Well, not quite but they might be to some. First, the video clip of my Reformation Day sermon from a couple of years ago was removed from YouTube (how bad must one be to be removed from YouTube?) and re-posted. It’s now . . . Continue reading →
August 2009 Archive
Horton Reviews Wright
This hitherto unpublished review is appearing on the new WHI blog.
Has the Experiment Succeeded?
Not according to Bob Godfrey (HT: Brenden): “One obvious effect of psalm-singing was that Reformed worshipers had the psalms well planted in their minds and hearts. If we should hide God’s Word in our hearts that we might not sin against him . . . Continue reading →
The FV Making Inroads in E. Europe?
One of our graduates, a Reformed pastor and church planter in the Mediterranean region, pointed me today to a troubling blog.The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) is planting congregations in Europe, exporting the FV to Europe, and attempting to recruit congregations . . . Continue reading →
Thanks for the Response
Response to the roll-out of Office Hours has been very good. Thanks! Please let your family, friends, pastors, elders, and anyone you can think of know about it.
Office Hours Poll
New Free Audio: Office Hours from Westminster Seminary California
Office Hours is a new monthly audio production of Westminster Seminary California, available online as an MP3 download on our website or as a podcast on iTunes. Season One of Office Hours introduces you to the faculty of WSC through personal, 30-minute . . . Continue reading →
The Three Forms of Unity in Multiple Languages
Just stumbled on this terrific collection!
Common is Not Neutral and Secular is Not Dirty
So says Darryl at Old Life.
Francis Turretin's Biography
Audio from Wes White.
Owen and Multi-Campus Ministry
At P & P.
In the Bookstore at WSC: Engaging with Barth
This has been out for a while in the UK, but there’s an American version now published by T & T Clark (New York). This is a valuable work. It’s available from the Bookstore at WSC now. It’s a little expensive but . . . Continue reading →
Olevianus on Two Kinds of Holiness
As mentioned earlier in this space the older Reformed writers had a doctrine of forensic holiness or sanctification but rather than connecting it with union with Christ considered logically prior regeneration and faith, they tended to connect talk about it under the . . . Continue reading →
What is Definitive Sanctification and is It Reformed?
Nick wrote under another post to ask about this doctrine. I first learned about the doctrine of definitive sanctification from Bob Strimple’s lectures on it in the early-mid 1980s in seminary and then from two short essays by the late John Murray. . . . Continue reading →
A Student Begins…
Ross Hodges is a new student at WSC. He’s posted thoughtfully about the benefits of preparing for ministry the old-fashioned way: earning it.
The Secret of Knowing God's Will
I get this question frequently. Someone wrote recently and in my response I forgot about this series: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7
The Marrow of Modern Divinity on Republication
“Nomista: But, sir, were the children of Israel at this time better able to perform the condition of the covenant of works, than either Adam or any of the old patriarchs were, that God renewed it now with them, rather than before? . . . Continue reading →
Machen on the Responsibility of the Church
At GR
Calvin the WSJ
Here (HT: David Hall)
A Review, Response, and Rejoinder (and Surrejoinder)
In the June/July 2009 issue of Ordained Servant Alan Strange published a surprisingly negative review of Recovering the Reformed Confession. The editor kindly invited me to reply and that reply appears today in the August/September issue. According to editorial policy, Alan gets . . . Continue reading →