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John Frame on Scripture and Natural Revelation

Written by: Rich Lusk
Category: Bible
Published: 01 August 2023

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Triple Threat

Written by: Rich Lusk
Category: Men & Women
Published: 01 August 2023
 
Lately, I've seen some Facebook controversy amongst my friends over masculinity, particularly between those (mostly older men) who want to emphasize the spiritual aspects of masculinity (being a good man) versus those (mostly younger men) who want to to recover the physical aspects of masculinity (being good at being a man), like weight lifting. Some might describe this as a controversy between those who want to emphasize "beta” male qualities versus those who want to exalt “alpha” male qualities. I don’t particularly care for that terminology, but it gets at something important in current debates over masculinity. Should men be tough or tender? Rugged and decisive or compassionate and patient? Differentiated leaders or empathetic consensus builders? Frankly, I find a lot of the current discussion entirely unnecessary and unproductive. It’s largely based on false dichotomies that divide things that ought to be held together. Masculinity involves both virtue and virility. It involves being both tough and tender. The best men are a wise combination of both “alpha” and “beta” traits. I want to reproduce a comment I made on Facebook here, and then expand upon it, in order to (hopefully) further this discussion:
 

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Jesus vs. the Family

Written by: Rich Lusk
Category: Bible
Published: 01 August 2023

I got a good question today about Mark 10:29:31. How do we make sense of Jesus' words about leaving family members when Scripture puts a emphasis on our duties to other members of our household? This is how I responded:

 

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Where Do We Fight: 2021 CREC Council Talk

Written by: Rich Lusk
Category: Church
Published: 01 August 2023

WHERE DO WE FIGHT?

“FIRST BATTLE”

CREC COUNCIL TALK – OCTOBER 27, 2021

 Video available here.

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From the Archives: "Reworking the Covenant of Works" (2003)

Written by: Rich Lusk
Category: Bible
Published: 01 August 2023

The "Federal Vision" was several controversies ago in the Reformed world, and no one is using that label anymore as far as I can tell. Nevertheless, I think essay includes some important insights and so I want to make it available on my blog. This essay has been available on the web in various places in various forms over the last 15 or so years, after it's original publication in the Auburn Avenue Theology: Pros and Cons book, but I don't think it's actively linked anywhere at the moment so here it is for anyone who might be interested. This is not my "final" word on these topics -- I have numerous other writings (some published in book form, some in internet essay form) on these topics, but this is one of my more comprehensive pieces and others have told me they found it useful as an overview of the issues that were heavily debated in the Reformed world in the early 2000s. I hope to eventually publish a more comprehensive revision of this essay that incorporates even more of my thinking and research, but that will have to wait for now.

 

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  2. Wedding Homily #3
  3. Chrysostom on the Church
  4. What Mark Dever Gets Right and Wrong about Paedobaptists

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