From Lane Tipton in the Ordained Servant.
June 2008 Archive
Consumerism Versus Christ
Martin on the spiritual danger of consumerism.
WSC Commencement 08 (pt 2)
Part 1 is here. Every graduation is special to the graduates and we have been gifted with a number of gifted commencement speakers (e.g. our own Hywel Jones, John Piper, Ken Myers, just to name a few of the recent speakers). In . . . Continue reading →
San Diego to San Salvador to Lima
No, it’s not a double-play combo, but the itinerary of WSC student David (Nigel) Alenskis as he heads to his summer internship.
Mystery is Good
Zrim explains
Church Growth is Dead
So says Pastor Marty Fields of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Laurel, MS.
WSC Commencement 08 (pt 1)
The official 2008 WSC commencement report is online. As a faculty member things look a little different than they do from the audience. For one thing we see the back of heads of those on the platform in front of us and, . . . Continue reading →
May Christians Take Prozac?
That’s the question WSC student Simon Jooste considers at Creed or Chaos.
Sean's Lectures Online
Earlier this year we had the pleasure of hosting Sean Michael Lucas. He lectured on Edwards to our Reformed Scholasticism seminar, and gave other talks as well. Here is his lecture on Billy Graham’s role in Southern Presbyterianism, “The Only Hope for . . . Continue reading →
If We Won't Discipline Are We Really A Church?
re-post from 12 September 2007 — One of the clearest commands our Lord gave during his ministry, before his crucifixion, death, burial, and ascension, was to practice discipline in the congregations (Matt 18). It has been abused, but more often it has . . . Continue reading →
Anthony Carter's New Book
Anthony’s new book is here.
The Epistle of "Mathetes" to Diognetus
For several weeks earlier this Spring the adult catechism class was studying some of the early post-apostolic fathers. One of the documents we studied was the Epistle of “Mathetes” (the disciple) to a certain Diognetus. It’s an excellent example of the erudition, . . . Continue reading →
When Is A Church Not A Church?
Editor’s Note: this essay first appeared on the HB in 2007. At that point the Federal Vision controversy was still in the process of being adjudicated by the confessional Reformed and Presbyterian Churches. In the summer of 2007 both the PCA and . . . Continue reading →
Heidelberg Reformation Association Newsletter for June
Is now online here (PDF) It’s free and features essays by Danny Hyde on why dispensationalism is so popular, by Bill Bruinsma on the necessity of the moral law for the Christian, by me on whether God is capricious, and book reviews of . . . Continue reading →