Category Archives: Biblical Lenses

Just Be Nice Already. Or Else.

More from No Quarter November: “What we actually have is a binary situation. Every group has a nice face, and also a stern face, and everything depends on which way they are facing. And so the ethics of the thing aren’t determined by whether or not you are nice, but rather by who you areContinue reading “Just Be Nice Already. Or Else.”

Worship in Spirit and Truth

Pastor, author, and educator Voddie Baucham recently addressed the G3 conference on the meaning of the word “worship”. The 15mn video below contrasts his words of concern about worship as performance or an obsession over appearances and passions with a sampling of clips from megachurch worship services. The point, of course, is not to mockContinue reading “Worship in Spirit and Truth”

Lessons from the Reformation’s Pamphlet War

From Carl Trueman over at First Things, 11.4.21 “As a Protestant, I rejoice that the Reformers carried the day in many places, with their appropriate emphasis on biblical authority, divine grace, and the finished work of Christ. They recovered the gospel and paved the way for many of the freedoms we in the West nowContinue reading “Lessons from the Reformation’s Pamphlet War”

What is the History of Scripture?

Author Jonathon Van Maren interviews Timothy Mahoney: Mahoney travels around the Middle East and across Europe and America, interviewing archaeologists, scholars, and experts on evidence for the biblical Exodus, the authorship of the Pentateuch, and the location of the Red Sea crossing. These films are not just homeschooling curriculum videos designed to convey information—they areContinue reading “What is the History of Scripture?”

In Flanders’ Fields

BY JOHN MCCRAEIn Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,    That mark our place; and in the sky    The larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,    Loved and were loved, and now we lie,        In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrelContinue reading “In Flanders’ Fields”

In honour of Reformation Day…

R.C. Sproul covering what it was all about: https://www.ligonier.org/learn/series/luther-and-the-reformation Protestants around the world today celebrate their distinction from the Roman Catholic Church proudly and regularly. Yet, how many actually know the history behind their separation? The old adage “you can’t know where you are going until you know from where you came” may not ringContinue reading “In honour of Reformation Day…”

Doug Wilson’s No Quarter November

Douglas Wilson kicks off his annual No Quarter November today with a long discussion on the status of StickerGate, their dust-up with local Moscow authorities over mandate protest stickers. As an added bonus: “This month there will be multiple free book giveaways, both from the Mablog Shoppe and from Canon Press. This first one todayContinue reading “Doug Wilson’s No Quarter November”

If you were living in a totalitarian system, who would tell you?

A lengthy but helpful thought experiment: Even the most faithful believer in the prevailing system has likely heard rumblings of rumored objections to the prevailing narrative. Some examples include the claim that the covid vaccines don’t prevent infection or transmission—Or that natural immunity provides much stronger protection than the vaccines (in addition to actually preventingContinue reading “If you were living in a totalitarian system, who would tell you?”