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The Importance of Honoring Our Parents

by Ligon Duncan

God shows us the importance of the commandment [to honor our parents in Exodus 20] in several different ways:

1. First of all, notice that He puts it first in the list of our horizontal responsibilities. Our vertical responsibilities are addressed in commands one through four to Him, but when He begins to express our horizontal responsibilities, our responsibilities in our human relations with one another, the very first thing He says is, “Honor your father and your mother.”

2. Secondly, it is interesting. If we were to go ahead and read the laws all the way up through Exodus 24, you would find that God attaches the same penalty to disobedience of parents that He attaches to blasphemy and idolatry and the worship of false gods. In both cases, blasphemy and idolatry, worship of false gods, and in the case of disobedience to parents, in the laws of Moses the death penalty is given.

3. Thirdly, notice that this command flows out of and is closely connected to what is said in the first four commands. The first four commands basically said, “Worship God only. Revere God only.” And then the fifth commandment, what is the first word out of God’s mouth to us about our parents? “Revere your parents.” Isn’t it fascinating that He could spend four commands, and especially the first two commands, claiming to Himself the exclusive right to our reverence, to our worship, and to our adoration. And then in the very first word out of His mouth to us in how we relate to one another, He can say, “Revere your father and mother.”

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RTS Jackson Online Discussion Forum (October 2023) from Reformed Theological Seminary on Vimeo.

Drs. Ligon Duncan and Josh Malone talk about how classical Trinitarianism leads believers to know and delight in the one true God.

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John Eastman, an architect of Donald Trump’s last-ditch bid to subvert the 2020 election on Jan. 6, is about to go on trial — but not in a criminal court.

Rather, the attorney is fighting to save his California bar license from authorities who say he repeatedly breached professional ethics — and possibly the law — in his bid to keep a defeated Trump in power. And those proceedings, while not as prominent as the Jan. 6 select committee or as potentially punitive as a criminal prosecution, are slated to elicit some of the most revealing and comprehensive testimony from figures who aided Trump’s effort to derail the transfer of power.

That’s because Eastman and the California State Bar have amassed witness lists that include figures who have rarely spoken publicly about Jan. 6 but may hold valuable evidence — including Eastman himself, who is listed as a potential witness by the state bar’s trial counsel and by his own defense team. Their lists also include other high-profile figures, like former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who are slated to testify as experts about constitutional law or election administration.

Eastman’s list features Kurt Olsen, a lawyer who spoke with Trump multiple times on Jan. 6 and who helmed legal efforts to unravel the election results in multiple states; Peter Navarro, the former Trump trade adviser who authored discredited reports on election integrity during the final weeks of 2020; Kurt Hilbert, a lawyer who worked on Trump’s post-election litigation in Georgia; Linda Kerns, a lawyer who worked on Trump’s post-election lawsuit in Pennsylvania; former Georgia State Sen. William Ligon; Doug Logan, the CEO of far-right election “audit” firm Cyber Ninjas; and Russell Ramsland, who was involved with a review of voting machines in Antrim County, Michigan, that became the source of pro-Trump conspiracy theories.

Trump talked to Olsen three times Jan. 6, 2021, including twice in the evening for a total of 21 minutes, according to White House logs obtained by the Jan. 6 select committee. But the content of those calls, as Congress was poised to reconvene after the riot had been largely pacified, remains unknown.

Meanwhile, the state bar plans to call its own notable list of witnesses, beginning with Greg Jacob, who on Jan. 6 was counsel to then-Vice President Mike Pence. Jacob tangled with Eastman in the days before Jan. 6 over Eastman’s claim that Pence could single-handedly prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

That theory is at the heart of the state’s case to punish Eastman on 11 professional charges, which include failure to support the laws and Constitution, seeking to mislead a court, misrepresentations to other Trump aides and the public, and moral turpitude.

“It is no overstatement that democracy stood on the precipice. Had Vice President Pence followed [Eastman’s] baseless advice … the country would have plunged into a ‘profound constitutional crisis,’” writes Duncan Carling of the California State Bar’s office of trial counsel in a pretrial brief. “[Eastman] and Trump’s plan violated our Nation’s most fundamental commitments to the rule of law and the orderly transition of power. And it rested upon transparently false claims of election fraud that continue to harm our democracy to this day.”

The bar proceedings, including a pretrial conference Monday and two weeks of testimony later in the month, are an example of the myriad forms of accountability facing those in Trump’s orbit Jan. 6 — particularly lawyers, whose roles are often shrouded in the murky domain of legal advice and attorney-client privilege. Though national attention has been riveted to the potential prosecutions of Trump and his allies in Washington and Georgia, state bars have also been marshaled to pursue investigations of these matters and in some cases have produced much quicker results."

