I’ve heard it said many times that Calvinism uses the same vocabulary as other Christians, but it has a different dictionary. Today I’m sharing three examples that illustrate this. Calvinists defend God’s sovereignty vociferously. If you question Calvinism, they will ask you, “Don’t you believe God is sovereign?” This will seem like an absurd question. …
Dear friend, if you struggle with resting in the finished work of Jesus Christ and the security of your salvation then this post is for you. It’s also for you if you know someone who is plagued with fear and doubt about their standing in Christ. Men teach that we can’t know if we are …
So I’ve mentioned stealth Calvinism before, but I didn’t have a good example at my fingertips. I know about it because I’ve read too many horror stories of pastors who hide their Calvinism and then bring it out once they get the job. In the process, they break up the church and drive out members …
I just republished a post from 2008 called The Christian View of the Role of Women. There is a lengthy discussion in the comments and I want to highlight a few points I made. One of them I rarely see addressed (if ever). I think you\’ll be able to follow this even though this is …
I recently left a comment on a YouTube video that I also wanted to put in a post. Jon Harris’ video Deracination, Q & A on Woman’s Roles delved into the following topics. There is a reason Jon is discussing these topics. There is a growing group of younger and middle aged men in …
Rachel Miller wrote The Piper Scale of Female Leadership in which she likened John Piper\’s views on a woman\’s influence and leadership to the Pritchard\’s Poetry Scale from Dead Poet\’s Society. If you aren\’t familiar with the reference to Dead Poet\’s Society, I\’ve included a clip here at the end of the post. Recently I …
I mentioned a few months ago that I had been thinking about diving back into the issue of women and the church. I wrote several paragraphs about it in A Break To Reset My Life. It\’s important background to what is in this post. I also recently mentioned my concerns about The Angry Christian Men. …
