WSC IT specialist Adam laments the development in the CRC of the office of “ministry associate” (which must be found in a n obscure textual variant of Eph 4!). I couldn’t respond directly on his blog (I hate Xanga) so I reply . . . Continue reading →
March 2008 Archive
Someone is Reading Muller!
One of the great scandals of the contemporary confessional Reformed movement is that the work of Richard Muller is more talked about than read.
Biting the Hand That Starves You
Zrim’s in the Outhouse.
Neo-Lib Theocracy? Just Say No
The two-kingdoms ethic rejects theocracy from the right or the left.
The Case for the Christian Sabbath (Updated)
One of these days is not like the others. Iain Campbell explains.UPDATE 18 Mar: There’s an encouragement toward renewed appreciation for and observance of the sabbath at Breakpoint.
CJPM Makes Top-Ten List
According to Stefan at The Confessionalist.
Chaos Gets Married
WSC student Phil Sipe, aka “Chaos” of Creed or Chaos was married to Alisia today in the chapel at WSC. Congratulations to them and may they know all the blessings of the covenant of grace.
Will Peter Repent Again?
I don’t accept the premise that all dialogue is equally useful or important.
Louis Praamsma on the Role of the Confessions in the Church
In the latest Outlook. You can follow this thread on the HB here.
Possible Progress re School Shootings
A while back I suggested that perhaps trained combat veterans should be allowed to carry concealed firearms on college/university campuses to deter school shootings and to provide protection in case one occurs. The state of Oklahoma is apparently thinking about doing just . . . Continue reading →
Worship: Evangelical or Reformed?
Bob Godfrey answers.
Believing in Creation But Denying That We Are Creatures?
Anita writes to ask about a couple of things I said in class last night. In brief she asks why I suggest that some who believe quite strongly in creation don’t really seem to believe in creation at all and second, why . . . Continue reading →
Sane Talk About Church "Vision" Statements
From Rick Phillips at Ref21
A Catechism on Legalism
At AH
Louisiana Presbytery Resolution…
Sort of. Bob Mattes has details. There are, one thinks, more shoes to drop. SJC procedural trials and GA votes are fine but, as I’ve been saying since last summer, PCA ministers (TEs) and ruling elders (and laity) should not content themselves . . . Continue reading →
ECT: A Post Mortem
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 ECT II or The Gift . . . Continue reading →
Colson Continues to Defend ECT
Chuck Colson is on a blog tour. Tim Challies put to him a brilliant question, indeed, as far as I’m concerned, the ONLY question and he did it very well. Protestants have traditionally held that justification by grace alone through faith alone . . . Continue reading →
Luther Wasn't Just Another Moral Reformer (Updated)
But that’s what Cardinal Walter Kaspar wants to make him.
Luther: Not Just Another Moral Reformer
But that’s what Cardinal Walter Kasper wants to make him.* There were a lot of moral Reformers before, during, and after the Reformation. Luther wasn’t one of them. The moral Reformers wanted to clean up the behavior of the Roman communion and . . . Continue reading →
Luther: Not Just Another Moral Reformer
But that’s what Cardinal Walter Kasper wants to make him.* There were a lot of “moral Reformers” before, during, and after the Reformation. Luther wasn’t one of them. The moral Reformers wanted to clean up the behavior of the Roman communion and . . . Continue reading →