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"Il y a deux manières de commettre l'idolâtrie.

1) Vous pouvez adorer autre chose que le seul vrai Dieu.

Il y a aussi un autre moyen :

2) Vous pouvez adorer le seul vrai Dieu par d'autres moyens que ceux qu'il a désignés."

Ligon Duncan

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Mi estrategia de Redes Sociales:

1. Anima, edifica e informa incansablemente.

2. Ignora intencionalmente a trolls,burladores y calumniadores.

3. No alimentes el hambre de atención de divisionistas,narcisistas y erroristas.

4. Guía a la gente a recursos y personas sanas.

5. Exalta a Cristo, la Biblia, la Gracia, la Verdad,el Evangelio.

6. Mantente lejos de peleas. No lances explosivos en discusiones serias. Une a la gente.

7. Sé amable. Persuade sin convocar a tu tribu.

8. Trata a la gente en redes sociales como las tratarías en persona.

9. No seas diferente en redes sociales a como eres en tu vida, familia, iglesia y ministerio. Sé la misma persona online y offline.

10. No des atención excesiva a gente cuya única "plataforma" son las redes sociales y que en otros lugares tienen poca o ninguna responsabilidad.

L. Duncan

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“Forgive me, brothers.”

Reformed Theological Seminary chancellor Ligon Duncan fought back tears as he repented of racial blindness to 12,000 Together for the Gospel (T4G) conference-goers in Louisville, Kentucky, this past April.

“It has taken more than three decades for God to bring this blindness off of my heart,” he said.

The stillness of the crowd during Duncan’s heartfelt admission resembled that of the evening before, when David Platt preached from Amos 5:18–27 in a sermon subtitled “Racism and Our Need for Repentance.”

“I need to say from the start that I have failed to act as I ought on the issue of racism,” Platt said, “and God has opened my eyes to blind spots in my life and in my leadership, or lack thereof, in the church on this issue. God has revealed sinfulness to me that I had not seen in me. He has shown me things I will say tonight that I might have been offended by before.”

Behind Platt and Duncan’s repentance are stories of friendship that reformed how they saw the most polarizing topic in America.

And people wonder why I no longer call myself an evangelical...

Platt has a long history of making idiotic and cringey statements. He wrote a lot of long-winded essays in the lead up to President Trump’s inauguration, mostly about immigration. He wanted to bring about 20 million Syrian refugees to the US, because it would “instantly transform the USA into the biggest mission field on Earth.” So this is by no means his worst article. But I still threw up in my mouth all the same.

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Semana después de ShepCon, Ligon Duncan promueve a un sacerdote Gay

Después de las preguntas sobre la justicia social y evadir el tema en la Conferencia de los Pastores, Ligon Duncan apoyó enfáticamente al sacerdote anglicano homosexual.

El sacerdote Gay es Sam Allberry, y en el panel de preguntas y respuestas en Ministerios Ligonier. Duncan, presidente del Seminario Teológico Reformado, que recibe dinero de izquierdista del financiero, James Riady, quien está prohibido en Estados Unidos por el Departamento de Estado por intentar corromper el sistema político con dinero extranjero. Ahora, Riady se lo da a Ligon Duncan (también financia la Fundación Clinton).

Después de intentar que otra persona respondiera la pregunta con respecto a la Conferencia pro-gay de Revoice y no pudiese salir de la cuestión, Duncan afirmó que Revoice no tenía conexiones con la PCA ni con la SBC. Por supuesto, Duncan quiso decir que no tenía conexión oficial. La abominación fue hospedada en una iglesia de PCA y organizada por un graduado del Seminario del Sur. También fue promovido por numerosos funcionarios de la Comisión de Ética y Libertad Religiosa (ERLC) de la CBS.

Luego, Duncan aprobó el trabajo del sacerdote gay y dijo que el trabajo de sodomita era uno de los dos mejores libros a los que recurrir para comprender el problema.

Despedido: Pastor Francis Chan junto a Benny Hinn

Yo creo que si quieres obtener una sabia y cuidadosa toma bíblica de la identidad y la atracción sexual, ya sea el libro de Kevin DeYoung sobre la homosexualidad o el libro de Sam Allberry, Is God Anti-Gay (es Dios anti-Gay), te dará un mejor entender cómo la identidad debe relacionarse con los temas relacionados con la atracción por el mismo sexo que los tipos de opiniones que se compartieron en la Conferencia Revoice, que me parecen inútiles...

