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Justin Taylor linked to this article by Dr. Roger Olson who claims that the Calvinist view of the Minneapolis bridge collapse distorts God’s character. Wow. Where to begin? Olson says, What a strange calamity. A modern, seemingly well-engineered bridge in a major metropolitan area collapsed in a moment without any forewarning of danger. Something […]

Timothy Dwight, one of Jonathan Edwards’ grandsons, pronounced a brutal verdict on what men want most: No passion of the human mind is stronger than this. After it has been sufficiently indulged, it becomes so habitual that it occupies all the energy of the soul  —  or perhaps more accurately, it becomes all the energy of the […]

I thought this was interesting…and tiring. The Rev. Warren Carr of Durham, North Carolina, prepared a questionnaire asking his congregation to tell him how much time that they thought he should give to a list of specified tasks. The members of his congregation were shocked to discover that the average work week indicated by […]

There are a few things I don’t need any help with. I’m good at these things. I don’t need tips from books. I don’t need advice from friends. I know what I’m doing and I do them well. If “Things I’m Good At” was a category on Family Feud, the number one answer according to […]

John Calvin pronounced the following indictment against those who trust in their own abilities: Strange and monstrous indeed is the license of our pride! The Lord demands nothing stricter than for us to observe His Sabbath most scrupulously [Ex. 20:8ff,; Deut. 5:12ff.], that is, by resting from our labors. Yet there is nothing that we […]