Posted in Christianity, Marines, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, Marines, Reformed, Theology on August 31, 2020| 46 Comments »
My brother in Christ and fellow Marine friend is losing his speech. He can read and write but talking has recently gotten more difficult. He’s a Marine and his speech was the result of a wound from a sniper during the Second Battle of Fallujah (November 2004).
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, Church, God, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Sunday, Theology on August 30, 2020| 20 Comments »
Our “This Sunday” series will be another a Corona Virus edition. For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Pray for people affected by Hurricanes.
Posted in Christianity, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, Reformed, Theology on August 29, 2020| 31 Comments »
It might not be the biggest headlines of the year given everything going on, but why is it that it seems there’s several recent random World records being broken?
Posted in Bible, Bible contradiction, bible difficulties, bible interpretation, christian apologetics, Christianity, God, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Theology, tagged Bible, Bible contradiction, bible difficulties, Christianity, God, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Theology on August 28, 2020| 57 Comments »
Since October 2015 I have blogged responses to alleged Bible contradictions listed on the Skeptic Annotated Bible. Apparently this week I hit a milestone: I have refuted over a hundred fifty alleged Bible Contradiction!
Below is the listing of these posts:
Posted in Apologetics, Bible, Bible contradiction, bible difficulties, christian apologetics, Christianity, Reformed, Theology, tagged Apologetics, Bible, Bible contradiction, bible difficulties, christian apologetics, Christianity, God, Reformed, Theology on August 27, 2020| 40 Comments »
For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: Who is the first and the last?
Here are the answers which the skeptic believes indicate a Bible contradiction:
““Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.” (Isaiah 48:12)
“When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last” (Revelation 1:17)
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”” (Revelation 22:13)
(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)
Posted in Book Review, Children, Children's book, History, History Books, tagged book review, Children, Children's book, History, History Books on August 26, 2020| 24 Comments »
A lighter post today! Review of a nonfiction Children’s book!
Vanita Oelschlager. The Pullman Porter. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, May 1st 2014. 44 pp.
5 out of 5
Purchase: Amazon
Have you heard of the Pullman Porters? If so have you realized how important they were for things in our society such as civil rights? In this fascinating illustrated children’s book author Vanita Oelschlager tells us about this occupation and also how they were significant to the civil rights movement. I thought the book was beautifully illustrated and fact based. Fascinating!
Posted in 2020 election, california election, Christian conservative, Christian voter's guide, Christianity, conservatives, Craig Huey, Election Forum, November 3, Reformed, Theology, tagged 2020 election, california election, Christian conservative, Christian voter's guide, Christianity, Conservatives, Craig Huey, Election Forum, November 3rd, Reformed, Theology on August 26, 2020| 18 Comments »
We have quite a stream of readers of our blog from Southern California and I thought it would be helpful to post this.
This is courtesy of Craig Huey of Election Forum (HT).
I have gotten less political over the years and while I do not believe salvation or the kingdom of God is achieved by political means nevertheless I believe Christians must be informed so that when they practice the privilege of voting in the United States they vote not against biblical principles but as much as possible consistent with it. Over the years California legislature has become increasingly tyrannical against Christians values in the name of “tolerance.”
So here’s the voter’s guide for Los Angeles County for November 3rd, 2020:
Posted in Book Review, Calvinism, Christianity, Doctrine of God, God, Reformed, Theology, tagged Calvinism, Christianity, Doctrine of God, God, Reformed, Theology on August 25, 2020| 18 Comments »
Peter Sammons. Reprobation: from Augustine to the Synod of Dort: The Historical Development of the Reformed Doctrine of Reprobation. Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, January 20, 2020. 154 pp.
3 out of 5
Purchase: Amazon
Do you know what the doctrine of reprobation is? This doctrine is often misunderstood and/or not always articulated well; furthermore at times people might not understand how the church have understood and worked through this issue in church history. Concerning the historical theology of the doctrine of reprobation author Peter Sammons makes a contribution with his survey of this doctrine from the early church age through the Middle Ages and into the Reformation era.
