Mark Horne

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is a partnership between federal and state governments that was created in 1997—thanks to a Republican majority in Congress. It provides federally-funded health insurance to children in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid.
Funding for the program was due to expire in March of this year. [...]

Calvin Defended Against Drs. Cunningham and Hodge, by the Rev. John B. Adger, D.D. [1810-1899] (PDF file)
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It is with a heavy heart that I bring my latest update on Michael. We have learned that his cancer is too advanced and too aggressive to expect any sort of remission. Our oncologist estimates that with continued treatment Michael most likely has somewhere between six months and a year to live. This is not [...]

These, then, are examples of outstanding and unusually wealthy men. None of them enjoyed any titles or fiefs, gifts, or salaries from the government, nor did they play tricks with the law or commit any crimes to acquire their fortunes. They simply guessed what course conditions were going to take and acted accordingly, kept a [...]

YouTube – STEPHEN KING on Writing, Scary Stories, and More.

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So then, Ron Paul was the surprise winner of the CPAC presidential straw poll, and herein lies a lesson . . . for somebody. He came in first by a long shot, Romney second, and Palin third. It may soon start to sink in on establishment republicants, who want to “harness” all that tea party [...]

St. Peter: “Halt! Who goes there?”
Me: “Me!”
St. Peter: “Why should I let you into this place?”
Me: “Because my answer to the next question will be perfect!”
(muttering to self. Hope I get this right.)
St. Peter: “Okay. Why should I let you into this place?”
Me: “Because I unequivocally affirm sola fide!”
St. Peter: “Sorry. I don’t know Latin.”
Me: [...]

Upon hearing Jesus’ “confession,” the high priest tears his clothes. Not only is it forbidden in the law for the high priests to tear their clothes (Lev. 10:6, 21:10), but it is required that lepers go about with torn clothes. As the high priest cries out “blasphemy!” he inadvertently dons the uniform of a leper [...]

Those who have rediscovered The Lord of the Rings through the wonderful (if not always accurate) Peter Jackson movies probably have an image of wild New Zealand locations whenever they think of Middle Earth.
Yet J.R.R. Tolkien’s inspiration for many of his literary locations came not from the exotic wilderness of a foreign land, however beautiful, [...]

I hate admitting it when David Brooks is right, but he is right about Haiti and the impossibility of institutional solutions.
Haiti needs the Great Commission.  Somehow they have been allowed to have a voodoo dystopia.  It needs to end.  And it is going to take the real Great Commission.
And Jesus came and said to them, [...]

However, the problems with this volume are many. First, Waters misrepresents the views of of those he describes, mainly Wright’s view of forensic justification. In addition, Waters echoes Piper’s contention that 1st century Judaism is not necessary as the context for the study of the NT. Water’s approach to disagreement is often [...]

In general, one of the (several) awesome things about the ESV translation is the free bonus of an excellent website.  Not only does it look great, but it has an amazing options menu, that allows you to read the text without verse numbers or subheads.
The opportunity to read the text as text is wonderful.
[the rest of [...]

Anthony Lane, the British theologian and Calvin scholar, makes the point I made in my previous excursus on baptism with greater authority and sophistication when he writes [in Baptism: Three Views, ed. David F. Wright (Downer's Grove: IVP Academic, 2009)126-127]:
“The instrumental role of baptism in receiving salvation ought not to need stating, but this aspect [...]

I’ve been listening to sermons from the web on Luke 14. It’s Jesus at a banquet. He heals on the Sabbath, He teaches about refusing the seats of honour, He calls us to invite the poor, crippled, lame and blind to dinner and He speaks of the kingdom as a great feast. [...]

It is probably old news that this is available, but since it is being used against him now, I thought it is worth pointing out that it is completely available and searchable for anyone interested who has an internet connection and a device to access it.

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Schilder was a courageous and brilliant pioneer in the field of redemptive-historical interpretation and preaching and his published volumes of sermons, accessible to readers of Dutch, may perhaps be his greatest legacy.
He was fond of Abraham Kuyper, but refused to embrace all the theological categories Kuyper introduced or endorsed. He routinely castigated the fixation with [...]

The agenda of the FV school of thought is to talk about the things God talks about in the way God talks about them. I remember conversing a couple of years ago with someone of substantial theological pedigree who objected to my statement that we are joined to Christ through baptism. My interlocutor insisted that [...]

Yesterday was the feast day of St. Cecilia, the virgin and martyr who died at the hands of the Romans 1,800 years ago. For the crime of being a Christian, she was beheaded, and has been venerated as the patron saint of music by both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches ever since.
Unfortunately in America, [...]

The shadow Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, argued in The Independent on Sunday a few days ago that though “corruption and establishing good governance” are not unimportant, “we need to recognise that Afghan governance is likely to look very different from governance as we know it in the West”. Leaving aside the patronising tone of the [...]

While Americans feel increasingly disheartened, their leaders evince a mindless . . . one almost calls it optimism, but it is not that.
It is a curious thing that those who feel most mistily affectionate toward America, and most protective toward it, are the most aware of its vulnerabilities, the most aware that it can be [...]