David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?” 1 Samuel 17:26 (NIV) Confidence in a living God gives a whole new view on life. Only …
Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Ad Fontes, a publication of the Davenant Institute. A historical theologian once called the twentieth century “the century of the church.” During this century, the world-wide Christian notion of the church experienced a series of exceptionally challenging crises for its existence and identity. Ecclesiology was naturally a vital …
My elementary teachers taught me George Washington boldly led the Continental Army, ably served as America’s first president, and humbly refused to seek reelection after a second term. Nobody told me he owned slaves. Though he emancipated his slaves upon his death, while he lived he depended on slaves to run his Mount Vernon farm.[1] …
Christians who oppose abortion on demand are frequently taunted by their challengers with the observation that the New Testament is silent about abortion. Why did Jesus not speak about the subject? Why is there no clear prohibition against abortion in Paul’s writings? Nowhere in the biblical text does one find a “thou shalt not abort.” …
Culture is a word we hear a lot in Christian circles these days. We hear of a “cultural malaise,” ponder “culture wars,” talk about how America has ceased to be a “Christian culture,” and are encouraged to be “culture makers.” All of these uses of the term are helpful for thinking about how Christians can …
John Stott has been aptly described as a “conservative radical” – conservative in terms of his unshakeable commitment to the historic reformed doctrines of the Christian faith, radical in terms of everything else – cutting to the radix, the root. He frequently spoke of being prepared to jettison long-cherished evangelical traditions and shibboleths, whenever obedience …