The Knowledge of God, Degrading Passions & A Depraved Mind

Christianity can be shown to be, not “just as good as” or even “better than” the non-Christian position, but the only position that does not make nonsense of human experience. – C. Van Tim I thought I would take some time to share my theological and philosophical...

Penal-Substitutionary Atonement in Church History

In my last blog post entitled “God’s View of Sin,” a commenter took exception with my view endorsing a penal-substitutionary model of the atonement. His claim is very clear and very basic: “that no component of PST exists in any form, kerygmatic or written, until the...

God’s View of Sin

Sin Odd as it may sound, it is a word that many churches, if not most churches have dropped from their vocabulary. We just don’t like talking about it these days. The trouble is, we cannot very well talk about Jesus Christ and the good news of the gospel without also...

Independence Day

All over the country as well as the internet, modern American Christians and their leaders are telling the story of American independence today. One such leader, Hank Hanegraaff, quotes Thomas Jefferson, the deistic heretic, who believed and argued that America was a...