Andrew is reading Kuyper
2009 Archive
Richard is Reading RRC
He’s interested in “Word and sacrament ministry.”
Cultists at the Door and Holy Week
A couple of well-dressed, polite, well-spoken young men came to my door today. They could have been Mormons (there are a great lot of them out west) but these fellows happened to be Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Herman Witsius on Christ's Suffering
At C or C
Sinclair Ferguson on "Risking the Truth"
Martin Downes has a book coming out and Sinclair Ferguson has written the foreword, which is online now.
Video: Bob Godfrey on "Church Growth"
Links here.
Sometimes Offer Means Offer
At James Durham Thesis
Cost Dropping for Flights to Geneva (for Calvin500)
One upside of the economic downturn.
Preaching Christ According to the Confession of Bern (1532)
G. Vos did not invent Christ-centered preaching. The Confession of Bern has some pointed words about the centrality of Christ to Reformed preaching.
Brakel on Justifying Faith
At the Reformed Reader
Sinclair Ferguson on "Risking the Truth"
At Against Heresies.
This looks Good
Kevin DeYoung’s new book, Just Do Something.
Calvin on Christ’s Active Obedience
From Institutes 2.16.5 (Battles edn): Now someone asks, How has Christ abolished sin, banished the separation between us and God, and acquired righteousness to render God favorable and kindly toward us? To this we can in general reply that he has achieved . . . Continue reading →
Why Johnny Can't Preach (6)
Part 5 The situation is not hopeless. In the history of the church, those times when she has prospered are those times when, in the midst of a low point, she has engaged in reflection and self-criticism (95). What is needed here . . . Continue reading →
Calvin's Commentaries Online
At CCEL via e-sword (HT: Calvin500).
Gary Johnson Reviews "The Shack"
Gary Johnson is pastor of Church of the Redeemer in Mesa, AZ. He has been pastor to one of our current students and is a thoughtful scholar of American Christianity and vigorous advocate of the Reformed faith. This review is part of . . . Continue reading →
Help Reformation2Germany Now
Sebastian writes: wonderful opportunity has come our way. We have been given the opportunity to rent a small office/meeting space in the Old Town of Heidelberg, the “Hauptstraße”, right in the center, close to the Church of the Holy Spirit. These opportunities, . . . Continue reading →
Is There a "Monolithic" Reformed View of Justification?
Recently I responded to John Armstrong’s post on the TIME magazine new Calvinist discussion. In his reply, John makes this startling claim: There is no monolithic Reformed voice on justification (especially re: imputation) and I would be very happy if we allowed . . . Continue reading →
Servetus Wasn't the Only One
But he’s the anti-Trinitarian who gets all the ink because he’s a convenient stick with which to beat Calvin. There were other anti-Trinitarians who were put to death for heresy. There’s more about this in my book on Olevianus.
Audio: Jay Adams Online
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