Sacramental Piety has an interesting eclectic top-10 list including RRC and M. Jay Bennett has a top-11 list including RRC.
Recovering the Reformed Confession
Top Ten HB Posts for 2009
The HB began in 2007 as a low-key exposition of the Heidelberg CatechismHeidelberg Catechism and gradually morphed into a discussion of issues surrounding the federal vision and then into a broader discussion of contemporary issues surrounding the recovery of the Reformed confession. . . . Continue reading →
Pastor Jeff Says RRC One of Top Ten Reads of '09
Thanks Pastor!
Great Resources for Recovering the Reformed Confession in 2010
The Daily Westminster Provides readings each day from the Westminster Standards. Daily Confession provides resources from the Standards and the Three Forms of Unity (and other resources). It’s a beautiful thing. Imagine checking your RSS feeds and one them is not some . . . Continue reading →
The Joy of Being Reformed
Anthony Selvaggio has a nice essay at Ref21 on the struggle of confessional Reformed folk to experience a particular fruit of the Spirit. Like Anthony, I too am an immigrant to the Reformed world and am sometimes surprised at how much some . . . Continue reading →
Eric Liddell Lives
His name is Euan Murray. He plays rugby for Scotland six days a week but not on the Sabbath. “The Sabbath’s not a day for playing rugby.” Well, he didn’t say that but he could have. He did tell the UK Daily . . . Continue reading →
Better Late Than Never: NTJ 13.3 is Available
It doesn’t look like much but the NTJ packs a verbal punch. Published by the Old Life Theological Society and edited by the redoubtable D. G. Hart and John Muether the Nicotine Theological Journal is “dedicated to recovering the connection between Reformed faith . . . Continue reading →
More on Fencing the Table: Dutch Reformed Voices
I’ve been thinking more lately about the scandal of fencing the table. I should have thought to do this earlier. Researching an answer to another question I ran across some interesting Dutch Reformed (in this case, Christian Reformed) sources on this question. . . . Continue reading →
Translation of the Synposis of Polanus' Syntagma
Amandus Polanus’ Syntagma is one of the greatest works of 17th-century Reformed theology that most have never read. Wes Bredenhof, however, has translated the brief overview of the Syntagma (sentences). It’s on his blog.
Perkins on Sacramental Efficacy
Thanks to Chris Gordon for posting a brief bit from Perkins where he ties the efficacy of the sacraments, not to any power inherent in the sacraments, but to the will and good pleasure of God. He has a nice follow-up post . . . Continue reading →
The Trouble with TULIPS
When the young neo-Evangelicals, Billy Graham, Carl F. H. Henry, & co. established Christianity Today in 1956 they did so to offer an alternative to the more liberal Christian Century magazine. In its early years there was a strong confessionally Reformed presence . . . Continue reading →
The Confessional Presbyterian: Vol 5 Now Available
You can order it here. Copies will be available in The Bookstore at WSC later this month, Dv. Back copies are available in the bookstore. Here are the contents:
Someone Should Write a Book About This Phenomenon
Lily Fowler, at Slate.com describes the QIRE very well. She sees what many Christians are unable or unwilling to see: “But Promise Keepers also offered something different from a church: an unmediated relationship with God. [emphasis added -rsc] The stadium rallies produce an . . . Continue reading →
He Agrees with RRC (I think)
David Wallover, pastor of Harvest Presbyterian Church in Medina, OH has written a provocative review of RRC comparing and contrasting with with Jim Belcher’s Deep Church. First, I’m grateful that he read the book and took the time to comment on it. Second, . . . Continue reading →
Differences Between Lutheran and Reformed Orthodoxy
Prior to the 19th century, orthodox, confessional Lutheran and Reformed theologians used to read each other’s work and interact more than they do now. I’m not entirely sure when we stopped talking to each other but it seems clear to me that . . . Continue reading →
Tradition and Confession in Scripture
Jim Renihan has some helpful comments. For more on this see Recovering the Reformed Confession. It’s $16.00 at the Bookstore at WSC.
Post-Thanksgiving Cartoons: Reply to James White
Yes, I’m aware that James White has posted a caricature of my views. Thanks to everyone who wrote to make sure I saw that. Rather than trying to respond to all of his claims, let me focus today on just one to . . . Continue reading →
The Solution to a Great Lot of Problems
Antinomianism and legalism will always be with us. They have plagued the church since the apostolic age (read Galatians and 1 Corinthians). In the seventeenth century, however, appeared a marvelous remedy for both: The Marrow of Modern Divinity. The adjective “modern” is . . . Continue reading →
Of Sacred Cows and Secret Societies
At the beginning of the Christian Reformed Church (CRCNA), in 1857, there were three great reasons given for separating from the Reformed Church in America (RCA): the RCA sang hymns instead psalms, the RCA did not send children to Christian schools, and . . . Continue reading →
Be Still My Heart…Oh Never Mind
When I saw the headline….