16. Why must he be a true and righteous man? Because the justice of God requires 1 that the same human nature which has sinned should make satisfaction for sin, but one who is himself a sinner, cannot satisfy for others.2 1Rom . . . Continue reading →
At the Reformed Reader.
They all died on this day (HT: Steve).
Thanks to our indefatigable pastor Danny Hyde!
He reviews it here.
Jon explains.
In 1882 the Lutheran minister Joseph A. Seiss (1823-1904) published the provocative volume, The Gospel in the Stars, Or, Prímeval Astronomy (Philadelphia: E. Claxton & company, 1882). Evidently it found an audience and it has been reprinted as recently as the early . . . Continue reading →
Is coming back into print. This book is invaluable. As Lane rightly notes, I relied on and interacted with this book a good deal in at least one chapter in Recovering the Reformed Confession.
It will if God permits, of course, but in terms of human agency there are Reformed believers working to bring back the Reformed faith one of its cradle cities, Heidelberg. Sebastian Heck writes:
Here
I’ve seen a bit of post-election apocalyptic talk. It’s not as if we don’t have NT instruction about the magistrate. It is the Word of God.
Thanks to Kim for pointing this out!
One of the things I missed when I was laid up recently was an excellent convocation lecture by Dr John Fesko during his visit to WSC.
This is a diverse group of commentators. No one can accuse Shane and the White Horse crew of not being inclusive. Be sure to stay tuned to the end for a bang-up conclusion. (HT: Wes Bredenhof)
According to CT.
Here. This is a terrific interview about an even better book. If you haven’t read this book, I hope you will. There are many Van Til partisans and critics who have not understood Van Til in his historical-cultural-ecclesiastical context. Further, as Muether . . . Continue reading →
The “T” word doesn’t get a lot of respect, but, in fact, we are heirs of a tradition and we are transmitters of the same to our congregations and to our children and to those who are interested in it from without. . . . Continue reading →
Westminster Seminary California is very happy to begin the year-long birthday bash for our favorite Reformer, John Calvin (1509-1564). We’re doing so with a conference 16-17 January, on the WSC campus, Calvin’s Legacy: Reforming the Church Today.
There is a good deal of talk in contemporary evangelicalism about the rise, nature, and effect of so-called “postmodernism,” a movement in architecture, literature, philosophy, and religion associated with a circle of French writers such as Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida. In . . . Continue reading →
At the Reformed Reader. The WSC bookstore has it in the old Rutherford House edition and in the new Reformation Heritage Books edition. The latter is a little less expensive. You can ask the bookstore for either.