“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” Exodus 20:17 (ESV) Casual students of the Bible may suppose that the Ten Commandments exclusively concern external conduct while the Sermon on […]
Faith in Democracy: Framing a Politics of Deep Diversity by Jonathan Chaplin, former director of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, is both a defense of democracy and a defense of the role of faith-based convictions in influencing the political process. Chaplin is steeped in the Kuyperian tradition, understands Christian Democracy, and is au fait with developments
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We’ve never had more access to knowledge than we do today. Your smartphone is a reference librarian bringing the world to your fingertips. Curious about the hypostatic union? Just google it. Looking for a definition of penal substitutionary atonement? Ask Siri (it works; I tried). All this information can be overwhelming, and explains why someone
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9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his
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Putting the second coming and eschatology back into prominence in preaching. A friend of mine pursued his master’s degree on why preaching on the second coming of Jesus had declined. It is a fact that such preaching has indeed received less attention. Of course, if we are preaching systematic expository sermons through Bible books, the
Kabul has fallen. We have all seen the heartbreaking images on the news or social media. Behind the chaos and panic of recent days in Afghanistan’s capital hangs a deep despair. The images coming out of Afghanistan now sharply contrast with the early pictures of hope 20 years ago, when American commandos and Afghan militia
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