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I’m quoting Justin Taylor quoting Ligon Duncan quoting Donald MacLeod. Isn’t the internet wonderful?
Theology exists in order to be applied to the day-to-day problems of the Christian church. Every doctrine has its application. All scripture is profitable and all the doctrine is profitable. Similarly all the application must be based on doctrine. In both the [...]

Ligonier Ministries blog has been serializing John Gerstner’s Theology for Everyman, and is now complete. Check the link for details.

As long ago as the early 1970s, Dean Kelley showed in his book Why Conservative Churches Are Growing that congregations with a clear belief system were more likely to grow. Kelley’s work spoke of “strong” beliefs more than conservative doctrines and included “churches” that are hardly orthodox, but he did show that belief matters.
Thom [...]

What if two theologians I respect disagree about Scripture’s meaning?
The answer to this is virtually the same as if the question had been, “What if two theologians I respect agree about Scripture’s meaning?” In either scenario, the proper response is to imitate the “noble Bereans” of Acts 17. These were Jews who listened to Paul [...]

John 6:37

37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. (ESV)

But suppose the believer sins after coming? “If any man sin we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” But suppose that believers backslide? “I will heal their backsliding, [...]

The doctrine of total depravity (or total inability) says that all men, as a consequence of the Fall, are born morally corrupt, enslaved to sin, at enmity with God, and unable to please Him or even of themselves to turn to Christ for salvation. (Thus the necessity of a gracious, unconditional election.) Here is a [...]

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What is Darius’ Decree?
Darius’ Decree is a custom web search for finding information about the Bible, theology, and Christian life. There are a group of sites that I have found very reliable for providing good, solid information. Darius’ Decree allows me (and you!) to search those sites easily. Want to find information [...]

Ligonier Ministries is publishing, through their blog, an out-of-print book by the late John Gerstner, Theology for Everyman:
Is it not clear why a layman must necessarily be a theologian? Is there anyone, layman or otherwise, who does not need to know God? Does the Scripture not say, “This is life eternal, that they might know [...]

The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him. It begins in the mind and may be present where no overt act of worship has taken place.
”When they knew God,” wrote Paul, “they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and [...]

21 Questions on Mormon Theology, with Analysis 
FoxNews.com submitted 21 questions on Mormon theology to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and posted their answers. Rob Bowman now provides good analysis of their responses. (HT: Tim Challies)
Welcome to the Blogosphere, Dr. Doug Bookman! 
There’s a new blog from Dr. Doug Bookman, appropriately called The Rabbit [...]