Steve Holmes, to be exact.
2008 Archive
Obeying Roger Goodell or Jesus the Lord? You Make the Call!
Apparently churches stopped having Superbowl viewing parties because the NFL told them too. Apparently Roger Goodell has changed his mind. It’s deeply ironic that churches have been obeying Roger but those same congregations won’t obey their Lord. Why didn’t Jesus think of . . . Continue reading →
Hart on Ecclesiastical Totalitarianism
At DRC
"I Want a Real Chaplain, Who Believes in a Real God and a Real Hell"
Subjectivist-therapeutic religion is fine, until it’s time to die.
So What is this 2 Kingdoms Stuff About Anyway and Why Does it Matter?
David VanDrunen explained it very well and clearly during his inaugural address yesterday at WSC. In the photo to the left, Bob Strimple, whom David is succeeding as the Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics, gives a powerful . . . Continue reading →
David Wright Will Be Missed
Lig Duncan has a note on Ref21 that David Wright has gone to glory. He will be missed. I did not know him well, but I understood that he had been battling serious illness for some time. He edited my book on . . . Continue reading →
New Audio: Recovering the Reformed Confession
From the Gospel-Driven Life Conference. This was the adult Sunday School course in the AM.
Hosea and Seeker-Sensitive Worship
Nollie asks, “When we look at Israel’s public worship of God, did they ever tailor their worship ceremonies and environment to attract Canaanites around them by adopting Baal worship idols and ceremonies?” The answer at Doctrine Unites!
HB Banned in Turkey
This morning I received an email from a correspondent in Turkey. He reports, A Turkish court suspended access to your site. For some reason the Turkish state is blocking your site. Here is the message I get when I type the web . . . Continue reading →
Another College Shooting
5 dead and many others wounded according to the Chicago Tribune. I don’t have anything to add to what I said in “Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish, and Short.” UPDATE: The authorities are on TV now saying that “nothing further” could have been . . . Continue reading →
Sean Michael Lucas to Lecture at WSC 22-23 April
Sean Michael Lucas, PhD is Associate Professor of Church History at Covenant Theological Seminary (St Louis) and a scholar of American Christianity. He has written and edited volumes on Dabney, Edwards, and recently, On Being Presbyterian. He blogs here. You are cordially . . . Continue reading →
Turning Church into Theater
Isn’t a new problem.
McLaren, the Emergent Movement and Neo-Socinianism
Martin keeps knocking them out of the park.
The Old English Puritan
One of the great academic questions surrounding British Reformed theology is the definition of “Puritan.” Some scholars have despaired of being able to define it and its use is highly problematic. It is so because it is so frequently used to describe . . . Continue reading →
Interview with Kim re Amillennialism
At the A-Team
The End of the CRC as A Confessional Church?
That’s what Randy Blacketer says will happen if Synod 2008 adopts the proposed new form for confessional subscription (HT: Mark Vander Pol). Update: Andrew comments here.
Between LaHaye and Rushdoony
Is Kim Riddlebarger’s upcoming course on Amillennialism
Providence Students React to "Missional and Reformed"
At the new PCC website.
Illiterate Teaches for 17 Years
He’s not the only one.
Open Access to Harvard Faculty Articles?
The Harvard faculty is voting on it today. Update: They approved it.