When I was in college the BSU (Baptist Student Union) was the place to meet nice Christian girls, Crusade was for evangelistic-minded types, Navigators was for spiritual discipline, and Inter-Varsity (IV) was for intellectuals. IV was clearly associated with the historic, confessional . . . Continue reading →
October 2009 Archive
Post-Reformation Bonanza
One of the great problems in the study of post-Reformation Reformed orthodoxy (scholasticism) is the relative unavailability of primary sources. There is the Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts, to which Westminster Seminary California blessedly has a subscription (thanks to our donors!). . . . Continue reading →
Great Offer on Riddlebarger Audio on Amillennialism
Info here at Monergism (HT: Challies)
Something Weird in the Siouxlands
I’ve been trying to follow recent events in the Siouxlands Presbytery but I’m confused about what’s happening. I’m not expert in the Book of Church Order of the Presbyterian Church in America (and I’m not going to become so) so I assumed . . . Continue reading →
The Annihilation of Hell
Martin has posted (in two parts) the interview with Robert Peterson from the volume Risking the Truth (click on the icon to the left). Part 1. Part 2. Other contributors include: Carl R. Trueman, Tom Schreiner, Michael Horton, Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, . . . Continue reading →
Mysteries in the Text Criticism of the Belgic Confession
Wes has the clues.
Speaking a Foreign Language
In response to another post, Daniel F., one of Doug Wilson’s more ardent defenders, asked me to listen to a clip from a sermon which is supposed to demonstrate Wilson’s pristine evangelical, Protestant, Reformational orthodoxy on justification. What follows is a lightly . . . Continue reading →
We Don't Have to Choose Between Christus Victor and Penal Substitution
Martin explains at AH.
Audio: Nine Points (Part 6) The Difference Between the Covenants of Works and Grace
Nine Points of Synod Schereville (part 6) This talk is part of the ongoing series in the adult class at the Oceanside URC, Carlsbad, CA. Today we looked at points 3 and 4 of the Nine Points of Synod Schereville (URCNA; 2007).
Audio: Guy Waters on Church Membership
One aspect of Reformed theology, piety, and practice that distnguishes confessional Protestantism from broad evangelicalism is a high view of the visible, institutional church. Calvin spent most of book 4 of the Institutes on the visible church. The Belgic Confession spends two . . . Continue reading →
The FV is More Than Just a Theological Question
Mark Vander Pol asks us to think about the FV controversy using a different set of categories.
What If "Church Growth" Methods Were Built on a False Premise?
According to this piece by Kevin DeYoung, they are.
A Well-Hammered Nail: Hywel Jones on Ps 119
A skilled carpenter at work is a thing of beauty. The hammer goes where it ought and the nail is struck soundly. In Scripture, wisdom and skill are closely related and they are often regarded as Spirit-given. It is certainly true that . . . Continue reading →
NTW Takes a Whack at Two Kingdoms
First, critics of the “two-kingdoms” ethic should reckon with the company in which it puts them. Mike Horton explains. Could it be that they are moved by the same sets of concerns and categories of analysis or even of exegesis? Second, it . . . Continue reading →
" There Was a Reformation, You Remember"
Update: GAFCON responds Nov 10, 2009 (HT: David Alenskis) Indeed there was. Eric Landry at the WHI Blog has nice post addressing the recent decision by the Vatican (specifically the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith) to provide a way for Anglicans . . . Continue reading →
Follow Westminster Seminary California on Twitter
You can follow WSC on Twitter. I know it’s fashionable to dislike Twitter but I like it. It’s a lot less annoying than Facebook. No one asks me to respond to silly games about farm animals (I figured out how to make . . . Continue reading →
WSC Graduate Defends Oxford DPhil on Barth
Congratulations to Westminster Seminary California (’04) alumnus and sometime lecturer in Historical Theology at WSC, Ryan Glomsrud (MA, Historical Theology), on the successful completion and defense of his Oxford DPhil thesis on Karl Barth. Here’s a précis: Ryan D. Glomsrud, Karl Barth Between Pietism & Orthodoxy: . . . Continue reading →
Audio: Godfrey on the "Reformation of Worry"
Here’s a 2006 chapel talk by our own Bob Godfrey given in the chapel of the Master’s College.
New Office Hours: David VanDrunen on Bioethics and the Christian Life
There’s an Office Hours special today with Dr David VanDrunen, Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics. It’s available now online and on iTunes. He has a new book just out Bioethics and the Christian Life. David has written . . . Continue reading →
The Doctor on True, Evangelical Ecumenism
Martin has re-posted extracts from Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ 1966 address which marked a turning point in British evangelicalism and which is worth considering again. Update 19 October, 2009: David posts some helpful comments on the Doctor’s ecclesiology.