7. Why must he also be true God? That by the power of His Godhead He might bear in His manhood the burden of God’s wrath,1 and so obtain for2 and restore to us righteousness and life.3 1 Isaiah 53:8. Acts 2:24. . . . Continue reading →
April 2009 Archive
The End of Christian America
Darryl Hart reacts to Meacham’s op-ed piece.
New URC Bible Study in Gig Harbor, Washington
WSC student (about to graduate) Mark Vander Pol writes: For those that live in the Tacoma/Gig Harbor, WA area. Are you interested in seeing a solid, Confessional Reformed church in your area? There is currently in the early planning stages a Bible . . . Continue reading →
Better to Be on God's Side with a Small Church…
I admit that I don’t know the pressures you are facing or how dire things may look for the future of your church without some half-way covenant of church membership. But better to be on God’s side with a small church, than . . . Continue reading →
Question 16 Part 3: Satisfaction for Sin
Part 2 16. Why must he be a true and righteous man? Because the justice of God requires1 that the same human nature which has sinned should make satisfaction for sin, but one who is himself a sinner, cannot satisfy for others.2 . . . Continue reading →
More on Perkins' Law/Gospel Distinction
Thanks to Chris Gordon for posting this!
CTC Interviews Horton on Christless Christianity
Online here.
Call for Papers by Young Scholars
It’s depressing that I don’t qualify (45 and under) but you might. Details here.
Roger Nicole: NT Use of the OT
From the 1959 volume ed. Carl F. H. Henry, Revelation and the Bible: Contemporary Evangelical Thought. The contrast with some contemporary evangelical thought (c. 2005–09) is striking (HT: Justin Taylor).
The "Scripture Problem" is Back
When I began my academic career one of the first things I heard was, “The inerrancy discussion is behind us. The discussion has moved on.” That may have been true in 1993 but it’s not true now. In the latest issue of . . . Continue reading →
The Remedy for a Cold Heart?
The modern answer has often been “revival!” Luther’s answer to this question was: “catechism.” Carl Trueman writes: Luther’s answer to the heart grown cold is well- established and catechetical: return to the basics of the faith, and remind yourself of those. it . . . Continue reading →
D. A. Carson On Distinctions And Moralism
Failure to distinguish between the gospel and all the effects of the gospel tends, on the long haul, to replace the good news as to what God has done with a moralism that is finally without the power and the glory of Christ crucified, . . . Continue reading →
Machen: All Tolerance is Not Equal
It’s interesting that, in 1936, Machen saw the possibility that the mainline would come to “tolerate” confessionalists. Certainly the rhetoric of the liberals in ’36 suggested that possibility. He rejected, however, the mere toleration of confessionalism as one option among many.
SJC of the PNP (PCA) Rules Leithart's Views Orthodox?
That’s all Presbyterian code for the Standing Judicial Committee of the Pacific Northwest Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America. The news comes from Jason Stellman. The SJC had two reports before them concerning the doctrine taught by Peter Leithart, a minister . . . Continue reading →
Colquhoun on Law and Gospel
This volume is worth having and it’s back in print.
Why is Theological Liberalism Okay But Not Homosexuality?
That’s the question Carl puts to evangelicals in the mainline (in Scotland)
The PCUSA Wouldn't Treat Machen Thus Today…
Or would they? According to this (somewhat provocatively worded) story in the Layman Online (a conservative publication in the PCUSA), perhaps things haven’t changed much in the PCUSA since 1936? UPDATE The PCUSA is also investigating (going after?) those congregations that are . . . Continue reading →
Pastor Echert is Still Reading RRC
He’s through the middle of the book and gives a fine summary.
Out in May: Risking the Truth
From the CFP website: A collection of interviews on handling truth and error in the church. Contributors reflect on this issue in relation to the minister’s own life, pulpit ministry, local church leadership, seminary training, denominations, the impact of the academy, Evangelicalism, . . . Continue reading →
More Baseball Analogies: Lent is Like Spring Training?
Darryl has discovered “PCA Conversations“