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November 2009 Archive
An Interview with Mike Horton
At the Ligonier Blog. The HB gets a little love.
Tradition and Confession in Scripture
Jim Renihan has some helpful comments. For more on this see Recovering the Reformed Confession. It’s $16.00 at the Bookstore at WSC.
Brenden is Reading Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry
At True Blue. He’s reading Dennis Johnson’s chapter, “Simul iustus et Peccator: The Role of Justification in Pastoral Counseling.” You can order your copy from the Bookstore at WSC for $17.36 (+$5.00 shipping). Remember, it helps the HB when you go to . . . Continue reading →
More Audio: Myers and Willimon
Two excellent and stimulating interviews. First, of the last three episodes of the White Horse Inn, their analysis of the survey of the responses by 90+ attendees to a Christian rally in St Louis was most enlightening. 67% of the respondents disagreed . . . Continue reading →
Baptism Debate Audio
Several folks have written to ask about a debate on baptism. It’s been done. Here are links to two debates between Reformed theologians and Baptist theologians
Thinking About Seminary?
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Post-Thanksgiving Cartoons: Reply to James White
Yes, I’m aware that James White has posted a caricature of my views. Thanks to everyone who wrote to make sure I saw that. Rather than trying to respond to all of his claims, let me focus today on just one to . . . Continue reading →
Strangers, Exiles, and Civil Religion
Since most of us have grown up with the Thanksgiving Holiday it is easy for us to assume that this is the way things are and should be but it has not always been so nor is it necessarily so. The American . . . Continue reading →
Deals at The Bookstore at Westminster Seminary California
Beginning Tues., Dec. 1, all the month of December, you can get 20% off all Westminster Seminary California clothing (fleece, polo, t-shirt, long sleeve shirts, kids t-shirts), 10% off WSC merchandise (including our NEW mug!), and 10% off
The Solution to a Great Lot of Problems
Antinomianism and legalism will always be with us. They have plagued the church since the apostolic age (read Galatians and 1 Corinthians). In the seventeenth century, however, appeared a marvelous remedy for both: The Marrow of Modern Divinity. The adjective “modern” is . . . Continue reading →
A Small Window for a Great Opportunity
If you are a regular reader of the HB you know that, of the many mission projects mentioned here, one that should be close to the heart of the Heidelblog is a project to plant a truly evangelical (in the historic sense . . . Continue reading →
Not to Nag But…
If you’re thinking about attending the 2009 Westminster Seminary California faculty conference let me encourage you to act soon. Every conference but one has sold out and we’re expecting an early sell-out this year. Our speakers this year are W. Robert Godfrey, . . . Continue reading →
Coming in January 2010: Caspar Olevianus-Exposition of the Apostles' Creed
This is volume in the series, Classic Reformed Theology. This is Caspar Olevianus’ 1567 explanation of the Apostles’ Creed. This is the first -ever modern, English translation. Robert Letham says about this volume, “Caspar Olevianus is a significant theologian and his exposition . . . Continue reading →
Of Sacred Cows and Secret Societies
At the beginning of the Christian Reformed Church (CRCNA), in 1857, there were three great reasons given for separating from the Reformed Church in America (RCA): the RCA sang hymns instead psalms, the RCA did not send children to Christian schools, and . . . Continue reading →
Be Still My Heart…Oh Never Mind
When I saw the headline….
Wes Bredenhof on the WSC EVANGELIUM "Christian School" Issue
At Yinkahdinay
Reuter Edition of Ursinus Online!
There is an amazing electronic text of Ursinus’ Opera online. Thanks to Sebastian Heck for pointing us to this amazing resource.
Now This is the Way It's Done
It’s one thing for consistories, sessions, presbyteries, classes, synods, and general assemblies to make statements against the Federal Vision (and the New Perspective(s) on Paul). Those were and are necessary and important preliminary steps but those statements must be followed with ecclesiastical . . . Continue reading →
Was the Covenant of Works Gracious?
It is widely held in the modern period that it was. To deny that strikes many today as absurd, as impossible. The 16th and 17th century Reformed writers were not so troubled by that idea since they had much less difficulty than . . . Continue reading →