Tag: christianity
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The Fulfillment of Prophecy: Literal or Otherwise?
I’ve appreciated some of what I’ve read from Insurrection Barbie, but this claim that biblical prophecy is always fulfilled “literally” simply isn’t true. For example, Genesis 3:15 promises a seed of the woman who will bruise the serpent’s head, even as his own heel is bruised. Most, probably all, Christians would agree that this seed…
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Trinity Sunday Notes
What is the design on the cover of the bulletin? The design with a circle interlocking a triangular shape is called “triquetra.” The triquetra is a cross between a triangle and a circle. Our triquetra has an additional circle layered into the design.This perhaps the most widely recognized, traditional Trinitarian symbol. Note that it is…
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Wedding Homily #6
The homily delivered at my youngest daughter’s wedding. Video available here: https://www.youtube.com/live/OWmn3Qm8qf4. Audio of the homily is here: JT and Annie, it is a great honor to stand here with you today as you take your marriage vows before God and these witnesses. It is an honor to charge you from God’s Word. Annie, it’s…
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Eight Theses on Tithing (should be nine theses)
This paper on tithing is now almost 30 years old, so I’m sure I would say some things differently now. I also always intended to add a ninth thesis on tithing as a liturgical act, and develop the place of the offertory in the weekly Lord’s Day covenant renewal service, but as of today I…
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April 2026 Notes and X Posts: Old Podcasts, 1819 Podcasts, Israel and the JQ, American Identity and Immigration, Keeping the Rightwing Coalition Together, Feminism and Family, Dispensationalism, Romans 11 and Preterism, Patriarchy, Three Types of Political Leaders, Jesus in Gethsemane, Moon Landing Conspiracies, AI, Drugs, Anti-Natalism, Paedocommunion, Gendered Piety, Christian Economics, Etc.
The blessings God promised to Abraham flow out to the world through Jesus and the Spirit. — Easter forces us to choose our empty: Either the tomb is empty of Jesus’ body, or life is empty is of all meaning. — It’s not just Good Friday. It’s The Best Friday. What’s so good about it?…
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Notes on Esther, Genocide, and the Current War with Iran
Does the Bible tell us anything about the current war America and Israel are waging with Iran? In particular, can we use the book of Esther to justify or condemn the war? Tucker Carlson and Franklin Graham recently expressed diametrically opposed views of the Israeli/American war with Iran, making diametrically opposed appeals to the OT,…
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The Puritan Hope vs Dispensationalism
The “Puritan Hope,” as Iain Murray called it, was not some kind of nascent dispensationalism, as some have suggested. It was just historic postmillennialism, including the view that the Jews (along with every other people group) would be converted at some point in history. The Puritans did not believe Jews were in covenant with God…
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April 12, 2015 Sermon — Peace Be With You: The Scars and the Spirit of the Lord (John 20:19-23)
It is Easter or Pascha. Either one of those names will do. Either one of those names can be used to label this 50-day season celebrating the resurrection of Christ. Some years we have put Easter on the bulletin. Other years we have used Pascha. But either term is fitting. Easter is certainly the more…
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Israelized Gentiles, Gentilized Israelites
The church is the new Israel. Paul explicitly calls the church the “Israel of God” in Galatians 6:16: “And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.” Some argue that Paul distinguishes two groups in this verse. For example, a Christian Zionist paraphrases…
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God of My Youth
GOD OF MY YOUTH:INFANT FAITH, INFANT SALVATION, AND COVENANT NURTUREIN THE PSALTER AND PSYCHOLOGY RICH LUSK Introduction: Focusing the Questions Historical Background Our children are a gift from God, which means parenting is a form of stewardship. As John Calvin emphasized, every child is a special blessing from God and every birth is a divine…
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