“We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident” All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Books Which Shouldn't Change Anybody's Mind! A couple of doozies . . . kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Rapture Stuff, Again The Rapture Ready Index, Max Lucado and Greg Laurie on the signs of the end, and the Rapture postcard kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Don't Have the Gift of Interpretation? AI Can Interpret Tongues for You Just when you think you've heard it all . . . kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

“The Error of Teaching That Original Sin Condemns the Entire Human Race” — The Rejection of Errors, Third and Fourth Head of Doctrine, Canons of Dort (1) "Fairness" and the denial of original sin kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

“God Is Able” Hebrews 11:17-22 (An Exposition of the Book of Hebrews–Part Eighteen) In chap 11 of Hebrews the focus is upon the fact that these people all placed their trust in the same thing–the immutable and gracious promise of the covenant making God kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Who Said That? "My ex-wife is the Antichrist's sister" Please do not look up the answer—the whole point is to guess! But if you can’t restrain yourself, or if you know the answer, please don’t post the source and ruin it for everyone else. kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Season Four of the Blessed Hope Kicks Off with "An Introduction to 2 Corinthians" Join me for a deep dive into Paul's second letter to the Corinthians as new season gets underway kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Calvin on Prayer -- Christ's Mediation Is the Basis for Intercession It is Jesus, as our mediator and intercessor, who brings our prayers before the Father. kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Growing Up In the Christian Bookstore Industry and Becoming Reformed All the links to posts in the series gathered together kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

B. B. Warfield: "Is Justification by Faith Out of Date?" Where can a sinful man get works that are righteous? Surely, not from himself; for is he not a sinner, and all his works as sinful as he is? kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Paul's Message of Hope for the Thessalonians--A Gospel Grounded in Eschatology, Election, and Redemptive History For Paul, hope is directly related to the eschatological expectation associated with the person and work of Jesus Christ. kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

August 1, 2025 Musings Thielman on Paul; Essays from Trueman, Kruger, Irons, and Clark; MLB> NBA; Ayatollah Khomeini's crazy funeral; commie beach resort; gators, lizards, monkeys, and a whole lot more! kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

New Episode of the Blessed Hope Podcast -- "The Theology of 2 Corinthians" Paul explains his actions and motives, revealing his secret weapon–he is strongest when he is weak, because then he must count upon the mercy of God and the power of the gospel. kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

“The Error of Denying Biblical Teaching Regarding the Image of God” — The Rejection of Errors, Third and Fourth Head of Doctrine, Canons of Dort (2) The fall causes great damage to human nature and ability. kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

“The Reproach of Christ” Hebrews 11:23-28 (An Exposition of the Book of Hebrews–Part Nineteen) In Hebrews 11:23-28, we find the author of Hebrews perspective on the ministry of Moses from the vantage point of Christ’s death and resurrection. kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Who Said That? To see the quote and guess "who said that?" go to the Riddleblog! kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Preaching and Apologetics This is an edited version of my den Dulk Lectures given at Westminster Seminary California in April, 2021. The content of the lecture has been edited for publication here. kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Optimism and Pessimism as Suitable Eschatological Categories Revisited The term “optimistic” amillennialism is widely used these days, but I remain hesitant that it is of much value kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…

Preaching and Dogmatics The question before us is simply this: “how do we communicate doctrine–the deep truths of the faith–while making such doctrine applicable to daily life?” From my den Dulk lectures given at WSC, April 2021 kimriddlebarger.com/the-riddleblog…