of blood on Jesus’ 8th day can rightly be viewed as a foreshadowing of the cross. His circumcision confirms that Jesus is a…
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Christmas and Christology: The Reason for the Season
Merry Christmas! As we approach Christmas, it’s important to remember what this season is about. In a word, Christmas is about Christ. Christmas is about Christology. Christmas is about the Father sending his Son, the Christ, into the world through the work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is God and man, two complete natures…
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A Christmas Chronology: Notes on Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2
If you put the first two chapters of Matthew and the first two chapters of Luke together, you can basically plot the first 40 days of Jesus life with a good bit of detail. Both Matthew and Luke record the day of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem (day 1). Luke tells us he was circumcised on…
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Exhortations: Four baptisms, a funeral, and the Eucharist
God calls some to himself in the womb. Others he calls to himself later in life. R is one called later in life. God has worked powerfully in R’s life over the last several months, opening his eyes to see the horror of his sin and the beauty of Jesus. R has come to see…
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