Office Hours could use your help. If you have benefited from Office Hours, if you enjoyed the most recent episode with Bob Godfrey, or the interview with Sinclair Ferguson, or the interviews with Darryl Hart, or Mike Horton, or Terry Johnson, or . . . Continue reading →
Christian Life
Pastor Shane is Reading Always Reformed
He writes: “It may never catch on, but I like this kind of language better: ‘The Reformed tradition’ or ‘The Reformed part of Christianity’ (or something along those lines). . Read more» Order your copy of Always Reformed from the Bookstore at WSC . . . Continue reading →
Pastor Dave Likes Courageous Calvinism
He writes: What is striking about this is his forthright approach to creeds and confessions – there will be no picking and choosing of what one likes or dislikes. There will be no shading of truth. There will be the straightforward and . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: Godfrey on the Myth of Influence
The latest episode of Office Hours is out via iTunes and on the website. In this episode, Office Hours talks with Dr W. Robert Godfrey about the “myth of influence” and how that myth shapes our attitudes and behaviors. Read this article. . . . Continue reading →
Nunc Super Tunc
Originally posted 5 March 2009 The title is Latin for “Now is superior to then.”1 It’s a shorthand way of getting at an attitude that is widespread among American Christians that whatever we think and do now is necessarily superior to anything . . . Continue reading →
Can This Really Be True? Yet Another Reason Machen Was Right?
Did school officials really suspend a Sanford, NC high school student and then file criminal charges against her because she took her dad’s lunch bag (which contained a small paring knife) to school? School officials say that had she turned herself in . . . Continue reading →
Confessional Presbyterian Volume 6 Available Now
The Confessional Presbyterian is six years old this year. Volume 6 is as outstanding and useful as the previous 5 volumes. You may subscribe before Jan 1, 2011 for $18.00 (($25 Institutional/Foreign). The USA rate will rise to the normal retail price . . . Continue reading →
All the Children Are Not Above Average
In Lake Wobegon all the children are above average. Outside of Lake Wobegon, however, it isn’t so. Therein lies the problem. Of course Garrison Keillor is being funny. In the nature of things, all the children cannot be above average. A recent . . . Continue reading →
Reformation Fatigue?
Darryl Hart writes, Several years have passed since Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom co-authored, Is the Reformation Over? An Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism (2005) but their recognition of Rome’s growing appeal to evangelical Protestants is no less true today than it . . . Continue reading →
Is it Wrong to Be Right? (Updated)
When we moved to the UK in the early 90s one of the several aspects of culture shock that we experienced was the plainness and forthrightness with which people spoke. I don’t know from experience that what we experienced was universal throughout . . . Continue reading →
Two Easy Ways to Help Office Hours
There are two easy ways for you to help Office Hours this week: —First, if you have benefitted from Office Hours go to iTunes and write a short review. This will let others know about the program. —Second, go to the Office . . . Continue reading →
Updated Resource Page: For Students Considering Seminary
In my never-ending quest to serve our “one-click” world I’ve compiled a great lot of resources (video, audio, and text) into a resource page (there’s a list of them on the left side of the home page of the HB) for students . . . Continue reading →
Check Out the New WSC Website and Valiant for Truth
The Westminster Seminary California website has undergone some body work and while they were painting the body they added a little power to the engine. Beginning today, WSC has a faculty blog, “Valiant for Truth.” Subscribe here. The first post is by Bob . . . Continue reading →
Zac is Reading Always Reformed
He like R. C. Sproul’s story about Joseph’s pants.
New: Histories and Fallacies
Just picked this up in the Bookstore at Westminster Seminary California and plan to read it today. It looks terrific. I was reading it when I was interrupted by Bob Godfrey, who stopped into the studio for an interview (to be broadcast . . . Continue reading →
Rome and Westminster Seminary California (Updated)
27 November 2010 I continue to receive queries about this topic because of an anonymous YouTube post. So, I re-post what I wrote in July, 2008. In what follows I am not speaking in any official capacity nor am I speaking on . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: Fesko on Word, Water, and Spirit (Baptism)
The latest episode of Office Hours is out via iTunes and RSS. John Fesko talks about his new book, Word, Water, and Spirit. This volume is available now through The Bookstore at WSC. This episode is available now on iTunes. We’re taking . . . Continue reading →
Face to Face: Horton on the Importance of Ministerial Education
For more on this topic see this essay on “Why Pastors Need a Seminary Education.”
Office Hours: Darryl Hart on the American Church and Confessionalism
The latest episode of Office Hours is out via iTunes and RSS. Darryl Hart talks about his journey to the Reformed confession and discusses the relations between confessionalism and the American church. This episode is available now on iTunes. It should be . . . Continue reading →
When the Salesman Gets His Foot in the Door
It’s probably a dated image but I remember door-to-door salesmen. Today salesmen are more likely to come round via phone, email, or pop-up ads. I guess they still come round but things have changed enough that it’s just a little unnerving to . . . Continue reading →