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
…And He Died: Mortality and Mercy in the Line of Seth (Gen. 5:1–32)
Loved ones, if Genesis 4 was the noise of the city, Genesis 5 is the silence of the graveyard. We have just witnessed the explosion of human civilization in the line of Cain—a culture of iron, music, polygamy, and vengeance. It was impressive, loud, and seemingly unstoppable. But now, the narrative slows down. The camera… Continue reading …And He Died: Mortality and Mercy in the Line of Seth (Gen. 5:1–32)
Whose Reason? Which Logos?
In our previous article, we exposed the fatal crack in the foundation of Stoic ethics. We demonstrated that their noble pursuit of virtue was ultimately unintelligible because it demanded a moral law without a moral Lawgiver. They wanted the fruit of righteousness without the root of a personal God. But the Stoic might object. He… Continue reading Whose Reason? Which Logos?
The Unfolding Plan: On Predestination and Providence (WCF 3.5–3.8)
In the previous article, we stood at the edge of the precipice, looking down into the deep canyon of God’s eternal decree. We established that God has unchangeably ordained “whatsoever comes to pass” and has specifically predestined a definite number of angels and men to eternal life. But this raises immediate and practical questions: On what… Continue reading The Unfolding Plan: On Predestination and Providence (WCF 3.5–3.8)
A Tale of Two Cities: The Lines of Cain and Seth (Gen. 4:17–26)
Loved ones, we left the last chapter with a grim picture. Cain, the first murderer, is condemned to be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, cursed from the very ground his brother’s blood had stained. Yet, he is also marked by God’s strange mercy, preserved from immediate vengeance. The question that hangs in the air… Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities: The Lines of Cain and Seth (Gen. 4:17–26)