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  • The Lord’s Supper: The Real Presence of Christ

    I used to believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper (communion). I now believe the Lord is present, but not in a physical way, rather it is spiritual. Communion is spiritual food to nourish our souls. I held to the Roman Catholic view that during consecration the bread and wine become…

  • Mary Considered

    In Roman Catholic theology, Mary has an elevated status; she is inextricably integrated into the economy of salvation. It is Mary who, according to Roman Catholic theology, is the Mediatrix of All Graces. She dispenses grace to sinners from the Treasury of Merit. The problem is that this Mariology is unbiblical. There is no such…

  • The History of Mental Health Treatment in America

    As a person who has suffered with severe mental illnesses for the past 25 years, I am keenly aware of the ignorance and stigma that sadly still exist in our modern societies. In the past 100 years, mentally ill patients who were institutionalized were, sadly, often subjected to acts of cruelty, sadomasochism, and barbarism. Although,…

  • President Donald Trump: Under Fire

    Four days ago, on July 13th, President Trump was shot in the ear at a rally in Butler, PA. It’s a short drive from my city (Pittsburgh) to the location. The shooter has been identified and he lived (Secret Service sniper shot him dead) in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Bethel Park. The shooter used an…

  • The Biblical Gospel: Grounded in Justification

    The very essence of the gospel, of Jesus Christ, is justification by faith alone. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone. None of our good works are meritorious. We are totally undeserving of salvation. God did not condition our faith on us accepting Christ in our future (God exists outside of time). No.…

  • Divorce

    Sadly, I am a child of divorce. My parents divorced in 1989(my mother initiated the divorce) when I was 13 years old. They had been married for 16 years. The breakup of our nuclear family had a devastating effect on me. To be honest, I must admit that now even 35 years later, the sting…

  • A Tale of Authorities

    When defining doctrine, we Reformed affirm Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) as our highest authority. It restricts us from tainting our interpretation of Scripture by adding extraneous sources of doctrine. Roman Catholics affirm Sola Ecclesia (Church Alone) contains the dual authorities of tradition and the magisterium (teaching authority). Scripture, tradition, and the magisterium are all equal…

  • Headcovering for Christian Women

    For nearly 2,000 years, from the time of Christ, until the 1960s, it was the universal practice of the Christian churches for women to headcover. Sadly, with the destruction unleashed upon society by the Satanic feminist movement in the later half of the 1960s, head covering for women was largely abandoned. The so-called sexual revolution…

  • Gentle and Lowly: Unbiblical

    In the book Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund. He portrays a meek and mild Christ. The book is aimed at Christians suffering from discouragement and depression. Ortlund asserts (based on a single sentence by Christ) that Jesus is fundamentally gentle and lowly in His essence. The…

  • Charles Finney and His Legacy

    Charles Finney was an evangelist in the 19th century, who preached the revivalist circuit in America. He became very popular, as did the altar call (which he invented) and the so-called sinner’s prayer whereby a person “accepts Jesus into their heart”. The problem with Finney (and the churches that came after him) is that they…