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The Book of Daniel, Part 22
On today’s episode of Theology Simply Profound, Rob and Bob continue to walk through the Book of Daniel. We discuss Daniel’s corporate prayer of confession in chapter 9. Participants: Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo
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Drew Martin | The Mosaic Covenant
On this episode of What Christians Believe, host Derek is joined by Drew Martin to tackle the Mosaic Covenant, the covenant given at Sinai that most people think of when they hear “the law” or “the Old Covenant.” Their conversation covers where the covenant is found in Scripture, how it forms Israel into a nation and a kingdom of priests, the perennial theological puzzle of law and grace within it, and how its story of failure sets up the need for Christ as the true and faithful Israel.
Unbound Reality: Divine Omnipresence, Eternity, and Infinity
We live in a culture wracked by temporal panic. We look in the mirror and watch our bodies age. We watch our children grow up too quickly, we grieve lost opportunities, and we dread what tomorrow’s doctor visit or financial report might bring. We are constantly tormented by regrets from our past and terror of... Continue Reading
Spiritual Exhaustion and the Temptation to Deism: An Addendum to My Personal Testimony of Burnout
And unlike Deism, with its indifferent god in the heavens, Orthodoxy tells us that Christ came down and suffered too, that by so doing he might suffer with and for his people, and redeem the whole creation from the bondage in which it is ensnared. Not only that, but it endorses the feelings of sorrow... Continue Reading
How Critical Theory Has Affected Modern Education
Perhaps no author has more thoroughly applied a generally (Marxist-inspired) oppressor-oppressed vision of the world to education than Paulo Freire (1921–1997), especially in his work ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’. Freire began this key book by talking about “humanization,” which is the goal over against “dehumanization”—and this “dehumanization” is brought by the oppressor against the oppressed.... Continue Reading
When Love and faithfulness Cause Offense
Family members who don’t attend a same-sex wedding are often shamed by the world, extended family, their own children, and even by confused Christians. But as with other high-stakes scenarios where trust in the Lord is the only thing to which Christians can cling, these believers will never be put to shame. Their conviction and... Continue Reading
Not Old, Not Young, Not Done: Why the Church Needs Christians Who Still Have Plenty Left in the Tank
Think what a Christian in their sixties may possess – decades of answered prayer, experience of suffering, wisdom learned through failure, knowledge of marriage and family life, experience of church conflict, deeper awareness of personal sin, and years of seeing the faithfulness of God. Why would the church want to put all of that on... Continue Reading
The Beautiful Complexity of the Human Eye
Optimization means “the act, process, or methodology of making something (such as a design, system, or decision) as fully perfect, functional, or effective as possible.” Undoubtedly, the design of the human eye satisfies this definition. Contrary to evolutionary thought, the human eye, with its precise design, splendour, beauty, and perfection affirms an intelligent Designer. ... Continue Reading
What Do Pastors Do With All Their Time?
In any given week, most full-time pastors won’t be able to get away with less than 10 to 12 hours of sermon preparation, another 6 of further study and prayer, 10 hours of training, discipling, evangelising, counselling and following up with members, and another 12 of general administration. That puts him at 40 hours, not... Continue Reading
Five Things Reformed Christians Can Learn from Heinrich Bullinger
Bullinger feared that Calvin’s teaching that God ordained Adam’s fall made God responsible for sin, though both men denied that God is the author of sin. Their friendship had to bear the weight of that disagreement. We can pursue agreement on a particular doctrine without demanding agreement on everything at once or turning our backs... Continue Reading
Remember the Sabbath: Israel’s Covenant Sign Fulfilled in Christ, Part 3
The New Testament shows that the early church congregated together on the first day of the week for worship on what they called “the Lord’s Day” (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2; cf. Rev. 1:10). Never did the first Christians designate the Lord’s Day “the Sabbath,” for Sabbaths ended with the coming of Christ who cast... Continue Reading
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Devotion for September 21, 2026
Spiritual Sensitivity Philippians 3:1–11 The righteousness from God that depends on faith. Philippians 3:9 Will you accept God’s verdict upon your goodness and turn to him for the righteousness he gives you by grace? Paul did this, for he says that his desire was to be found in Christ, not having his own righteousness, which is of the law, but having that which is through faith in Christ—righteousness from God by faith. Quite a few years ago a man was brought into the emergency room in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, with a dislocated spine.
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Fighting the Villain of Perfectionism
By dissecting perfectionism through the lens of the Biblical story arch, we see its true nature.
You Do Not Need an Infallible Church to Be Saved
An infallible Church would not make you infallible. One of the things that can happen when people believe their Church is infallible is that they begin to act as though they themselves are infallible. They probably would not say it that way, but that is how the claim can function. It is something like rooting... Continue Reading
The Nightclub Church
When the church decides to be something other than she is—a nightclub venue, for example—she faces fierce competition and is doomed to lose. The secular world does these things so much better than the church. The problem the Church of England faces with both personnel and space all comes down to the same thing: a... Continue Reading
Virginia’s November Vote and the Sanctity of Life
A relatively narrow majority of legislators and voters can use the constitutional process to bind future generations of Virginians to a constitutional right to abortion. Once abortion is established as a fundamental constitutional right, future legislatures will have to operate underneath that right. Even Virginians who might someday want reasonable or moderate protections for unborn... Continue Reading
Why We Need “Cultural Christianity”
We already have reason to desire the restraint of evil because we love God and care about His honor, and because we love our neighbors and do not want them to endure the misery produced by unrestrained sin. But even on the question of whether moral restraint helps or hinders evangelism, the case for celebrating... Continue Reading
SJC Issues Decision in TE Burk Parsons’ Appeal
In accordance with the Operating Manual of the Standing Judicial Commission 17.2, the SJC voted to announce the decision immediately to the parties. That step completed, the decision is now considered public information. The Standing Judicial Commission of the PCA has rendered a final decision in the Appeal of TE Burk Parsons vs. Central... Continue Reading
Christ, Discernment, and the Church’s Witness in a Post-Truth World
Christian discernment finally carries a face, and that face belongs to Jesus. He functions as considerably more than the source of a reliable set of religious answers available for consultation. He stands as the Truth in person, the faithful image of the Father, the one in whom reality itself is revealed and restored to what... Continue Reading
Is Predestination Fair?
His parable of the laborers in the vineyard in Matthew 20 illustrates that God is always fair and that sometimes he’s undeservedly kind. He tells a story about a landowner who hired people to work in the vineyard. Early in the morning, the landowner hired laborers who agreed to work all day for a denarius... Continue Reading
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