A social media post last December suggested writing down good things on slips of paper as they happen throughout the year, placing the slips in a jar, and then going through them when the next holiday season rolls around. I ...
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Is There Such A Thing As ‘Natural Law’?
If you want my thesis of natural law theory in one graphic sentence, I will provide it: the most consistent defender of natural law theory was the Marquis de Sade. — Gary North, Westminster’s Confession (1991) The Fear ...
Read More »Think Twice Before Saying ‘Merry Christmas’
“The joyful news of the birth of Christ is this restoration of man to his original calling with the assurance of victory.” —Rousas J. Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) “He comes to make His blessings flow / ...
Read More »Advent In Space And Time
“After all, nitpicking the timeline of Xena: Warrior Princess is the surest way to madness.” Chris Sims on the Xena Christmas Special (2015) “Chronological Bible teaching presents a foundation for understanding Jesus’ death and resurrection” ...
Read More »Getting Ready For The Messiah
The three centuries which followed the Macedonian conquest of Asia, from the death of Alexander the Great to the fall of the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt, are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. —Peter Thonemann, The ...
Read More »Mary’s Song
It is not the proud or the mighty or the rich who have the last word. Indeed, through his Messiah, God is about to over throw all these. —Leon Morris, The Gospel According to Luke The Bible as History When ...
Read More »Why Should I Give Thanks When I Don’t Feel Blessed?
How has God been good to you today? This year? Ever? Perhaps you recall specific blessings. Maybe no particular evidences of goodness come immediately to mind. Or perhaps you feel distracted by the cares of this life. Today’s passage from Psalm ...
Read More »Time For A New American Thanksgiving
With President Obama and the Clintons now dust in the wind, what do Americans need more than anything else to “reboot” this great nation? What’s the secret sauce that could get us going again and make the biggest difference at ...
Read More »Is The God Of The Old Testament The Same As The God Of The New Testament?
We live in a world of constant change. Knowledge is changing so much that we can’t keep up. Technology changes so quickly that the time a new product hits the store, it’s nearly outdated. And the world’s morals are supposedly ...
Read More »Flee The Cities: The Biblical Case For Bugging Out
Many survival writers and instructors have tackled the problematic question of bugging out versus bugging in. For the most part, we all say that the average person is better off bugging in, than they are bugging out. I’ve taken that ...
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