Posted in Apologetics, apologetics illustrations, Bible contradiction, bible difficulties, christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, tagged Apologetics, apologetics illustration, Bible, Bible contradiction, christian apologetics, Christianity, God, presuppositional apologetics, presuppositionalism on August 24, 2020| 32 Comments »
Point: Sometimes when one engage in apologetics the issue of alleged Bible contradiction comes up. There are times when those who assert that there are contradictory verses in the Bible fail to acknowledge that words can have more than one meaning and thus a word used in one context does not mean the same thing in another context. But if one fail to recognize there are differences of meaning of the word being used in two separate contexts, a skeptic can easily assume there’s a Bible contradiction when there are none. Are there any examples of this error to get the point across to a skeptic of their foolish methodology and mistake?
Posted in Christianity, Church, God, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Sunday, Theology, tagged Christianity, Church, God, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Sunday, Theology on August 23, 2020| 32 Comments »
Our “This Sunday” series will be another a Corona Virus edition. For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Reach out to someone struggling with mental health.
Posted in Apologetic Links, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til on August 22, 2020| 19 Comments »
Here are Presuppositional apologetics’ links gathered between August 15-21st, 2020.
1.) A Look at James Anderson’s book on Hume & Oliphint’s book on Aquinas
2.) Making Presuppositional Apologetics Tangible: Apologetics Central Video
3.) Review – A Matter of Days – Chapter 22
4.) Further Evidence of Academic Anti-Creationist Discrimination
5.) Cave to the Cross: Ep. 85 – Tactics – Turnabout – Defending Against Columbo
7.) Bible Contradiction? Was Moses in good mental and physical health at age 120?
8.) Darwinism Is in Tension with Human Rights
9.) A Review Of The Columbo Tactic – Tacticians
Missed the last round up? Check out the re-blogged post from a friend OR that of Another REBLOG HERE
Posted in Children, Christian family, Christian parenting, Christianity, God, Mother, Motherhood, Reformed, Theology, tagged Children, christian parenting, Christianity, God, Mother, Motherhood, Reformed, Theology on August 21, 2020| 13 Comments »
Here on my blog as a pastor I want to teach the Word of God and apply it to many areas. This week we look at Bible contradiction, apologetics, church, pastoral counseling, etc. But in this blog we also written on things practical for the every day Christian.
In this post we gather the links to our series “Preparing for Motherhood.” Check out the links below!
I know I will be using these with my wife to counsel future expecting moms!
Posted in Apologetic Links, christian apologetics, Christianity, Cornelius Van Til, Presuppositional Apologetics, presuppositionalism, Reformed, Theology, Van Til, tagged christian apologetics, Christianity, Presuppostional apologetics, Reformed, Theology on August 20, 2020| 17 Comments »
As a Christian, why use Presuppositional Apologetics? Arne of Apologetics Central answer the question in his first video.
I love the growing international flavor of Presuppositional Apologists. Arne is from South Africa as you can tell from his accent!
Here’s the video description:
Posted in Christianity, God, Reformed, Theology, tagged Christianity, God, Reformed, Theology on August 19, 2020| 21 Comments »
Here’s a question:
The notion for that Christians are “rich” is prevalent in many of our communities; How do we communicate to them that being a Christian is not privileged materially, because it seems that a lot of people views that way?
Here’s my answer in three parts:
Posted in addiction, Book Review, Christianity, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Theology, tagged addiction, Bible, book review, Christianity, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Reformed, Theology on August 18, 2020| 17 Comments »
Philip G Monroe. When You Love an Addict. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, November 1st 2014. 32 pp.
4 out of 5
If you have a loved one who is an addict you might know there are some resources out there for the struggling addict; yet you might wonder if there are any biblical resources to help you, the loved one concern about an addict. This book titled “When You Love an Addict” turned out to be quite a helpful and edifying read concerning this difficult subject. It is a booklet that is part of the “Resources for Personal Change” series published by New Growth Press and personally this is one of their top booklets that I have read from this series.
The Domain for Truth 