Thanks to C or C for posting this. We need more Beza in our lives.
2009 Archive
Iain Campbell on the Means of Grace
This is solid, helpful, brief account. I’m not sure we should read Berkhof’s distinction back into the Heidelberg Catechism (nor am I confident that the Westminster Divines meant to distinguish their doctrine of prayer as a means of grace from the HC) . . . Continue reading →
Text Criticism of the Canons of Dort RE 1.1
This is inside baseball but it’s important inside baseball. Wes has noted a discrepancy between the English translation of the Rejection of Errors in the CD and the Latin text and it’s not an insignificant discrepancy. It’s the difference between the Synod . . . Continue reading →
Trueman: The Case for Church History
In three parts at the Sola Panel (HT: Justin)
Thomas Speaks (Sort of)
There are audio files of the Summa online. I’ve not listened to them yet but thanks to Durell for the link.
Podcast
Audio: Steve Baugh on Ephesians 1
Steve Baugh is Professor of NT at Westminster Seminary California. Thanks to Christ Reformed URC in Santee.
Tattoos as a Search for Fixity in a Liquid World
R. R. Reno is thoughtful and always worth reading. (HT: Lawn Gospel) Actually Related PostThe Church of Steel vs A Cross of Wood
Old, Grumpy, and (Actually) Reformed
A young, ex-dispensationalist speaks to his generation about the YRR phenomenon.
Just in: Milne on the WCF and Cessation
It’s just in. Got my copy yesterday. Hope to take a peek today. It’s an import so it’s a little expensive ($35.83 + 5.00 shipping in the continental USA) but it’s the only work of it’s kind on this topic. Click on . . . Continue reading →
Nick is Reading Fesko on Justification and Union
And he’s finding some interesting things in Calvin’s doctrine of justification.
Seminary for a Day October 1 2009 at WSC
Plan now to attend Seminary for a Day at Westminster Seminary California on 1 October. Here’s your opportunity to check out the campus, to meet the profs (as a group and individually), to sit in on a class, and to find out about . . . Continue reading →
What About the Promise?
Jason writes to ask (re-phrased for clarity): In your paper on baptism you wrote: “It is sometimes said, ‘I was baptized as an infant but did not come to faith until much later, so I was re-baptized.’ Might it not be the . . . Continue reading →
On Prejudice Against Rural Ministry
Darryl Hart asks some provocative questions.
Irenaeus On Apostolic Succession
I’m reviewing Charles E. Hill, From the Lost Teaching of Polycarp: Identifying Irenaeus’ Apostolic Presbyter and the Author of Ad Diognetum. vol. 186, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006). 207 pages (incl. index) for the Confessional Presbyterian. He writes, In . . . Continue reading →
New Online: WSC Stuff (shirts, hats, pens, thumbdrives)
Yes, you can now order WSC stuff for that WSC alumnus or prospective student or for your pastor or for yourself. Clothing here (hoodies, sweatshirts, polos etc). Mugs, glasses, thumbdrives etc are here.
Trueman on Calvin Context
at YT (HT: DGH)
More Church (re) Planting in the Midwest
There are segments in the USA (Philadelphia, Grand Rapids, Greenville, SC) where there is a relative abundance of confessional Reformed congregations. There are places, however, large swaths of the country where it’s difficult, if not impossible, to find a confessional Reformed congregation. . . . Continue reading →
Chaos Takes T David's Advice
At Creed or Chaos
Another WSC Alumnus to Pastoral Ministry
Congratulations to WSC alumnus Matt Fray who reports: Thank you very much for your encouragement and prayers! By God’s help and grace the Savannah River Presbytery approved my ordination this morning (after the nerve-wracking process of a 3-hour committee exam, preaching for . . . Continue reading →
Let Them Learn Latin (Latinam Linguam Comperiant)
At the Atlantic (HT: Alan Jacobs)