Usted podría haber oído caer un alfiler. Puedes ver el vídeo aquí (marca de tiempo 1.32.00).

Allberry ha apoyado sus creencias de que la iglesia debe honrar y respetar a las familias "no tradicionales". Allberry también ha utilizado su plataforma para alentar a  las iglesias a respaldar a los homosexuales que adoptan niños . También ha  alentado a los hombres homosexuales a tener relaciones "íntimas y físicas" con otros homosexuales, siempre y cuando el coito no esté involucrado.

Además, Allberry se refiere a sí mismo como un "cristiano gay" dependiendo de su audiencia.

Estudiante suspendida por escribir versículos bíblicos “anti-gay” 

Allberry afirma ser un homosexual célibe, pero no cree que la conversión espiritual por necesidad santifique a alguien para que no tenga deseos de sodomía. Ha sido fundamental para cambiar las mentes de Duncan y otros Líderes Evangélicos Reformados que ahora ya no sienten que el deseo homosexual es un pecado a menos que se actúe.

Jesús, en su Sermón del Monte, discrepa.

¿Crees que Duncan habría dejado caer el nombre de Allberry en el ShepCon Q&A?

[Nota del editor: Sinclair Ferguson dijo: “¿Qué es Revoice?” Eso me molesta más que nada. O bien (A) miente que no sabe qué es, y es una forma cobarde de evadir la pregunta o (B) está vagando perdido en su torre de marfil y no necesita estar en un escenario respondiendo preguntas: JD]

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by Dr. Ligon Duncan | Paul closes his wonderful little letter to the Philippians with these words: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit” (Phil 4:23).

The incomparable Alec Motyer observes of this prayer of blessing: “There is, then, no more fitting conclusion to Philippians that the simplicity of the final prayer. For us, as for himself, Paul wanted nothing but...

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RTS Jackson Online Discussion Forum (July 2023) from Reformed Theological Seminary on Vimeo.

In the July 2023 edition of RTS Jackson's Online Discussion Forum, Drs. Ligon Duncan and Miles Van Pelt talk about the book of Daniel, showing how believers can live faithfully in a foreign land and how Daniel and his friends honored God in Babylonian society.

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Book Review: Knowing and Enjoying God, by Tim Challies and Jules Koblun

I’m scheduled to speak with graphic artist Jules Koblun LIVE on Instagram, Monday, September 13, 3PM PST. Join us for a conversation about her book!

How can we become more disciplined in our walk with Christ? In Knowing and Enjoying God, Tim Challies and Jules Koblun share words from the wise to inspire and grow your faith.

Get More of God

With graphics by Jules Koblun, this book is beautiful art. Each quote is designed with full-color, high-quality photos. They will cause you to pause and read each word. They will inspire you to think about your Christian walk, and where you can get more of God. Quotes from the saints of the past and present are featured, including George Whitefield, Oswald Chambers, Ligon Duncan, and Keith Getty.

The book is a devotional, with quotes divided into five sections: (1) God Speaks, (2) Habits, (3) We Listen, (4) We Speak, and (5) We Belong. Challies’ 1-page devotionals largely focuses on the spiritual habits of reading Scripture, praying, and participating in the life of the local church. His writing is succinct and clear, and always pointing to Christ. Those who read Challies’ blog will enjoy having his insight in this small and simple book.

Come and See Christ

This book would be perfect to use for your morning devotions as a spring-board into God’s Word. It can also be used in the evening as a way to gather your family around the Gospel. It would make the perfect gift for students who want something visually and theologically stimulating in the middle of the day. This book is a visual treat and theological gem.

As media and technology change around us, it is a joy to see what a single photo with words can do. Wisdom calls us to slow down. To look deeply. To read carefully. Come and see Christ. 

I received a media copy of Knowing and Enjoying God and this is my honest review. Find more of my book reviews and follow Dive In, Dig Deep on Instagram - my account dedicated to Bibles and books to see the beauty of the Bible and the role of reading in the Christian life. To read all of my book reviews and to receive all of the free eBooks I find on the web, subscribe to my free newsletter.

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Matius 24 dan Akhir Zaman

Oleh Wen Wie Kwang Matius 24:1-14

Pengajaran Yesus Kristus mengenai akhir zaman di dalam Injil Matius 24 mempunyai referensi kepada apa yang akan terjadi setelah kematian, kebangkitan dan kenaikan-Nya ke sorga. Pengajaran akhir zaman ini berkaitan dengan kejadian yang masih menunggu penggenapannya (fulfillment), yaitu kedatangan Tuhan kita yang kedua kali.

