No, I’m not Joan Rivers but let’s not let that get in the way. When this blog began at the OURC website I had no access to site statistics. Since moving the HB to WordPress in December ’07 I have been able . . . Continue reading →
April 2008 Archive
Sources of WLC 99
At Historical Theoblogy
Reviews of Andy McGowan on Scripture
John R. DeWitt Reviews Spiration At the Banner of Truth (HT: Derek Thomas) Iain Campbell reviews it for the Free Church of Scotland (PDF, pp. 14-15; HT: Keith Mathison).
Black and Reformed: A Review (pt 2)
Here is part 1 of this review. A Preface and A Challenge Before I make some criticisms of this book I want to repeat that it is an important book that needs to be read. It especially needs to be read by . . . Continue reading →
WSC Profs Contribute to ESV Study Bible
Westminster Seminary California faculty members Steve Baugh and Dennis Johnson are among the contributors to the ESV Study Bible. Steve did the notes on Ephesians and Dennis did the notes on the Revelation. The project is due to appear in October. Thanks . . . Continue reading →
Centre for Public Christianity
What do you make of this? (HT: Jodie Morris)
Academic Careers and Blogging
Brandon Witherow contemplates their relations.
The AG Says: Calvinists No Threat
Apparently the two-kingdoms theology is making more progress than I thought. The NY Sun today quotes the Attorney General of the United States as saying: So far as focusing investigations, we investigate where the threat is coming from. The threat is coming . . . Continue reading →
Black and Reformed: A Review
This is an important book for at least a four reasons. First, it is the first book of its kind demanding and giving compelling reasons why white Reformed Christians should think about and pay attention to and learn from the experience of . . . Continue reading →
Two on Christ and Culture
Sometimes pagan get it when Christian don’t Politically correct Constantinianism?
Egalitarians All
As a postscript to the series on Reformed church members as free agents I note that a recent poll shows that a majority of American Roman Catholics believe that they too can be “good Catholics” even though they do not attend mass . . . Continue reading →
Coming This Fall: Reforming or Conforming?
Thanks to Gary Johnson and Ron Gleason for their editorial work. David Wells wrote the foreword. Contributors include Paul Helm, Paul Wells, R. Scott Clark, John Bolt, Jeffrey Waddington, Paul Kjoss Helseth, and Martin Downes (HT: Martin Downes). Crossway says that this . . . Continue reading →
What Do Your Mormon Neighbors Believe?
Resources here
Is the Reformed Faith Antinomian?
Not according to the Belgic Confession.
Covenant Theology IS Reformed Theology
At Creed or Chaos
Ratramnus Lives
I hope this makes sense to my CH602 students
In Order for Us to Be Truly Ecumenical We Must be Truly Presbyterian
So says Sean Lucas
Muether on Van Til: A Review
It is hard to overstate the influence of Cornelius Van Til on confessional and conservative Reformed theology since the early 20th century. I’ll use myself as an an example because I think that what I experienced is fairly representative of what others . . . Continue reading →
Medal of Honor Winner: Michael Mansoor
In today’s SD Union-Tribune. As with all medal of honor stories, this one is amazing. Two words come to mind: courage and selflessness.
Is Text Criticism a "Modern" Thing?
No. Just ask Shane Lems.