Shane Vander Hart: We can’t ‘live’ the gospel. We can’t ‘do’ the Gospel. We can’t ‘be’ the Gospel. But we can believe it and share it.
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Confusing Law and Gospel
America’s Forgotten Economist
John Hendrickson: The American System that Henry C. Carey supported and defended was resurrected by President Trump’s administration.
Our Natural Heresy
Shane Vander Hart: Michael Horton said Pelagianism is the ‘default setting’ of the human heart and semi-Pelagianism has infiltrated many American churches.
Don’t Mistake Civic Religion with Biblical Christianity
Shane Vander Hart: Common beliefs as a nation are important but civic religion is not biblical Christianity, and it should never be the object of our faith.
Is Politics Downstream From Culture?
Shane Vander Hart: Historically, any significant legislation or court opinion has almost always been preceded by a social movement that moved the needle.
Fake News Begets Fake History
Collin Brendemuehl: “Fake history” is worthy of exploration if to correct bad history. Good history is necessary because bad history exists.
Fear Not
Shane Vander Hart: Isaiah 43 provides a great reminder that whatever challenges we face, difficulties that arise, obstacles that seem to be in our way… we are to fear not.
Yes, Mr. President, It Is Hyperbole
Shane Vander Hart: Mr. President, your criticism of Republican election integrity bills is the very definition of hyperbole and Americans need less of it.
The Power of God
Stephen Charnock: “God’s power is like Himself: infinite, eternal, incomprehensible; it can neither be checked, restrained, nor frustrated by the creature.”
The Systematic Evangelical Mind
Collin Brendemuehl: Everybody thinks systematically including evangelicals. We interpret everything around us according to our frame of reference, which is certainly more than a mere mental state.
What Is An Evangelical?
Shane Vander Hart: Evangelicalism is not just white, not Republican, and not monolithic. It is defined by the good news of Jesus Christ as revealed in scripture.
Strive To Be Ruled, Not Rule
Shane Vander Hart: As a Christian strives to be ruled by God, not rule, that should make a marked difference in how we approach politics and life.
The Supreme Court Upholds Donor Privacy
Shane Vander Hart: The Supreme Court ruling is a win for donors’ privacy and association rights for any charitable organization regardless of its ideology.
Baucham Shows Pastoral Heart in Fault Lines
Collin Brendemuehl reviews Fault Lines: The Social Justice and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe by Dr. Voddie Baucham.
Ephesians 6 Is Not a Call to Arms in the Culture War
Shane Vander Hart: Ephesians 6 does not describe preparation for a fight against a political ideology but preparation for spiritual warfare.
Christ the Central Fact of History
Shane Vander Hart: No one has impacted the world more than Jesus Christ. Even religious skeptics can’t deny his influence on history and Western civilization.