This meditation was originally given as a chapel talk in 2001. _______________________________________________ Introduction One of the turning points of my early Christian life was reading J I Packer’s Knowing God. That book did what better books should do: it helped me understand . . . Continue reading →
2001 Archive
El Israel de Dios
Traducción al español: David Barceló, abril 2002. Introducción Hay mucho más concerniente a los “tiempos del fin” o últimas cosas (Escatología) de lo que nosotros decimos que realmente sucede en los últimos días. Nuestra escatología depende estrechamente de nuestra visión de lo . . . Continue reading →
A Brief History of Covenant Theology
Introduction The roots of Reformed covenant theology are as deep as the Christian revelation and tradition is old. Its importance to the Reformed faith cannot be overstated. The great Princeton theologian, B. B. Warfield called federal (covenant) theology, “architectonic principle” of the . . . Continue reading →
A Review of the Story of Christian Theology By Roger Olson
A REVIEW OF THE STORY OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: TWENTY CENTURIES OF TRADITION AND REFORM, by Roger E. Olson. Intervarsity Press, 1999. 652 pp. $34.99. This review appeared originally in Modern Reformation, July/August 2001 Historical theology is an important part of the process . . . Continue reading →
Evangelicals and Catholics Together: A Post Mortem
2001, 2007. All Rights Reserved. Since the 1994 publication of Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT), the evangelical body has been convulsed periodically over the doctrine of justification. The patient, to strain a metaphor, sustained a second attack in 1998 with publication of . . . Continue reading →
Concupiscence: Sin and the Mother of Sin
This essay was published originally in Modern Reformation 10 (2001). Introduction In recent years, the study of virtue has experienced a renaissance.1 While we are recovering our classical grammar of virtue, we should also to recover our vocabulary of vice as well. . . . Continue reading →
The Danger of a Falling Church
Introduction If possible, I wish to raise an alarm without being an alarmist. The Reformed theologian, J. H. Alsted (1588-1638) said that the doctrine of justification is the article of faith by which the church stands or falls. Of course he was . . . Continue reading →