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Lying Angels: What should Christians think about UFOs and Aliens?
What follows is a paper I wrote more than 15 years ago. Today, we have congressional hearings on aliens and UFOs, now called UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomenon). There have been serious new documentaries released (The Age of Disclosure) and a new movie is coming out from Steven Spielberg called Disclosure Day. This issue is getting …
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How can you listen to the Modern Marrow Men podcast?
If you missed any episodes of the Modern Marrow Men podcast, you can now find them with a dedicated channel on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. A new episode will release each week until the season is complete. Modern Marrow Men is a podcast John Divito and I hosted for one year to try to explain …
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Is the covenant of works biblical?
The Reformed confessions of faith all affirm that God made a “covenant of works” with Adam in the Garden of Eden. For example, The Second London Baptist Confession 20.1 explicitly refers to this covenant: “The covenant of works being broken by sin, and made unprofitable unto life….” But some aren't sure the doctrine is found …
What does it look like to apply the Ten Commandments?
In his magnificent work, A Treatise on the Law and the Gospel, John Colquhoun has a chapter titled, “Rules for Rightly Understanding the Ten Commandments” (pp 85-98), which is similar to Question 99 of the Westminster Larger Catechism, “What rules are to be observed for the right understanding of the Ten Commandments?” I highly recommend all …
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Does the gospel threaten believers with condemnation?
Is part of the “good news” of Jesus Christ that He threatens His blood-bought people with an eternity of hell's torments if they don't believe and repent and keep on believing and repenting? To be clear, there is no question about whether the law as a covenant threatens anyone who does not believe. If you …
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Is general equity theonomy a confessional and biblical doctrine?
Some of those who identify as theonomists today refer to themselves “general equity theonomists,” believing that this identification lands them within the boundaries of Reformed confessional orthodoxy. But if it does, then the term “general equity” needs to be defined the same way the tradition defined it. The technical term “general equity” is used in …
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Why is Theonomy unbiblical?
Before critiquing theonomy, we need a good definition. Some people today who use the word “theonomy” don't mean anything more than “God's law” because the etymology of the word theonomy is "theos" which means God, and "nomos" which means law. They only want to affirm that God's law is supreme over man's law. And they're …
What are some reasons people wrongly avoid studying theology?
The Bible teaches us to search the Scriptures (Acts 17:11), and to rightly handle the Word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15). Christians are to hide God's Word in their hearts (Psalm 119:11). And yet, many people want to avoid difficult questions of theology. They make excuses for not coming to careful biblical conclusions about what …
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Is Christianity a religion of doctrine or love?
Classical liberals often say that Christianity is a life, not a doctrine. Have you ever heard anyone say that? People sometimes say: It doesn’t really matter what you believe. What matters is that you love other people. What matters is that you do good in the world, rescue the oppressed, care for the sick and …
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