Church, whatever we practice about this issue—even if we conclude that we should not baptize children—we must never allow our children to think that salvation is for when they are older.
10 Rules for Interpreting the 10 Commandments | Timothy Decker
I suspect that I am not the only one who has tended to limit the Decalogue or simplistically read, interpret, or apply them. And if I’m not alone, as I suspect I am not, then this article is especially to help you engage in this subject.
A Gut Feeling? Akkadian Entrail Divination and Its Polemical Prohibition in the OT | Timothy Decker
Christians should be cautious, as though feelings, happenstances, and desires are equated to God’s will. Such conclusions based on flimsy forms can be just as arbitrary as interpreting entrails of sacrificial animals.
Do Not Suffer as a Murderer | Sam Waldron
Shockingly, a man in Minnesota who professed to be a Christian has been revealed as a murderer. Because he hated abortion, he murdered two pro-abortion lawmakers and tried to murder many more.
“My Experience at the 2025 Banner of Truth East Coast Ministers’ Conference” by Ryan Parsons
What does a man need to know when beginning his pastoral labors? What will enable him to endure the inevitable hardships and discouragements over the course of his ministry? How is it possible for him to finish well? These were the questions raised and answered at this year’s East Coast Ministers’ Conference, put on by Banner of Truth.
Connections to Christ from Genesis 22 by Austin McCormick
“Salvation cannot be found in the first Isaac, but there is salvation in the one Isaac is pointing us to.”
Christ The End of the Law: A Poem by Jeffrey Williams
Do not forget as we pursue our King upon His throne,
It has all been His work, we have no righteousness of our own.
A poem based on Spurgeon’s sermon, “Christ the Spoiler of Principalities and Powers” by Jeremy Bowser
On the cross, Christ made a spoil of principalities and powers,
The Prince of Darkness was cast out, and to the confines of hell he cowers.
A Spurgeonic-inspired poem by Brandon Ivy
A day will come, a trumpet sound,
When death itself will not be found.
Its reign will end, its power cease,
And we shall rise to endless peace.
A Christian Reading of Judges 19-21 | Jared M. Saleeby
We need not fear difficult texts like Judges 19-21. Rather, we should embrace them as Christians, knowing that even the passages that pronounce the depravity of humanity remind us of the cure found in Christ.
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