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American Culture

John MacArthur, Like Adam, Blames the Woman | Part 3 |Alienation Between Man and Woman

In the previous part of this series , we showed how the serpent, through Adam’s failure to protect his bride and her subsequent deception, alienated man from woman. It’s difficult to overstate the consequences of man’s disobedience: disregarding God's commands begins to break down the order which He created. God…

by Jerry BowyerJanuary 21, 2020
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Biblical Studies

John MacArthur, Like Adam, Blames the Woman | Part 2 | What Was Adam Supposed to Guard?

In the first part of this series , we showed that God declared that the division between man and woman would be “not good.” There was a division between heaven and earth, which, in contrast to the rest of the creation account, is conspicuously not described as “good,” and there…

by Jerry BowyerJanuary 16, 2020
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Biblical Studies

John MacArthur, Like Adam, Blames the Woman (Part 1)

The evangelical community is caught in a controversy between one of its most influential members, pastor John MacArthur, and one of its rising stars, Beth Moore. For those who haven’t been following this fight, here’s the summary: Beth Moore is a well-known public teacher and author on the Bible. MacArthur,…

by Jerry BowyerJanuary 14, 2020
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Eucharist

The Eucharist is Making Francis Chan More Reformed, Not Less

When one of the most famous personalities of the “young, restless, reformed” world starts sounding like an emissary from Vatican City, #BigEva social media takes note. That’s what happened this week when a sermon clip surfaced of Francis Chan hinting at his evolving view of the eucharist: “I didn't know…

by Dustin MesserJanuary 8, 2020
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Luke

More Than Leaves: Luke’s Take on the Fig Tree

All of the Gospels have a story about a fig tree. Not just parables, actually. There are those, too, when Jesus uses illustrations having to do with fig trees. But there are accounts of actual events having to do with fig trees in all four Gospels. Matthew has given the…

by Eric RobinsonJanuary 7, 2020
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Biblical Theology

Star Wars and the Typological Imagination

I. Introduction With the final installment of the sequel trilogy complete, it’s fair to say that Star Wars fans are, and evermore will be, a house divided. The sequels have split opinion since they were announced. The chief accusation has perhaps been that they amount to little more than nostalgia—not…

by Rhys LavertyDecember 24, 2019

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Sermon notes, Easter Sunday

INTRODUCTION “You are not greater than our father Jacob, are you?” asked the Samaritan woman at the well of Sychar to the stranger who offered her living water. By His death and resurrection, Jesus answers that question: He is the true Israel, greater than Jacob. THE TEXT “Then Jacob went…

April 10, 2006
History

Existentialism redux

A web article on structuralism contrasts the objectivity of structuralism with the subjectivism of the existentialism that preceded it: “So while Existentialism emphasizes subjectivity, Structuralism embraces an objectivity so impersonal that it tends to dispense with the individual altogether. All myths are homologous, capable of being generated out of one…

April 10, 2006

Eucharistic meditation, Palm Sunday

Gal 2:20: I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me. In this…

April 9, 2006

Mark’s Gospel: Palm Sunday

What is the cross? For Mark, the cross is not so much Jesus’ passive suffering as His last great act of power. While Matthew shows Jesus as the great teacher of Israel, Mark shows Jesus as a man of action. In the first verse of his gospel, he identifies Jesus…

April 9, 2006

Mark’s Gospel: Palm Sunday

What is the cross? For Mark, the cross is not so much Jesus’ passive suffering as His last great act of power. While Matthew shows Jesus as the great teacher of Israel, Mark shows Jesus as a man of action. In the first verse of his gospel, he identifies Jesus…

April 9, 2006
Philosophy

Continental v. Analytic

R. R. Reno helpfully explains the attractions of Continental philosophy to theologians by suggesting that Continental philosophy has “become a form of theology.” More elaborately: “As an intellecutal practice, this branch of modern philosophy organizes itself around the task of discerning and proclaiming the deep meaning that is necessary to…

April 9, 2006

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