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2008 Archive
Shhh…It's a Secret: URC Missions Information
Yesterday Pastor Hyde forwarded The Trumpet, an informal missions newsletter from Cornerstone URC in Hudsonville, MI. If you would like to receive the newsletter, contact:
Inter-Varsity And Rome
When I was in seminary a few years later, I had a discussion with our local InterVarsity rep, who was a seasoned, old-time IV veteran. When I brought up my concerns about the dangers of inductive Bible studies and heterodoxy, she surprised . . . Continue reading →
Oh, You Wanted a "Trial," not a Trial
Andy Webb explains how the Rev. Mr. Wilkins, who left the PCA in good standing (don’t leave that part out; that’s his new name: The Rev Mr. Wilkins-who-left-the-PCA-in-good-standing) wanted a trial but not that kind of trial.
The Calvin Palooza Begins (in 2008)
It’s the five-hundredth birthday of John Calvin (1509-1564). There will be a great lot of conferences. Bob Godfrey, Mike Horton, Hywel Jones, I and a cast of thousands are speaking at the Calvin500 Conference in Geneva in July, 09. Herman Selderhuis from . . . Continue reading →
Notes on Belgic Art 15
At the WSC site
Ed Clowney On Sermon Audio
Thanks to the Edmund P. Clowney Legacy Corporation, you can now hear Ed Clowney preach anytime you wish.
Notes On A Possible Difficulty In Belgic Art. 14
On my WSC site.
Congratulations To Dr Brian Lee
Brian is a WSC alumnus who sustained his classical exam in Classis Eastern US (URCNA) on 16 January. He is involved in the planting of Christ Reformed Church, Washington D. C. Brian is now eligible for a call and ordination. Congratulations Brian! . . . Continue reading →
Auburn Ave PCA to CREC?
So says Mike Gore at TCTT. UPDATE: So says Jack Sawyer, moderator of the OPC discussion list (This forum may be viewed only by members and requires a Yahoo ID to join). UPDATE #2: So says the CREC. PCA Ruling Elder Bob . . . Continue reading →
If the Sacraments Are Elements of Worship Then…
In response to the post on what to do with the offering, Ruben asks, “I’m still curious — are you saying that if the Lord’s Supper is absent (more generally, if no sacraments are administered), it’s not (proper) worship?
What the Lapsed Episcopalian Knew…
One of the great things about the web is that it has made it possible for us to read some really good writers whom most of us would never have found without it. Zrim is one of those.
Turretin on Distinguishing the Covenants of Works and Grace
At the RR
Wilkins to Face Trial Before PCA SJC
Details from Bob Mattes at GB. UPDATE: Auburn Ave and the Rev. Mr. Wilkins may have re-aligned with the CREC. LAP plead guilty to this and has referred the case to the SJC. That means that the SJC will hold a trial . . . Continue reading →
Machen On Whether The Gospel Is Life Or Announcement
From the beginning Christianity was certainly a life. But how was the life produced? It might conceivably have been produced by exhortation. That method had often been tried in the ancient world; in the Hellenistic age there were many wandering preachers who . . . Continue reading →
C. S. Lewis On Theology And Devotion
For my own part I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same experience may await many others. I believe that many who find that ‘nothing happens’ when . . . Continue reading →
Neo-Monasticism?
Yup. Americans don’t read history, we re-d0 it! Stephanie Simon of the LA Times writes, Communal life was supposed to have taught her to resolve conflicts. Instead, Phyllis said, she found herself obsessing about every grievance: how many nights in a row . . . Continue reading →
No Christian Would do X….
Anthony Bradley has a provocative post about the cooperation of Christians with Jim Crow laws. He says, “Since it would be impossible for a Christian to see a sign like this and think that it was acceptable, many black theologians have concluded . . . Continue reading →
"Unencumbered encounter with the living Christ…"
I’ve often talked with my students about the American evangelical quest for the immediate encounter with the risen Christ. I call it the QIRE (quest for illegitimate religious experience). Some of my students think that I am exaggerating about American evangelicalism. Rich . . . Continue reading →
Mercy and Justice (Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 11)
11. Is then God not also merciful? God is indeed merciful,1 but He is likewise just;2 His justice therefore requires that sin which is committed against the most high Majesty of God, be also punished with extreme, that is, with everlasting punishment . . . Continue reading →