Proverbs 2:12-22: Defense Against the Wicked
The getting of wisdom is the difference between men and boys, for boys will stumble about in folly, but men will pursue the path of the wise. No one who…
Jacob Tanner
Jacob Tanner serves as Pastor of Christ Keystone Church, a Reformed Baptist church plant in Middleburg, Pennsylvania, and as Principal of Juniata Christian School. He is pursuing a Master of Divinity at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is currently working toward a Ph.D.
The Covenanters, Part 3: The King James Bible, a Tyrant, and the Scottish National Covenant
The corridors of history are filled with surprising twists and abrupt turns. Some philosophers, noting how the cogs of history seem to turn abruptly upon the smallest of happenings, have…
The Beatitudes, Pt 4: Spiritual Progression
The Beatitudes offer some compelling directives for how our lives ought to be structured as Christians. The name itself simply means “Blessedness,” or even, “Supreme Blessedness,” and from Matthew 5:1-12,…
Preaching the Parables, Pt 5: Exegetical Methods
The Parables of Jesus are some of the most delightful passages to read in Scripture. Within them, Jesus, the God-man, weaves together powerful stories filled with symbols, metaphors, and illustrations…
The Marytdom of the Scottish Covenanter Hugh M’Kail
On December 22nd, 1666, the Market-Cross of Edinburgh was filled with a crowd of teary-eyed spectators. The cause of their lament was the young man of twenty-six-years-of-age who was being…
Christ in the Pentateuch, Pt 5, Law and Grace in Redemptive History
Douglas Adams opened his second book in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, with that famous line, “”In the beginning the Universe…
Salem, the Puritans, and the Witch Trials
If there is one haunting line from literature that may encapsulate the American and Christian spirit regarding Salem, Massachusetts, it may be Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous line from The House of…
The Covenanters, Part 2: The Kirk of the State and Her Confession
If you were to travel to the Reformation Wall in Geneva, Switzerland, or to the Huguenot Memorial in Franschhoek, South Africa, you would likely happen across that famous Latin phrase,…
The Covenanters, Part 1: Tracing the History of the Scottish Covenants
The Scottish Covenanters are not nearly as well remembered as they ought to be these days. If it wasn’t for the Scots, and the Covenanters in particular, there is good…
Great Theologians: Robert Dabney
Robert Lewis Dabney and the Greatness of Old Southern Presbyterianism I’m a bit of a book collector. I love getting my hands on an old volume from some obscure theologian…
Four Views on the Lord’s Supper: Spiritual Presence
In Matthew 26:26-28 Jesus spoke a few simple words that have been the cause of a great many differences between Christians. The differences, or disagreements, are centered upon what Jesus…
How Are We to Use the Law: Let Me Count the Ways, Pt 2
Before I had come to truly embrace the doctrines of grace, I remember being incredibly hung up on the idea of the perseverance of the saints. I simply could not…