Another good post from WSC student and fellow Cornhusker Austin Britton. He is a I think he’s spot on about the nature and effect of Schleiermacher’s radical re-formulation of the Christian faith and the unacknowledged debt the Emergent cats owe to FD.
2008 Archive
True Confessions
Sometime back my friend and neighbor Jim Renihan, who directs the Institute for Reformed Baptist Studies that meets on campus at WSC, very graciously gave me a copy of his new edited collection of confessions from the 16th and 17th centuries. In . . . Continue reading →
Uh, You Mean Jesus Isn't My Boyfriend?
Hannah Rosin offers a brief synopsis of Daniel Radosh’s Rapture Ready. What Rosin doesn’t mention is that there have been voices within the Christianity such as the Wittenburg Door (in the 70s), and more seriously the White Horse Inn guys have been examining . . . Continue reading →
Video on Indigenous African-American PCAs
(HT: Anthony Carter). This is a good start. I love it when one of the pastors says, “I’m Presbyterian by choice and I want to inculcate that into the African-American community.” Amen. This video is very encouraging. Criticisms: well, I hesitate because . . . Continue reading →
Missional and Reformed: Online and Free
The annual January faculty conference focused on the relations between Reformed theology, piety, and practice and the emerging/emergent missional movement(s). The text of the talks are now available for free on the WSC website. They include: Friends or Foes: The Mission and . . . Continue reading →
Coming in June, A Theological Guide to Calvin's Institutes
Edited by Peter Lillback and David Hall, contributors include Mike Horton, Sinclair Ferguson, Bob Godfrey, and many others.
Coming in Sept: Reforming or Conforming? Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church
Contributors include: Gary L. W. Johnson (Editor), Ronald N. Gleason (Editor), David F. Wells (Foreword), Paul Wells, John Bolt, Paul Helm, Scott Clark, Paul Kjoss Helseth, Jeffrey Waddington, Guy P. Waters, Phil Johnson, Martin Downes, Greg Gilbert, Gary Gilley
The Killer B's: Idols of the Minister's Heart
New on the Faculty Reflections page at WSC
Our Lady of Whatever
Do all the evangelicals on the verge of poping really want trade in your flannel boards for this? (HT: John Bugay).
Someone's Reading Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant
Okay, she’s a WSC student and she’s in my Medieval-Reformation class and she’s required to read it, but Tricia is reading it nonetheless and she she likes it!
The URCNA Has a Website!
The URC has a new website. It’s clean and easy to use. It’s a good place to start to find out about theology, piety, and practice of the URCNA.
WSC Alumnus Brent England Reviews "Expelled"
In a Boston area paper.
Coming in Sept: Christ and the Decree
It’s been out of print for a while but Baker is re-publishing Richard Muller’s groundbreaking work, Christ and the Decree. We’ll have copies at the WSC Bookstore and you can pre-order it at Amazon. Thanks to WSC student Josh Forrest for point . . . Continue reading →
Review of Clowney's "Ten Commandments"
By Howard Sloan. He notes that Ed was a bit more tolerant on the 2nd commandment than the Reformed confessions. In view of the constant pressure presented to the Reformed confession of the 2nd commandment by evangelicals and others, it’s well to . . . Continue reading →
URC Church Plant on Prince Edward Island
Their first service was held on January 14, 2007. They are being supervised by Trinity Orthodox Reformed (URC), Church pastored by Rev. Al Bezuyen. They are presently searching for a pastor. They meet St. Columba Presbyterian Church, Hwy. 2, just 2 km . . . Continue reading →
1906 PTR Article on the Marrow Controversy
Thanks to John for the link
Carl is Right…Twice (Updated)
The 17th-century Reformed didn’t “narrow” Reformed theology, they broadened it and made it deeper and more catholic. He likes Danny’s commentary on the Belgic Confession!
Ames on the Atonement
At Historical Theoblogy
Bob Strimple Reviews "Expelled"
Bob Strimple was President of WSC when I was a student there in the mid-80s. He was the first professor of Systematic Theology and he is now President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology. He is the author of The Modern . . . Continue reading →
Who or What Defines "Reformed?" (Updated)
In response to the post on Bob Godfrey’s Unexpected Journey, Arthur writes to ask, “So does someone who does not hold to every point of doctrine in the Reformed confessions be considered “Reformed”. More to the point, can a credobaptist not be . . . Continue reading →