And reflects on it at GB.
Christian Life
Kim Riddlebarger on the Keys of the Kingdom
Great stuff from Kim in TableTalk
To Change the World: James Davison Hunter Challenges Transformationalism
Hunter develops an alternative view of culture, one that assigns roles not only to ideas and artifacts but also to “elites, networks, technology, and new institutions.” American Christians—mainline Protestant, Catholic, and evangelical—will not and cannot change the world through evangelism, political action, . . . Continue reading →
Is the Strategic Plan Presbyterian?
“There are some attributes of a thing that can be altered without compromising its basic character. You could remove the stone cladding of Buckingham Palace to reveal the red brick underneath and it would still be Buckingham Palace. Yet if you painted the White . . . Continue reading →
Cracking the Apocalypse Code
Pre-mill? Post-mill? Or A-mill? The subject of the millennium, often portrayed as a period of unprecedented peace, ironically has been a theological battlefield for millennia. Missions agencies have refused missionaries, churches have rejected pastors, and seminaries have dismissed professors for lacking proper . . . Continue reading →
Second and Third Thoughts on Edwards
Few figures are as electrifying and divisive in the study of American religious history as Jonathan Edwards. To many he is and can be only St Jonathan, the paradigm of theology, piety, and practice. To others the story is more complicated. It . . . Continue reading →
Headline: Jesus Fired For Hanging Out with Sinners
Mutatis mutandis you’ll see the point (HT: AR).
New iTunes Feed for the Heidelcast
Thanks to Timothy Hopper for showing me how to change the iTunes feed for the Heidelcast. You can find it here. Now, when you look at the Heidelcast in iTunes it will show you the last 10 episodes. If you’re already subscribed . . . Continue reading →
Evangelicals and Gnostics Together?
Gnosticism is perhaps the most ancient heresy of all. It posits a radical spirit-matter dualism, matter/creation as the result of a demi-urge, a hierarchy of being and deities, it denies the OT, the God of the OT, and the humanity of Jesus. . . . Continue reading →
Once More On Comments (Updated)
Update: a Canadian journalist agrees. (HT: Norman Petersman)
Was Adam a Historical Person?
Bob Strimple, professor emeritus of Systematic Theology, Westminster Seminary California, says “Yes!” and yes, it matters.
Who Says the Gospel is No Motive to Holiness?
One of the more disturbing things I’ve heard during the recent decade of controversy concerning the various attempts to revise the Reformed doctrine of justification is the claim made by some well-regarded, quite influential, Reformed folks that “guilt, grace, gratitude” structure of . . . Continue reading →
Heresy Never Dies: The Audio
Martin Downes spoke at the recent Twin Lakes Fellowship. Here’s the audio.
Got Pulpit Supply?
Westminster Seminary California new Pulpit Supply Program helps churches fill open pulpits with Christ-centered gospel preaching and helps available M.Div. graduates with placement in churches. WSC funds travel expenses and the congregation pays an honorarium. For more information, please contact pulpitsupply@wscal.edu. Westminster Seminary California: . . . Continue reading →
Dealing with Disappointment with the Church
“The church let me down.” That’s probably true. Now what? Kevin DeYoung is addressing this question.
Hurtado: The Uniqueness of the Resurrection
Nice essay on the early Christian doctrine of the resurrection at Slate.com (HT: Jon Moersch).
Horton Comments on Warren at DGM
Nail, meet hammer.
Dispensationalism May Get You Arrested
Bad theology tends to produce bad living.
Mary Baker Eddy's Newspaper Discovers Mark Dever
The results are interesting.
It Takes One to Know One
Wes White is a penitent ex-federal visionary. He’s engaged in a serious struggle in his PCA presbytery with Federal Visionists and they’ve pulled out all the stops to try to shut him up by complaining in the courts of the church against . . . Continue reading →