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 →
2010 Archive
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 →
Was Warfield a Lutheran?
“There is no evidence presented here that the New Testament represents sanctification as received immediately by faith.” Read more»
Meet a WSC Grad: Joel Fick ('03)
Joel D. Fick (M.Div. ’03) is a church planter and pastor at Redemption Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, FL. Prior to serving at Redemption OPC he served as an Associate Pastor in the PCA. He and his wife Marianne have been happily married . . . Continue reading →
The Categorical Distinction in Berkhof
Thanks to Brandon for highlighting this passage in Berkhof (under the Doctrine of God). There’s an entire chapter on this topic in RRC.
Office Hours: The Class of 2010
UPDATE 3 June 2010 A few listeners have reported problems listening to Office Hours in Google Chrome (the browser). If you’re using Chrome and having difficulty hearing the program (or hearing all of it) try using Safari or Firefox. The best thing . . . Continue reading →
Godfrey: Real Calvinism is A Head and Heart Religion
“Strong on doctrine and scholarship, but weak on life, evangelism and passion.” Too frequently this is the popular image of Calvinism. Contemporary Calvinists may sometimes be responsible for perpetuating this image. In their eagerness for theological precision some Calvinists seem to want . . . Continue reading →
(Updated) Which Church History Survey Should I Read? (UPDATED)
I get this question frequently but the question usually rests on a premise I don’t share and so I don’t give the answer that most of my correspondents are expecting. The question usually assumes that there are a few good surveys of . . . Continue reading →
Horton Reviews N. T. Wright's After You Believe
In Christianity Today. Is Wright correct when he asserts “Basically, the whole idea of virtue has been radically out of fashion in much of Western Christianity ever since the sixteenth-century Reformation”? Could anyone read any of the Reformed literature from the 1530s . . . Continue reading →
The Priority of Justification in Calvin's Doctrine of Union with Christ
“Integral to John Calvin’s soteriology was his concept of the “double grace” gifted to all believers through their “partaking” in Christ. This double grace consisted both of justification and sanctification.[4] What is abundantly clear in Calvin’s scheme is that these gifts are . . . Continue reading →
A Reformed Appropriation and Adaptation of Aristotle in Mid-16th Century
Paul Helm surveys Peter Martyr Vermigli’s commentary on Aristotle.
The False "Gospel" of Technology
Mike Pohlman gets it right.
A Westminster Divine on the Threefold Distinction in the Law
“First, concerning the law of God, you know there are some of them: 1. Ceremonial, which consisted in Rights, and Ordinances, and Shadows, typifying Jesus Christ in his sufferings, unto which there was a full period put by the death of Christ. . . . Continue reading →
It's Not Misunderstanding, It's Disagreement
It is a common refrain of Federal Visionists that the orthodox, confessional Reformed ministers and churches who’ve read the FV books, articles, web pages, and blogs, just don’t understand the FV. Once more Wes White shows that just isn’t the case.
Witsius is Back!
Herman Witsius (1636–1708) was a faithful and godly Dutch Reformed pastor who also taught at Franeker, Utrecht, and Leiden. The traditional story about Witsius is that te sought to mediate between G. Voetius’ (1589–1676) concerns about piety and orthodoxy with the more . . . Continue reading →