images

Unfortunately, you all know which image I'm talking about: white, "hippie" Jesus with flowing locks and blue eyes which the Roman Catholic religion often promotes. A friend put forward to me the theory that was made in the image of Cesare Borgia, an illegitimate son of pope Alexander VI. I...

I was listening to a podcast with Scott Clark and Michael Horton about Eastern Orthodoxy. Horton mentioned that images (a were made necessary to salvation at Nicea II in 787) had been forbidden at the Council of Ephesus (431). Does anyone have the information about the discussion of images at...

This morning as I was reading the Larger Catechism's exposition of the second commandment, I came across this: "The sins forbidden in the second commandment are...the making any representation of God, of all or of any of the three persons, either inwardly in our mind, or outwardly in any kind...

At the school at which I became principal this past year, I have recently had to have a conversation about the second commandment with my teachers. They are just "regular old Baptists" who have ever even heard that images of Christ—or any Person of the Godhead—is forbidden by the second...

Friends, Should dance, drama and man-made religious imagery be in worship? If it is of help to you, I have made an extensive Biblical case for the historic, reformed position that religious imagery in worship is regulated by God's Word, that dancing is not warranted for the regular public...

My youngest child will be two years old in November. She was born premature and had other complications which resulted in about 8 months of hospital stay and two nights when my wife and I didn't think she would live. By the grace of God, she is healthy and happy. I also have an apple tv...

The Eastern Orthodox claim that their church has an "unbroken" history back to the Apostles. While, first, a Biblical Christian would want to note that ancient history is never made a criteria for the truthfulness of a faith, in this case, we can take on this claim with history. Let's take the...

I work for a Christian organisation in the UK. I recently helped with a deputation meeting for my organisation at a Baptist Church and at the front of the building was a quilt with a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ on it. This is clearly a violation of the second commandment and I wasn't happy...

Michael Dewalt of Reformation Heritage Books recently interviewed me about my book, In Living Color: Images of Christ and the Means of Grace (Reformed Fellowship, 2009). http://vimeo.com/5125888.