We conceive formal idolatry, as that of the Hindu, a very foolish and flagrant thing; we palliate… spiritual idolatry of passions. God classes them together, in order to show us the enormity of the latter.
Robert L. Dabney, Systematic Theology (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1985), 443.
A dear friend of mine recently asked me if complementarianism is used to justify sin. I gave this quick answer: Yes. Just as I think egalitarianism can be used to justify sin, including sexual sin. For example, the guy who really thinks his secretary is hot and knows...
There are few figures on the national evangelical scene that I like and trust more than Kevin DeYoung. I think he nails the balance between, on the one hand, graciousness and fairness and charity and, on the other (can anything be on the other hand from...
Turn to Matthew 22 please. We’re going to read Jesus’ love commands like we did yesterday: love God and neighbor. If you can’t find this passage, you probably have the Political Partisan Study Bible. You might have to look on with your neighbor. Now as you turn, guest...
Intro Turn to Matthew 22:34, and some of the most familiar but important words of the New Testament. In honor of my own infotainment documentary tonight, I’ll be reading from the 1611 King James Version. But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees...
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Did you see this on Reformation 21? http://www.reformation21.org/articles/is-idolatry-the-new-sin.php
Read it just now. Thank you!