From the beginning Christianity was certainly a life. But how was the life produced? It might conceivably have been produced by exhortation. That method had often been tried in the ancient world; in the Hellenistic age there were many wandering preachers who . . . Continue reading →
January 2008 Archive
C. S. Lewis On Theology And Devotion
For my own part I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same experience may await many others. I believe that many who find that ‘nothing happens’ when . . . Continue reading →
Neo-Monasticism?
Yup. Americans don’t read history, we re-d0 it! Stephanie Simon of the LA Times writes, Communal life was supposed to have taught her to resolve conflicts. Instead, Phyllis said, she found herself obsessing about every grievance: how many nights in a row . . . Continue reading →
No Christian Would do X….
Anthony Bradley has a provocative post about the cooperation of Christians with Jim Crow laws. He says, “Since it would be impossible for a Christian to see a sign like this and think that it was acceptable, many black theologians have concluded . . . Continue reading →
"Unencumbered encounter with the living Christ…"
I’ve often talked with my students about the American evangelical quest for the immediate encounter with the risen Christ. I call it the QIRE (quest for illegitimate religious experience). Some of my students think that I am exaggerating about American evangelicalism. Rich . . . Continue reading →
Mercy and Justice (HC 11)
11. Is then God not also merciful? God is indeed merciful,1 but He is likewise just;2 His justice therefore requires that sin which is committed against the most high Majesty of God, be also punished with extreme, that is, with everlasting punishment . . . Continue reading →
Basic Covenant Theology and Why We Keep the Lord's Day
The story of the Bible opens up with one creation, one covenant, one people, and one city. After the fall, however, there is still one creation, but there are now two covenants (works and grace), two people (seed of the serpent and . . . Continue reading →
"What the Bible is All About" is Online Now
The hit TV show Seinfeld has been called a show about nothing. One of the most pernicious falsehoods about the Bible is that it, too, is a book about nothing, that it is a random collection of ancient myths and moral aphorisms. . . . Continue reading →
Is the Offering an Element, a Circumstance, or Neither?
The Reformed churches order their worship services according to the Regulative Principle of Worship (RPW) This principle says that we must do only that which God has commanded in his Word. When planning the elements (see below) of a service, the only . . . Continue reading →
A Glut of Ministerial Candidates?
They’re having an interesting discussion at the Warfield List about what do with the over abundance of ministerial candidates. Here’s my tuppence:
We Used to Call Them Reprobates
According to Bob Mattes at GB.
Purpose-Driven Covenant? Yikes!
At Saddleback. WSC student Brandon has it right. Here’s an alternative to the Purpose-Driven Life. If you’re in the Jacksonville, FL/Ponte Vedra area (or anywhere in N. or Central FL or So. Georgia) we would love to see you at the conference. . . . Continue reading →
They're Reading CJPM at the PB!
Daniel and the fellows are reading CJPM. You can get your copy from the WSC bookstore by clicking on the image to the left.
Kim Lectures on the NPP
Audio here
Judge to Car-Scratching Lawyer: "Take him Away"
Highlights from Kabuki Village. This disgusting scribe was 30 minutes late for court because he didn’t want to face the press for willfully scratching the vehicle of a Marine who was about to be deployed. So the judge issued a bench warrant! . . . Continue reading →
Heidelberg Catechism 10 (4) Hell on Earth?
10. Will God suffer such disobedience and apostasy to go unpunished? By no means,1 but He is terribly displeased with our inborn as well as our actual sins, and will punish them in just judgment in time and eternity, as He has . . . Continue reading →
Robert George on Roe v Wade at 35
Justin has the interview.
Institutos de Religion por Calvino
Here
Vos On The Kingdom
At the Reformed Reader.
Response to the FV Meltdown
From Bob Mattes.