To hear some people talk, one would get the impression that the prohibition against artificial contraception came out of the blue. But even a brief review of history reveals a strong and consistent ban on all such activities from the earliest days of the Church to the twentieth century, with . . . . Continue Reading »
Carl Trueman, our friend and brother at Westminster Theological Seminary, has critiqued Union’s departure from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) on the grounds that our relationship with the CCCU has been “really pragmatic and only very superficially theological.” . . . . Continue Reading »
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