What do we mean when we say “canonical” or “non-canoncial”? How did we get the canon? This month’s Tabletalk explains.
2008 Archive
Bavinck Conference Audio
At the Bavinck Blog.
URCNA Missions, Missionaries, and Church Plants
It’s not considered “missional” to speak of “missionaries” but the URCs are old school:
The Guy Behind Monergism.Com
Here he is (HT: Justin)
Beale on Inerrancy
Ben gives us a heads up about an important forthcoming book.
Wilimon on Barth
Shane gets us started.
Confessional Nitty Gritty: Animus Imponentis
Animus imponentis means, “the spirit of adopting,” the OPC Presbytery of Northern California and Nevada is holding a conference in February ’09 to talk about it (HT: Creed or Chaos). This is an important topic. We need confessions and they need to . . . Continue reading →
What Will You Take for Your Warfield?
When we were kids we used to trade sporting cards. I had a first year Lew Alcindor. Who knew they would be worth anything? Durell trades books. He traded “a Warfield” for a copy of Recovering? I’m not sure I would make . . . Continue reading →
Can "Worship Songs" Be Saved?
Bob Kauflin is “Director of Worship Development” for Sovereign Grace Ministries. He’s posted a top-ten list of things not to do when writing “worship songs.” (HT: Challies) The points are helpful but, from the point of view of the RPW, from the . . . Continue reading →
Three Causes for the Decline of Psalmody
Jon explains.
Shooting Wasps in the Water Tank
When I was a kid, visiting my grandfather’s farm, we used to go stand at the backdoor of the bunkhouse and plink the wasps that hovered above the water tanks in the corral behind the bunkhouse. It wasn’t very challenging but it . . . Continue reading →
When They Pry it From My Cold, Dead, Corpse
Not until then. We’ve moved beyond a “post-Christian” society into a post-human society.
Everybody Does It
Speaking in tongues, that is. G. Vos noted almost a century ago that ecstatic religious speech is not a uniquely Christian phenomenon. Here an AOG writer recognizes the same thing. (HT: Daily Scroll) What does it mean? It means that glossolalia is . . . Continue reading →
Newsweek Gets Osteen
All heretics quote scripture and even read it. (HT: Bill Godfrey)
Azusa, Topeka, Von Harnack, and Church Membership
There is an interesting discussion at the PB about whether elders should have the authority to control who may come to the Lord’s Table. This is an interesting an important discussion because it strikes at the heart of several modern problems.
The Refs are Getting Out of Hand
The guy flashed back to his days as a linebacker at Kentucky.
"Recovering" at Ref21
Justin has a note on Recovering the Reformed Confession.
Rome Re-Thinks Limited Inerrancy?
Or maybe not. Collin Hansen explains.
Creed or Christless Christianity
The WHI boys hit the ball very solidly in this show. Listen to the audio clips from Doug Pagitt. Who is putting “God in a box?” Sayers was right. Either one has a creed or one has chaos.
Sometimes Voting is Just Voting
The Outhouse is a little skeptical about transforming voting into a priestly act.