A Christian Case Against Economic Oligarchy Finance-Capital, Corporate Consolidation, and theErosion of Morality, Social Order, and Freedom Approximate reading time 18 minutes by Stuart DiNenno Can a society retain liberty for its citizens while enormous power becomes concentrated into the hands of a small number of financiers, corporations, and investment firms? Are economic systems morally … Read more
The Lutheran Doctrine of Baptismal RegenerationA Brief Biblical Examination by Stuart DiNenno According to Lutheran theology, the Holy Spirit is ordinarily given through baptism as the means by which God regenerates. This doctrine is often referred to by Lutherans as “baptismal regeneration.” The Lutheran confessions speak in these terms: baptism “works forgiveness of sins, delivers … Read more
AI Evaluates a Claim that a Departure from the LXX Allowed Enlightenment Philosophers to Undermine Christianity by Stuart DiNenno The following begins with a verbatim transcript of a 28 part thread posted on Twitter (X) by someone with the user name Johnny Rider. His argument claims that the Greek texts of Jerome’s time (342–420 A.D.), … Read more
A Defense of the Imprecatory Psalms An adaptation by Stuart DiNenno of an article written by B. B. Edwards in 1844. There is a particular type of statement or exclamation encountered in many passages of the Psalms and in other parts of the Old Testament of the Bible, which many Christians find mystifying because they … Read more
A Few Quotes from Cosmologistson Geocentrism vs. Heliocentrism Science alone cannot determine whether the heliocentric model (sun at the center) or the geocentric model (earth at the center) is correct. It’s really only a philosophical choice. “When the mass and resulting cosmic gravitational force of the entire universe is taken into account, geocentricity can explain … Read more
Reasons for Believing that God’s Promises to theJews Already Have Been Abundantly Fulfilled by Stuart DiNenno If you think about the great wickedness of the Jews not only throughout their history but especially in the first century A.D., and the enormous blessings and honor God bestowed upon them during that same century, both during Christ’s … Read more
Biblical and Historical Maps Below are 42 high resolution maps provided courtesy of knowingthebible.net. (click to enlarge)
The Turning Point: “But Now” A sermon by Martyn Lloyd-Jones preached on February 22nd, 1957 The original sermon audio can be heard here. We come this evening to a consideration of the 3rd chapter of Paul’s epistle to the Romans and the section that begins at verse 21 and goes on to the end of … Read more
A Time to Hate A sermon by Michael Spangler preached on September 7, 2025 The original sermon video can be seen here. I’ll read tonight from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time … Read more
The Narrow Way by Arthur Pink (1932) “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that … Read more