Sebastian writes, “The R2G Reformation to Germany Vision Trips are a great way for pastors, elders, missions committee members or regular church members, along with their families, to catch a glimpse of what the Reformation was like in Germany and what is . . . Continue reading →
2009 Archive
The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (1)
The single most pressing question I hear is: “How can I know God’s will?” Prospective seminary students want to know whether they should attend seminary. Couples want to know whether they should get married. Ministers want to know whether to take a . . . Continue reading →
And Now a Book Burning?
Edward Feser has a strange story about a 4-volume encyclopedia on Christian Civilization published by Wiley-Blackwell has been recalled and is to be destroyed despite the fact that, according “to the encyclopedia’s editor, George Thomas Kurian, the set had been copy-edited, fact-checked, . . . Continue reading →
Reformed Academic Press has a New Site
Here.
LCMS Bureaucrats to Sue Issues Etc?
It’s possible according to Extreme Theology (HT: Kim Riddlebarger)
To WSC Alumni
Our Alumni Coordinator John Bales would like to hear from you.
Report on the Melbourne (Australia) Fires
You may know of Rowland Ward, a the minister of Knox Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia. He is a scholar of Australian church history and of the history of worship. He writes:
The Donatists and Blagojevich
Who says Church History isn’t hip and helpful? Stanley Fish invokes Augustine’s rejection of Donatism in consideration of whether Roland Burris should be seated in the US Senate (HT: Ryan Glomsrud).
You Heard it Here First: Indulgences are Back
Now the NYT has a story on the return of indulgences in the Roman communion. The HB observed this phenomenon in Nov 2007. In case you’re worried about purgatory, read this. Obviously the Roman doctrine of justification hasn’t changed. (HT: Ryan Glomsrud)
Audio: Powlison on "The Puritans" and Biblical Counseling
At the CCEF site (HT: Feeding on Christ)
WCF vs NCT: Which is More "Spiritual"?
One of the most persistent caricatures of Reformed orthodoxy is that it was (and remains) a lifeless, dead orthodoxy. Apparently some enthusiastic supporters of the so-called (self-described) “New Covenant” theology have taken up this view as a way of contrasting the piety . . . Continue reading →
The "Victorious Christian" or The Victorious Christ?
Nick explains
There is Such a Thing As Creation
Somewhere between the notion that we know the time and date of creation and the idea that “creation” is nothing more than a convention is the truth that there is a Creator (who knows and who has made himself known) and there . . . Continue reading →
Losing Our Religion
The WHI continues their series on Christianity in a Post-Christian Culture. Is there a problem, however, with speaking of a “Christian culture”? When was the culture Christian?
World and Life View: License to Baptize?
James Bond, Agent 007, had a “license to kill.” There are Reformed folk who also seem to have “license” of some sort or other based on what they call “the Christian world and life view” (hereafter, CWLV). This concept is interesting because . . . Continue reading →
Feb HRA Newsletter Out
At the Heidelberg Reformation Association.
Beyond Fundamentalism and Feminism
Back in May 2007 Carl Trueman raised the problem of the pressures females feel in conservative evangelical and Reformed Churches. This issue raises the question of how Reformed Christians ought to relate to the broader culture. How do we live in a . . . Continue reading →
Meet a Grad: Solomon Yang ('00)
This month’s profile features the Rev Mr Solomon Yang, pastor of New Life Mission Church (PCA) in Glendale, CA.
Godfrey: TV Church
A golden oldie now on the web at WSC.
Is Christianity Anti-Semitic?
Iain Campbell says, “No!”