Thanks to Brandon Wilkins for more good stuff on this essential biblical, Christian, and Reformed distinction.
June 2010 Archive
What Does an Alcoholic/Addict Need?
The question came up recently about how Christians should think about the “12-Step” programs that treat alcoholism/addiction as a disease and that catechize alcoholics/addicts into deism. More than twenty years ago I began to try to address these issues in a paper. . . . Continue reading →
The Fall
Don’t Build It or Build a Bigger One?
A giant violation of the second commandment (that’s the one forbidding visible representations of God) burned to the ground yesterday near Cincinnati, OH after being struck by lightening (HT: Brad Lindvall).
Office Hours: Where Wisdom is Found
UPDATE: Here’s a brief update on the latest Office Hours contest and a look ahead to upcoming episodes. Be sure to subscribe to Office Hours in iTunes, via RSS, or Zune so as not to miss anything. § Office Hours this week . . . Continue reading →
Nobody Expects the Italian Reformation (link corrected)
But it happened, briefly and the good news here is that it’s back. Andrea Ferrari is a pastor of the Reformed Congregation in Milan, Italy. He’s also an author who has written (in English!) on one of the more significant Italian Reformed . . . Continue reading →
Scars of Various Sorts
This is why you shouldn’t miss the OLTS.
List of SBL Abbreviations for Biblical Books
If this makes sense to you you’ll understand. If it doesn’t don’t worry about it:
Transcript: Keller on Gospel "Eco-Systems"
Thanks to Bill Schweitzer for transcribing this talk by Tim Keller that was given recently to at Renew South Florida. Thanks to Jon Payne for sending it along. Lots of good, interesting, and thoughtful stuff here but can you find the missing . . . Continue reading →
Like Which Jesus?
Ray Ortlund says that Reformed people need to be more like Jesus. That’s doubtless true! All believers need to be more and more conformed to the image of Christ. That’s sanctification. The issue isn’t so much whether Reformed people need to become . . . Continue reading →
Getting the Gospel Right: It’s Harder Than It Looks And Simpler Than It Seems
Thanks to WSC student Brenden Link for the latest installment in the WSC video series. This episode features WSC MDiv student Jon Bushnell (class of 2011). Check out our Youtube channel.
Audio: Godfrey on the Psalms, Calvin, and Contemporary Worship
Thanks to Jeff Downs and the folks at GPTS for posting these: The Psalms and Contemporary Worship Calvin and the Worship of God
It's Not Just Evangelicals Who Are QIRC-y and QIRE-ish
Can you say theologia gloriae? I can say, theologia crucis.
Pray for the Advancement of the Gospel in Heidelberg
Sebastian sends some updates about the church-planting work in Heidelberg: Pray for those who are still on the fringes of the congregation; visitors who’ve not yet committed to join the body. Pray for Matthias Mangold, a fine young theology student who is . . . Continue reading →
Questions to Ask When Facing the Dark Arts
More good stuff from Martin Downes.
Spiritual Maturity and the Psalms
Wes has good stuff from Herman Selderhuis.
Kim Riddlebarger's Recommended Summer Reading
At the RB.
Office Hours: Bryan Estelle on the OT, Mountains, and Machen
UPDATE 8 Jun 2010: Here’s a bonus for HB readers: You’ll wish that you had listened to this interview. This week Office Hours talks to Dr Bryan Estelle, Associate Professor of Old Testament at Westminster Seminary California about his life, his work . . . Continue reading →
M. Jay Bennett is Reading CJPM
It’s become clear in recent months that the FV/NPP controversies in the broader evangelical and Reformed worlds haven’t gone away. A leading congregation in the Gospel Coalition has implicitly endorsed N T Wright by having him speak to a church-sponsored gathering. There . . . Continue reading →
It's Wrong When the Left Does It and Wrong When the Right Does It
According to the Presbyterian Layman Online (HT: AR) the PCUSA (the mainline, overwhelmingly liberal presbyterian denomination in N. America) has appointed a new director of what the Layman calls “controversial Washington lobbying office of the Presbyterian Church (USA).” My guess is that the . . . Continue reading →