In this video, Dr. Sproul addresses an issue that has bothered me for years. Namely, that many abstentionist Christians turn Romans 14 into a means of manipulating their brethren into abstinence against their own conscience, and against their understanding of…
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The Tyranny of the Weaker Brother, by R.C. Sproul
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“Wine” Means Wine
A summary defense of the use of wine in communion by Tim Gallant The original article can be viewed here: “Wine” Means Wine On the night He was betrayed, Jesus instituted a very simple rite. Two prayers, two elements: bread…
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Sipping Saints – A Debate
Here is a statement I posted on Facebook in July of 2014, and the debate which followed. I know that most who read this will think that I was only trying to provoke an argument; that I was being insolent;…
Self-Referencing and Life in the Local Church
From 2001 to 2004 or so I was a member of a Yahoo Group called The Clark Ring, which was dedicated to the discussion of Gordon H. Clark’s thought. I wrote this post sometime in 2002-3, I believe. This post…
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Joel Beeke on Personal Reading Restrictions
Joel Beeke on Personal Reading Restrictions While attempting to clean my office this week, I came across some old papers I printed out from a Yahoo email list I participated in in 2003. The list was dedicated to exploring issues…
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Hockey Has Nothing to do With Patriotism
This letter appeared in the Windsor Star in June of 2002, approximately. The Wings did win the Cup the summer I wrote this. I wrote this letter because I was irritated by irrational sentiment I was always hearing from Canadians.…
Tagged with: cultural ignorance, culture, detroit red wings, government, hockey and patriotism, loyalty to country, patriotism, sports teams, statism, toronto maple leafs
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Judging Community Standards
I wrote the following letter to John Robbins in 2002, but I never sent it. John and I discussed issues like this many times. I wrote this because I have struggled for many years with these questions, because I have…
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Posted in Personal Stuff
Posted in Personal Stuff
Anti-intellectualism
I wrote this to a Yahoo! Groups email list called ‘The Clark Ring’ in 2002. It was an email list devoted to the theology and philosophy of Gordon H. Clark. I wrote it as I was struggling to come to…
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Tribulation
The following is from pages 16 and 17 of “A Study of Words” by Richard Chenevix* Trench. It was first published in 1851. My copy is an 1855 edition. The study of words is called “etymology”. Trench was a poet…
A Letter to John Bevere
The following letter was sent to John Bevere in 2002. At the time, several of Pastor Bevere’s videos were being shown to our church, and many of us were enjoying them. We were edified by much of his teaching. I…
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