Banyak bagian dari Perjanjian Baru berbicara mengenai akhir zaman. Baik Yesus Kristus, Paulus dan juga rasul lainnya berbicara mengenai pentingnya penggenapan nubuat akhir zaman. Pengajaran mengenai akhir zaman begitu jelas di dalam Perjanjian Baru.

"In the New Testament, eschatology or teaching about the end times is directly connected to Christian ethics, or to put it on other way, the New Testament teaching about the end times is always directly tied to the daily living of the Christian life."

Dalam Perjanjian Baru pengajaran akhir zaman berkaitan langsung dengan etika kehidupan Kristen, dengan kata lain, pengajaran akhir zaman di dalam Perjanjian Baru selalu terkait dengan kehidupan Kristen kita sehari-hari. Pengertian kita mengenai akhir zaman sangatlah penting dalam hal motivasi kehidupan Kristen kita.

Matius 24 dimulai dengan Yesus yang mengatakan bahwa Bait Allah akan diruntuhkan, kemudian murid-murid-Nya bertanya, lalu Yesus menjelaskan kepada murid-murid apa yang akan terjadi di dunia ini dalam satu rentang waktu antara kedatangan-Nya yang pertama, kenaikan-Nya dan kedatangan-Nya yang kedua kali.

I. Orang Kristen Harus Menundukkan Pikirannya Kepada Kristus

Jawaban Yesus untuk pertanyaan para murid dimaksudkan untuk meluruskan pemikiran mereka, sekaligus juga mengajarkan mengenai akhir zaman. Para murid berpikir jika Yerusalem akan dihancurkan maka itu hanya berarti penghakiman dunia akan segera tiba, itu berarti bahwa Kerajaan Allah akan segera datang dan mereka akan memerintah bersama Dia. Itulah sebabnya mereka bertanya: "Kapan dan apa tanda kedatangan Tuhan dan kesudahan dunia." Para murid tidak memahami sepenuhnya apa yang Tuhan Yesus katakan mengenai Bait Allah yang akan runtuh. Sebab itu ini menjadi sebuah peringatan bagi kita bahwa tidak ada yang lebih penting dalam kehidupan Kristen yang sehat, selain sungguh-sungguh menundukkan pikiran kita kepada Kristus dan firman-Nya. Jika Tuhan tidak meluruskan pemikiran para murid, mereka akan kecewa dan putus asa menghadapi apa yang akan terjadi, yaitu masa yang sulit.

II. Bersiaplah, Permulaan Penderitaan

Bagian dari Mat. 24:4-14 merupakan jawaban Yesus atas pertanyaan para murid yang memberikan nasehat dan petunjuk yang sangat berkaitan dengan kehidupan mereka saat itu dan juga sangat relevan dengan kehidupan Kristen kita saat ini. Tema besarnya adalah semua orang Kristen harus bersiap-siap terhadap pertentangan (opposition) - bukan kemenangan - sampai kedatangan Kristus kembali.

Tanda di dalam Mat 24:4-12:

1. Perikop tersebut tidak memberitahukan bahwa kesudahannya sudah dekat. "Sebab semua harus terjadi, tetapi itu belum kesudahannya." Bagian ini tidak berbicara mengenai kedatangan kedua. Bertahun-tahun lalu pernah ada sebuah buku yang berjudul 88 Alasan Yesus Akan Datang di Tahun 1988, tapi tidak terjadi. Perikop ini berdiri berlawanan dengan pendapat yang demikian. Ini adalah permulaan menjelang zaman yang baru (ayat 8). Jadi akan ada satu periode dimana "bangsa akan bangkit melawan bangsa" (ayat 7) dan "Injil Kerajaan Allah akan diberitakan keseluruh dunia" (ayat 14).

2. Kehancuran Yerusalem tidak menjadi tanda kesudahan semuanya.

3. Kerajaan Allah tidak datang setelah Yerusalem hancur (dalam konteks konsumasi), sebaliknya akan ada kesusahan atau penderitaan. Orang Kristen akan menanggung segala kesusahan dan penderitaan, ada persekusi, ada kesusahan besar (tribulation) (ayat 9). Tuhan meminta para murid tidak berspekulasi menngenai kesudahan zaman dan tanda. Tuhan memberikan peringatan kepada mereka soal penyesatan (ayat 11). Ia memberikan nasehat kepada para murid untuk bertahan.

Namun, akan seperti apakah waktu diantara kedatangan-Nya yang kedua kali?

