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Living in Light of Two Ages

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Thursday
Jul122012

Horton on Same-Sex Attraction and Homosexuality

Mike Horton was asked by the folks at CT to respond to Alan Chambers (the president of Exodus International).  A link to his essay is now posted on the White Horse Inn blog.

If this is not a great argument for the importance of understanding the nature of sin, the wonders of grace, and the role of the church in dealing with people struggling with sin, I don't know what is.  Great stuff!

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Sunday
Jul082012

This Week's White Horse Inn

Understanding Islam (Part 2)

Islam is in the news a lot these days, but what do we really know about this world religion? Who was Mohammed, and why did he set out to write the Koran? How did Islam evolve into its present state? Can it coexist with other religions and political regimes? On this program, Michael Horton continues to discuss these questions and more with Islamic specialist Adam Francisco.

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Tuesday
Jul032012

The Rotlisperger Coat of Arms

It may be ugly, but it is authentic! 

Not only did my recent y-DNA test concretely tie my family to the Rotlispergers of Bern (and to a Cunradt Rötlisperger who was born in 1530), this family also has an official "coat of arms."  It will take me a while to decipher what all the symbols and colors mean, but this was quite a find. I am thinking of all the things I can plaster this on; T-shirts, a new sign in my yard, an emblem on my car, stationary, etc.  Perhaps even a tattoo?

We all have grandparents and aunts and uncles who bought generic "coat of arms" from companies promising to tell you the origin of your surname and provide you with "authentic" heraldry, although most of them (if not all) are fakes and nothing but a crass marketing ploy.  No fake here--who would fake this?

Yet one other fascinating consequence of my y-DNA test is the discovery of new family connections previously unknown.  I know that my own surname went through nearly 50 permutations once Christian Retelsberger arrived in Philadelphia in September of 1733, well before Riddlebarger became standardized.  Hard to believe that "Riddlebarger" is the greatly anglicized version of anything! 

My y-DNA also connects me to several large families with whom I never suspected any ties.  If you are a Ringelspaugh or a Rindlisbacher you too descend from good ole Cunradt!  Some immigration official had as much fun with your last name as they did with mine.  I am also tied by my DNA to the Redelsperger family of France--some of whom now live in America.

Perhaps the most moving discovery from all of this is seeing Cunradt's name in the 1561 baptismal record from the Reformed church of Langnau Im Emmental when he presented one of his  children (and presumably one of my ancestors) for baptism.  Wow!  Unto at least 15 generations and still counting!

Sunday
Jul012012

This Week's White Horse Inn

Understanding Islam

Islam is in the news a lot these days, but what do we really know about this world religion? Who was Mohammed, and why did he set out to write the Koran? How did Islam evolve into its present state? Can it coexist with other religions and political regimes? On this program, Michael Horton discusses these questions and more with Islamic specialist Adam Francisco.

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Thursday
Jun282012

An Introduction to Covenant Theology

This will be a great resource!

Here's my endorsement:

"People often ask me for a basic or introductory book on covenant theology. Now we've got one--Sacred Bond. Brown and Keele explain covenant theology in basic and readable terms. Better yet, they do so without succumbing to the tendency to talk down to the reader or make the complicated too simplistic--a common problem with introductory texts. This book does many things well, but perhaps the most important thing it does is that it will help people to better understand their Bibles. That, it seems to me, is what makes this book so valuable. And that is why you should buy it, read it, and digest it. To understand covenant theology is to understand the Bible." ---Dr. Kim Riddlebarger, pastor of Christ Reformed Church (URCNA) in Anaheim, CA, and author of A Case for Amillennialism: Understanding the End Times

You can order it here:  Click Here 

Wednesday
Jun272012

Horton on Christianity and Islam

Mike Horton was on "Issues, Etc.," today, discussing Islam--the subject of the latest issue of Modern Reformation.

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Sunday
Jun242012

This Week's White Horse Inn

The Narcissism Epidemic

Many churches in our day offer entertaining music, fluffy sermons, and demand nothing. In short, they give people what they want. But what if “what they want” is informed by a culture of narcissism? On this edition of White Horse Inn, Michael Horton talks with psychology writer Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me and coauthor of The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement (originally aired Aug 2, 2009).

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Tuesday
Jun192012

Now, I Have "Issues, Etc."

I will be Todd Wilken's guest on today's program.  I'm on at 2:00 PST to discuss Todd's recent interview with Dr. Tom Ice (on pretribulationism).  You can listen live here (Click Here), and I will post the link to the podcast when it is available.

Sunday
Jun172012

This Week's White Horse Inn

Scatterbrains

In his book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, Nicolas Carr writes, “When we go online we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking and superficial learning. The net seizes our attention, only to scatter it. We become mindless consumers of data.” On this edition of the program, the hosts discuss this disturbing trend as it relates to our understanding of the faith. How can we become true disciples if we are all becoming superficial learners? How are we to be people of the Book in the age of Google?

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Saturday
Jun162012

Back to Sea in 2013

Well, just got the confirmation that we are doing another Conference at Sea--this time to the Mexican Riviera!

Here's the link to the whole scoop.  Click Here

We had a blast last time, so consider joining us this time!