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Friday, April 03, 2026

Too Hot to Handle: The Dwarves are for the Dwarves

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. The term “postmodern” is not actually all that mod...
Thursday, April 02, 2026

The Grass is Always Greener in Sodom

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“Lot raised his eyes and saw all the vicinity of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere ... So Lot chose for himself all the vic...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026

IF

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This post is going to be about Calvinism’s least favorite word. For those who don’t know, Calvinism is the belief that God is like Fate ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

A Bit Too Easy

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Some proposed solutions to theological problems are a bit too easy. They hold up only so long as you don’t examine them too carefully. I...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Anonymous Asks (399)

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“What principles can we put into practice when it comes to Sabbath rest?” I am finding this question and variations on it increasingly c...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Semi-Random Musings (48)

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A Christian man looking for a wife thought his Facebook connections might help, so he inquired on the social media site recently about chu...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

No King in Israel (52)

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Polygamy was a problem very early for Israel. Jacob, the father of the nation, married a pair of sisters, also siring children by both the...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Too Hot to Handle: Open Just A Bit Too Far

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. We’ve talked a lot about Calvinism here over the pa...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Media and the Gospel

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“The medium is the message”, said the great philosopher of mass media, Marshall McLuhan. It’s his most oft-quoted line, since it’s so ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Efficacy and Embarrassment

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It started with a comment from Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of Defense, about the building of the third temple in Jerusalem. Hegseth is ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

What Does Your Proof Text Prove? (35)

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I was reading a Puritan Board discussion the other day about the morality of human desire that got me thinking. Believers on both sides ...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Anonymous Asks (398)

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“Is Mary the mother of God?” There is a kind of childish logical syllogism drawn by some in which the budding theologian goes from the t...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

The Synoptic Gospels and Atonement (2)

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On Wednesday of this week, I tackled critics who set in opposition the gospel preached by the apostle Paul and the teaching of the Lord Je...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

No King in Israel (51)

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Hebrew language and law distinguish between that which a man dedicated to God and that which he devoted. Both involved setting something a...