If I were to subvert a culture ...

If I were given the ignoble task of subverting a culture, I have a fair idea of what my agenda would be. First, I would trivialize its religion. Since religion is an essential ingredient of culture (the word’s very root…

Francis Schaeffer quote

The Church in our generation needs reformation, revival and constructive revolution…. There cannot be true revival unless there has been reformation; and reformation is not complete without revival. - Francis Schaeffer

Van Tillian Presuppositional Theonomic Ethics

Cornelius Van Til was a 20th century protégé of the Dutch Reformed theologian and president of the Netherlands, Abraham Kuyper. Van Til created a school of Christian apologetics and an ethical system based on Kuyperian presuppositionalism. Although Van Til had…

The Three "R's" of Christianity: The Power to Transform Culture

SOME MODERN EDUCATORS HAVE DISCOVERED the truth that the teachers of one-room school houses of the 1800s new well: for a child to excel in study, he must learn to become a self-educator. The child is taught the basics (or…

The Idol Of Reputation: Are You Nicer Than Jesus?

Just Don’t Preach the Whole Word of God! “I just wish you could do things a little different. I mean, you read about it in the paper. I wish you could do it in a way that doesn’t give Christians…

God's Law is Supreme

After nearly fifteen years in Christian ministry, I have been through more battles (and certainly more jails!) than most Christians will go through in a lifetime. As I have observed the Church throughout the second half of the seventies, the…

A Confession of Victory

I believe righteousness is a greater force than wickedness (Eph. 6:10-17). I believe we are the light of the world (Matt. 5:14). I believe that although gross darkness is on the peoples, that the glory of the Lord will shine…

666, Anyone? (Pick a Date! Any Date!)

“I think things are going to get even worse before the Lord returns.” - Prison chaplain, on why people involved in Operation Rescue are wrong for their actions They just don’t give up. The rapture date-setters and the Antichrist-namers never…

War of the Testaments

– or – Was Moses Really All That Bad? “Is that in the New Testament?” “When did Jesus Himself do that?” If I hear these questions one more time, I’m going to scream. These two questions crop up thousands of…

Four Spheres of Government

By Marshall Foster FEW CHRISTIANS TODAY SPEAK OF THEMSELVES as God’s world-changers, but that is what they are. The bumper sticker that reads “Christians are not perfect, just forgiven” epitomizes the attitude of many, who think the only difference between…