This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series Gay "Marriage" Is Wrong. Period.Today and for the next several days I will be posting articles written by those critical of the recent striking down of voter-approved Proposition 8 by a federal judge. I welcome comments from all, however, please make sure you’ve read the Comments Policy before posting. ...

Thanks to Trevin Wax, here is a list of Michael Horton’s series of reviews on N.T. Wright’s book on Justification. Introduction Justification and God’s single plan: The Covenant and History Justification and God’s people Justification and God’s Righteousness: Imputation and Future Hope Justification and God’s Righteousness: Covenant and Eschatology Justification, Faith, and Faithfulness: The Works of the Law Justification and the Testimony of Paul Justification and Romans “Works of the Law” – Soteriology and Ecclesiology Conclusion ...

Here is a two-part article by David Powlison that I pray God would be used to help many break a destructive pattern of sin. Here is an excerpt: Imagine that your heart, your true inner self, is a room filled with your thoughts, feelings, experiences, and perceptions. Some are good and full of light, and some are bad and full of evil and darkness. There are two ways to clean out the evil and darkness and bring light and goodness to the whole room. You can eject the evil bodily: Fight the sin! Say no! Call your accountability person. Repent. Remember the Bible. Cry out to God for mercy. That’...

Acts 20:7 reads, “On the first day of the week (μια των σαββατων), when we were gathered together to break bread…” (ESV). There is an obvious question for the Greek newbie as to why μια is translated as “first” when we learned it as “one,“ and why σαββατων is translated as “week” when we learned it as “Sabbaths”? Why “first day of the week” and not “one of the Sabbaths”? Part of the key is in the nature of the word σαββατον. It is not as straight forward as one might expect. A quick perusal of BDAG show these options. 1. “the...

This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series Detached From RealityThere is much I could and may say in future posts regarding one of Dr. Caner’s most ardent blind defenders, Diana Penn. She is a student at Liberty University so she has a horse in this race and she’s made sure to “toe the party line” when it comes to slinging mud, lying, misunderstanding basic theology, misrepresenting basic theology, and just generally being unable (or unwilling?) to use logic and reason. I was directed to her newest post that is entitled James White – Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. Now, let m...