1. Gereja akan dirundung oleh mesias palsu  (ayat 4 dan 5). Tiap gerenasi akan ada yang mengklaim sebagai mesias, apakah dia Sun Yung Moon, David Koresh atau Jim Jones. Di ayat 24 dan 25 ada peringatan mengenai mesias palsu. Dan jika Yesus yang adalah Mesias datang, itu akan jelas terlihat (ayat 30); tidak dapat terlewatkan.

2. Akan ada perang (ayat 6 dan 7), akan ada ketegangan dan konflik internasional. Akan ada kelaparan dan gempa; tapi semua ini baru permulaan zaman yang baru.

3. Orang percaya akan dibenci, dipersekusi dan dibunuh (ayat 9). Ini membalikkan apa yang para murid pikirkan mengenai harapan-harapan kemenangan.

4. Banyak yang murtad dan saling menghianati. Keadaan yang tidak sempurna diantara Kerajaan Allah.

5. Akan ada nabi palsu yang menyesatkan orang banyak (ayat 11) dan kedurhakaan dan kasih menjadi dingin (ayat 12).

Jadi gambarannya bukanlah kesempurnaan total dan kemenangan, seperti yang dibayangkan oleh para murid. Tuhan menginginkan kita bersiap-siap untuk segala kesulitan yang ada di depan. Ia memberikan nasihat:

1. Waspadalah jangan ada yang menyesatkan kamu (ayat 4). Jangan sibuk dengan tanda-tanda. Nabi palsu akan muncul bukan saja pada zaman itu, tetapi juga saat sekarang. Jadi berjaga-jagalah. Supaya kita tidak disesatkan kita harus mengetahui dan mengenal firman-Nya. Peringatan ini seharusnya membuat setiap orang Kristen mempelajari Alkitab dengan benar, sehingga tidak disesatkan.

2. Jangan gelisah, jangan takut, jangan putus asa (ayat 6). Jangan menjadi putus asa ketika melihat kejadian-kejadian besar yang terjadi.

3. Bertahanlah (ayat 13). Yang bertahan sampai kesudahannya akan selamat. Tetapi ini tidak dimegerti sebagai suatu kondisi tertentu bagi keselamatan kita. Ini adalah dorongan untuk bertekun dan pengharapan dari Tuhan. Ia bermaksud mengatakan "Aku tahu bahwa ini adalah kesulitan, tetapi ada pengharapan di akhir kerja kerasmu." Mereka akan menerima mahkota kemuliaan dan berkat keselamatan yang penuh.

4. Injil Kerajaan Allah akan diberitakan ke seluruh dunia, kepada bangsa-bangsa (ayat 14). Jadi Tuhan mengatakan bahwa Ia akan menarik bangsa-bangsa kepada diri-Nya, sebelum Ia datang kembali. Orang-orang yang bukan Yahudi akan diberikan berita Injil, dan ini akan terjadi sebelum kedatangan-Nya kembali. Hal ini akan memakan banyak waktu, dan pekerjaan ini sudah dimulai saat Pentakosta, terus berlangsung sampai saat ini. Injil Kerajaan Allah telah dibawa ke dalam hati kita, hidup melalui pemerintahan Kristus, di buka dengan anugerah dan diterima melalui iman.

Hendaklah semua pemikiran kita mengenai akhir zaman diselaraskan dengan pengajaran firman yang jelas, seperti yang sudah disampaikan oleh Tuhan Yesus Kristus. Amin.

Catatan: tulisan diatas disarikan dari transkrip khotbah "Jesus' Prophecy of the Conssumation of The Kingdom Part 1: The End Is Not Yet, Persevere" oleh Dr. Ligon Duncan.

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Don’t Look at Me

Don’t Look at Me

A mouse looked through a farmhouse window and watched a farmer opening a package. “I hope it’s cheese,” he thought. Instead of food, the farmer unpacked a mousetrap.

The mouse held his head and retreated to the farmyard, yelling to all his friends for help, “There is a mousetrap in the house!”

The chicken raised her head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this distresses you, but I cannot be…

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Princeton Seminary takes back decision to give prize to Timothy Keller

Princeton Seminary takes back decision to give prize to Timothy Keller

  Reverend Tim Keller turned over the leading pastoral role in 2015 to Reverend Abe Cho, pictured on the right with his family and others. Photo: A Journey through NYC religions

  President M. Craig Barnes announced on Wednesday that Princeton Theological Seminary reversed its decision to give its Kuyper Prize to Reverend Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.

At the…