As a professor at the College at Southeastern and Southeastern Seminary, I have the privilege of working with students, many of whom are preparing for a future in vocational ministry. Many of my students work during their time here in Wake Forest. They serve as janitors, waitresses, store clerks, IT — anything to pay the bills and support …
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Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Ad Fontes, a publication of the Davenant Institute. Like many evangelical and Reformed sorts, it wasn’t long into my apologetics pilgrimage that I was introduced to the topic of apologetic method. I found myself consuming R.C. Sproul and John Gerstner, especially their Classical Apologetics (written with Art Lindsay). …
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:29 (ESV) Christians should be loyal citizens, and they should be seen to be loyal by those in authority. A nation with many Christians may expect to be stable and peaceful. At the same time human authorities should know that Christians have …
“God spoke to me about my marriage. He told me, ‘It is finished.’ I knew I was free to get a divorce.” The man who said this to me was churchgoing and Bible-believing. He knew the gospel, valued prayer, evangelized, and could even defend faithfulness in marriage. And yet he believed God had mailed him …
We do need to be able to recognize evil, but it is not always easy to do so. Intriguingly it was when the American psychiatrist Scott Peck was researching his book on evil, People of the Lie, that he became a Christian. He asserts that when counsellors encounter evil in their counselling, they need to …
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The Book of Homilies (published in two parts, 1547 and 1563) sets out official Anglican doctrine in its clearest and most practical form. Article XXXV of the 39 Articles of Religion describes their contents as “godly and wholesome” and “necessary for these times.”[1] The homilies were written during the Reformation to apply theology to all of life. In …
Idleness: An Evil Not a Blessing—The Anglican Homilies (1563) Read More »