We have stood on the mountain peaks of God’s eternal decree and witnessed the pristine beauty of creation in the Garden. But now, the narrative takes a catastrophic turn. To understand the world as we see it today—broken, violent, and groaning—and to understand our own hearts, we must descend into the valley of the shadow… Continue reading Wherein All Have Sinned: On the Fall and Original Sin (WCF 6.1–6.6)
Author: Tony Arsenal
The Unmaking of the Cosmos: The Flood as De-Creation and Pattern of Final Judgment
Loved ones, in our previous study of Noah, we touched upon a terrifying concept: de-creation. We noted that the Flood was not merely a severe weather event, but a cosmic reversal—a deliberate undoing of the order God established in Genesis 1. To fully grasp the magnitude of what happened in the days of Noah, and to… Continue reading The Unmaking of the Cosmos: The Flood as De-Creation and Pattern of Final Judgment
A Righteous Man in His Generation: Noah, the Ark, and the Coming Storm (Gen. 6:9–22)
Loved ones, the previous passage left us staring into the abyss. We saw a world where the godly line of Seth had compromised with the worldly line of Cain, resulting in a culture so morally bankrupt that God grieved over the creation of man. The verdict was total: “every intention of the thoughts of his… Continue reading A Righteous Man in His Generation: Noah, the Ark, and the Coming Storm (Gen. 6:9–22)
Duty Without a Lawgiver
In the lexicon of modern Western culture, few words have fallen as far or as fast as the word Duty. We live in the age of “rights,” “passions,” and “self-actualization.” To speak of duty—of an obligation that binds us regardless of our feelings or desires—is to speak a foreign tongue. We are told to “follow our… Continue reading Duty Without a Lawgiver
His Hand and Counsel: On the Providence of God (WCF 5.1–5.7)
Having contemplated the eternal decree in Chapter 3 and the work of creation in Chapter 4, we now turn to God’s work in history. It is one thing to believe in a Creator who made the world; it is another to believe in the God of the Bible who governs it. Many are content with… Continue reading His Hand and Counsel: On the Providence of God (WCF 5.1–5.7)
Angels or Men? A Defense of the Sethite View of Genesis 6
Loved ones, as we walked through Genesis 6 in our recent article, we took a firm stance on one of the most debated questions in the Old Testament: the identity of the “sons of God” (bene elohim). While popular culture, ancient apocrypha like the Book of Enoch, and even many modern commentators gravitate toward the… Continue reading Angels or Men? A Defense of the Sethite View of Genesis 6
When Giants Walked the Earth: The Sons of God and the Daughters of Man (Gen. 6:1–8)
Loved ones, we arrive now at one of the most mysterious and debated passages in all of Holy Scripture. The opening verses of Genesis 6 read like the introduction to a fantasy epic: “sons of God,” “daughters of man,” and the dreaded “Nephilim”—giants and mighty men of renown. For centuries, imaginations have run wild here.… Continue reading When Giants Walked the Earth: The Sons of God and the Daughters of Man (Gen. 6:1–8)
A Universe of Chance or a Created Order?
We have now reached the final stage of our demolition work. In this series, we have engaged in a presuppositional critique of the Stoic worldview, testing the structural integrity of its ethics and its epistemology. We have seen that the Stoics wanted a moral law without a Lawgiver (ethics) and a trustworthy reason without a… Continue reading A Universe of Chance or a Created Order?
In the Beginning, God: On the Work of Creation (WCF 4.1–4.2)
Having established the eternal decree by which God ordained all things, the Confession now turns to the first outworking of that decree in history: the act of creation. This is where God’s eternal purpose breaks forth into temporal reality. The doctrine of creation is the starting point for the entire biblical narrative and the necessary… Continue reading In the Beginning, God: On the Work of Creation (WCF 4.1–4.2)
The Weight of Forever: Why We Cannot Annihilate Hell
A Difficult Conversation I grew up watching Kirk Cameron. For many of us in the Reformed camp, he wasn’t just a sitcom star from the 80s; he became a bold, articulate voice for the gospel in a culture that increasingly despised it. His work in The Way of the Master with Ray Comfort taught a generation of… Continue reading The Weight of Forever: Why We Cannot Annihilate Hell