James Bond, Agent 007, had a “license to kill.” There are Reformed folk who also seem to have “license” of some sort or other based on what they call “the Christian world and life view” (hereafter, CWLV). This concept is interesting because . . . Continue reading →
At the Heidelberg Reformation Association.
Back in May 2007 Carl Trueman raised the problem of the pressures females feel in conservative evangelical and Reformed Churches. This issue raises the question of how Reformed Christians ought to relate to the broader culture. How do we live in a . . . Continue reading →
This month’s profile features the Rev Mr Solomon Yang, pastor of New Life Mission Church (PCA) in Glendale, CA.
A golden oldie now on the web at WSC.
Iain Campbell says, “No!”
As I read, the scales fell from my eyes. I couldn’t believe it. We are justified by “receiving and resting on Christ and his righteousness through faith”! It was almost too good to be true. I felt like the heavens had opened . . . Continue reading →
Brilliant stuff from Nick at Restless and Reforming: Jesus: Simon, do you love me? Peter: Yes Lord, you know that I love you. Jesus: Fight injustice, homophobia, racism, you name it. Simon Peter, do you love me?
Congratulations to Dr J. Derek Halvorson and welcome to Southern California!(HT: Dominic Aquila)
This month’s WSC alumni sermon is from the Rev Mr Dale Van Dyke (WSC ’91), pastor of Harvest OPC in Grandville, MI. (Harvest OPC is also home to WSC alumnus Francis VanDelden). The sermon is “Church Essentials: Truth and Love” (1 Tim . . . Continue reading →
David asks, The term “humanism” seem to incite disgust in most conservative Christians today but I have heard Calvin and other reformers referenced as “humanists.” What is the difference between the word’s use in that context and the present one?
Four WSC students have a new blog devoted to “Reformed theology and analytic philosophy for the contemporary church.”
During the Watergate hearings, Senator Howard Baker asked, “What did the President know, and when did he know it?” However important that question was in the politics of 1973, it remains an important question in theology today. A friend writes to ask . . . Continue reading →
A new Spanish-language Reformed resource. More Recursos Reformados here.
At the CCEF site (HT: Camden Bucey)
New at the OPC website. (HT: Camden Bucey). As a historian I take some comfort in knowing that things don’t really change that much. If you haven’t read John Muether’s wonderful biography of CVT you should.
In Books and Culture.
One of the recurring questions I get is about the meaning of “body” in 1 Corinthians 11:29. The question is whether “discerning the body” in Paul’s narrative refers to “being cognizant of the congregation” or to Christ’s physical, actual body and blood, . . . Continue reading →
At James Durham Thesis
Geerhardus Vos (1862-1949) was a Dutch Reformed theologian who taught at theological college of the Christian Reformed Church (later Calvin Seminary) and most famously at Princeton Theological Seminary. Though typically neglected by mainline (i.e., liberal and Barthian) writers because of his commitment . . . Continue reading →
