Not all commencement addresses are memorable but this one is worth hearing. Thanks Kim!
June 2009 Archive
Kuyper on Worship
When folk call themselves “Kuyperian” they aren’t usually referring to his views on worship. See also this related post by Danny Hyde on Ames regarding the#mce_temp_url#.
Live Tracks from Matt Haeck
What happens when Reformed confessionalism meets American folk-pop music? Matt Haeck and The Quiet Light. Matt has a new CD in the works.
Light Summer Reading
I’m part way through Lane and Oreskes on the genius of American constitutionalism. It’s a breezy spin through the history of the constitutional crisis. The first part of their thesis is attractive to Augustinians. They argue that the founders realized that their . . . Continue reading →
Much in Every Way
That’s the answer. The question is, “What hath RRC to do with William Gurnall’s 17th-century (1617-79) English Reformed theology?”
Special June Issue of MR: Calvin at 500, Does He Still Matter?
The Calvinpalooza heads into the home stretch this summer. Modern Reformation has a special issue out this month focusing on you-know-whom. Mike has the lead essay. Excellent. There’s an appendix surveying the history of Calvin’s bad press. Dennis Tamburello (a Roman scholar) . . . Continue reading →
Hart on Calvin and the Land of Chocolate
At Front Porch Republic.
Waters Reviews Wright’s Latest
At Ref21.
Moderne Reformation Deutschland
That’s right, our beloved MR is being translated into German. Pray for the progress of the gospel in Germany.
The Past is the Future: Classic Unitarianism
WSC student Dan Borvan has posted a paper on John Biddle, a 17th-century English Unitarian. Why “the future”? We hope it’s not the future for Reformed folks, but it’s the present for too many “evangelicals” and likely their future.
RCA Adopts the "Belhar Confession"
News from the GR paper.
Wes is Reading William Ames
Here. You can get your copy via the Bookstore at WSC.
How Do We Know the Bible is True and Authoritative?
Editor’s Note: Posted originally on the Old HB September 14, 2007 Christopher wrote to discussion list to ask how we know the Bible is true and how our appeal to the internal testimony of the Spirit is different from the Mormon “burning in . . . Continue reading →
Air France 447 and the Idolatry of Technology
Creed or Chaos has a helpful reminder. We’re not the masters we like to think we are.
Roger’s God
Editor’s Note: Originally posted on Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 09:46AM. Lightly edited. Roger Olson is at it again. He wants to know where God was when the bridge collapsed in Minneapolis. The smart aleck answer, of course is, “Everywhere, right where . . . Continue reading →
Must Reformed Christians Be Cessationist?
UPDATE 6 June 2009. While working on another project today I stumbled across Garnet H. Milne, The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Cessation of Special Revelation: The Majority Viewpoint on Whether Extra-Biblical Prophecy is Still Possible (Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster/Eugene OR: . . . Continue reading →
Is the Evangelical Sub-Culture Dying?
Newsweek’s Lisa Miller thinks so even if she doesn’t put it quite that way. It’s probably a good thing in many respects, especially if it saves us from idolatrous and tacky (e.g. bobblehead) “Jesus junk.”
Big News From Reformation2Germany
Sebastian writes about the ongoing work to plant a confessional Reformed congregation in Heidelberg: First, this coming Lord’s Day, June 7, about sixteen of us will gather in our new office space in downtown Heidelberg. It will be the first official gathering. . . . Continue reading →
Eddie Bauer on Creeds, Promises, and Covenants
I continue to learn theology at one of our local malls. Last fall I learned about True Religion. More recently I was at Eddie Bauer. Upon putting away the store receipt I happened to notice a little blurb on the back titled, . . . Continue reading →
Erskine College Students Petition ARP
Here. (HT: LIg Duncan/Ref21)