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"My kingdom is not of this world…"

By Aaron Lord

Posted on October 18, 2009

You may remember my recent post about the “Evening of Eschatology” at Bethlehem Baptist. Justin Taylor posted recently on What You Must Believe if You Are a Premillennialist, and included a lengthy chapter (really too long for a blog post) reprinted from a Sam Storms work-in-progress. Then Jim Hamilton posted... [Read More]

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Eschatology Panel at Bethlehem Baptist Church

By Aaron Lord

Posted on October 11, 2009

John Piper asked some teachers to remain after the Desiring God conference for a panel discussion on the three views of the millennium in Revelation 20. The audio, video, etc., can be found here. Sam Storms argues the amillennial view based on Paul’s description of the abolishment of death in... [Read More]

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Jonathan Edwards, Healer of Rifts

By Aaron Lord

Posted on October 9, 2009

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Christianity and Popular Culture

By Aaron Lord

Posted on October 6, 2009

This episode of The White Horse Inn from September 20 is a must-listen: Christianity and Popular Culture (it’s actually a rebroadcast from 12 years ago). Michael Horton and his guest Ken Myers offer a poignant and precise critique of the “Christian” industry ghetto, with its second-rate rock stars and cheesy... [Read More]

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covenant theology

What the LCMS says about Body Modification

By Aaron Lord

Posted on September 15, 2009

For body-modified Christians like myself, here is a helpful answer from the Q&A of the Lutheran Missouri Synod (a.k.a. the good guys) that emphasizes the difference between the moral law and the ceremonial law. [Read More]

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Chuck Smith on avoiding the reign of antichrist

By Aaron Lord

Posted on September 14, 2009

Maybe you don’t want to accept Jesus Christ and would rather go the hard way [i.e., through the seven-year tribulation]. You’ll have to find some means of surviving for seven years without depending on this corrupt society. This society will be totally taken over by the Antichrist. No one will... [Read More]

MacArthur on the Dangers of Innovation

By Aaron Lord

Posted on September 13, 2009

Here is John MacArthur speaking about the use of Bible commentaries by (long) dead writers, from a message last winter called “The Consequences of Non-Expositional Preaching, Part 2”: In preparation for Mark, I think I've read about 30 commentators... Most of them are dead writers. Because I honor the work... [Read More]

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A sure sign that you are a spiritual prig

By Aaron Lord

Posted on September 5, 2009

Beware of allowing yourself to think that the shallow concerns of life are not ordained of God; they are as much of God as the profound. It is not your devotion to God that makes you refuse to be shallow, but your wish to impress other people with the fact... [Read More]

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iPhone stuck pixels

By Aaron Lord

Posted on September 4, 2009

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1984 Down the Memory Hole

By Aaron Lord

Posted on August 31, 2009

The irony of this story is striking. [Read More]