Darryl posts an interesting bit from Benedict’s social history of Calvinism.
2009 Archive
Audio: Hywel Jones on Counseling from Job
Thanks to the folks at IBCD for posting these talks by our own Hywel Jones on lessons from Job for pastoral counselors. Here is the HB audio archive of this talk.
New Office Hours: Steve Baugh on Confessing the Reformed Faith and Doing NT Scholarship
It’s the first Monday of the month and that means it’s time for a new Office Hours podcast from Westminster Seminary California. This month Office Hours talks with Steve Baugh, Professor of New Testament at WSC. Steve is an outstanding scholar of . . . Continue reading →
Guy de Bres Before His Martyrdom
Thanks to Wes for posting this extract from Guy de Bres’ defense of the faith before his martyrdom, at the hands of the Romanists, in 1567. de Bres was the author of the Belgic Confession, which is the confession of faith held . . . Continue reading →
Audio: Exposition of the Nine Points (part 7) "Covenantal Arminianism"
Exposition of the Nine Points (Pt 7)-Covenantal Arminianism Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that a person can be historically, conditionally elect, regenerated, savingly united to Christ, justified, and adopted by virtue of participation in the outward administration of the . . . Continue reading →
CT Reports on Shifts within Inter-Varsity
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 →
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 →