I noticed that our friend John Hagee underwent major open-heart surgery.  We should all wish Hagee well, and pray for his recovery.  But it might also be worth noting that Hagee's surgery raises a question or two about someone who practices "Divine healing" and who then tells people who are not healed that they either don't have enough faith, or that they have unconfessed sin their lives.  When Hagee discovers that he has heart disease, it is interesting that he doesn't rush to Oral Roberts or Benny Hinn, he goes to the hospital.  Hmmm . . .  Click here: Evangelis... [read more]

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"One of the lessons I learned from the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is that our first ancestors chose to be human rather than to live forever.  They chose a sense of morality, a `knowledge of good and evil,' rather than immortality.  They spurned the Tree of Life, which would have given them eternal life, in favor of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, which gave them a conscience.  As compensation, God gave humans, who now shared with Him the ability to know good from evil, the gift of His own divine power to create new life.  We cheat deat... [read more]

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  Here's the link to this past Friday's Academy lecture, "These Things Were Foretold" (Part 2).  I'm continuing my series "Amillennialism 101."  In this lecture I deal with prophecies regarding the future restoration of Israel, and what is known as "prophetic perspective."Here' the link.  http://links.christreformed.org/realaudio/A20081003-Amillenialism.mp3

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Here's the audio of the sixth sermon in my current series on the Book of James.http://links.christreformed.org/realaudio/KR20081005-James.mp3

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Here are links to great deals on these two very important books.Get Michael Horton's Christless Christianity here for 50% off!Click here: Christless Christianity by Michael HortonGet Scott Clark's Recovering the Reformed Confession here only $15.00!Click here: Deal of the Month « Heritage Booktalk     

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Tonight, Lord willing, I'll resume my Academy series, "Amillennialism 101."  My lecture will be entitled "The Basic Elements of New Testament Eschatology" Just a reminder that Academy lectures are held at Christ Reformed Church in Anaheim, they begin @ 7:30 PM, are free of charge, and are followed by a time for questions and refreshments.  Come on out--it would be great to meet you! For this series, I am utilizing my two books on eschatology, A Case for Amillennialism (Click here: Riddleblog - A Case for Amillennialism - Understanding the End), and The Man of Sin (Click here:... [read more]

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Article 7: Faith God's Gift But all who genuinely believe and are delivered and saved by Christ's death from their sins and from destruction receive this favor solely from God's grace--which he owes to no one--given to them in Christ from eternity. ___________________________________Since we are fallen by nature, and can do nothing on our own to come to faith in Christ–indeed, we cannot even do anything to prepare ourselves to come to faith apart from a prior act of God on our behalf–the Canons again remind us that faith does not arise because fallen sinners have the power, desire, or ... [read more]

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The recent release of Herman Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics in English has produced a new appreciation for this great theologian.  Here's one new resource devoted to Bavinck studies.  Click here: Herman Bavinck Paul Helm has a great piece on the relationship between natural law and biblical law.  It is well worth reading.  Click here: Helm's Deep: Natural Law and Biblical Law Whenever I see "top ten" lists and "rankings" on the Internet, I'm always skeptical.  Here's why.  MSNBC's list of the fifteen healthiest restaurants includes Denny's. Good grief!  I'l... [read more]

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The First in a Series of Sermons on the Book of Judges The Book of Judges is a fascinating but perplexing book.  The book covers that period of Israel’s history between the death of Joshua (the Conquest) and that time when David becomes Israel’s first king (the monarchy).  There are some very colorful and well-known biblical characters to be found here–Samson, Gideon and Deborah.  There is also a reoccurring pattern found throughout this book.  The people of God will turn their backs on YHWH, only to find that an unexpected enemy rises up against them, causing them... [read more]

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Dr. Scott Clark's long-anticipated book, "Recovering the Reformed Confession" (P & R) is now available!This is a must read!Scott has the details and ordering information here:  Click here: It’s Out: Recovering the Reformed Confession « Heidelblog

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