Provocative language that can’t be blamed on cold-hearted Reformed confessionalists since Russell Moore is a Baptist with impeccable evangelical credentials. He says in part, The reason many college students identify primarily with a campus ministry rather than with a church is not . . . Continue reading →
Recovering the Reformed Confession
Re-Thinking the Old Paradigm From Within
One of the reasons I wrote Recovering the Reformed Confession was to help professedly Reformed Christians re-connect to their heritage. When, in the early 1980s, I began researching the Reformed tradition I was surprised to learn not only how the Reformed theology, piety, . . . Continue reading →
The Courage to Be Protestant
David Wells was the guest for the 5 October White Horse Inn. If you haven’t heard this interview you must. You should also ask your pastor and elders to listen to it. David has diagnosed very well what is happening to “evangelical” churches. The . . . Continue reading →
New Nicotine Theological Journal 12.3 (Summer 2008)
John Muether writes the lead essay, “GA Roundup: Mute Courts” surveying some the major actions of the OP and PCA summer assemblies. If you’ve ever had to listen to a fraternal delegate abuse his privilege, you shouldn’t miss this one. Darryl Hart . . . Continue reading →
iMonk: Evangelicalism's Stock Needs to Drop
Michael explains why. It’s also possible, according to Darryl Hart, that “evangelicalism” doesn’t exist. Mike Horton has argued that “evangelicalism” should be considered just a place to talk, a village green of sort. Clark argues that Reformed Christians are “evangelical” but not . . . Continue reading →
Recovering the Reformation Conference Coming Up
Hope to see you in Colorado Springs at the end of this month. I’ll be there to speak at the Colorado Springs Reformation Day Conference hosted by Pastor David Reese and the folks at the Springs Reformed Church.
Pastor Garber Wants His Congregation to Be Confessional
And he’s reading Recovering the Reformed Confession as part of the program. Click on the book for more info. So does Pastor Efflandt! Note: The Bookstore at WSC is temporarily out-of-stock so I’m directing orders to RHB (where it is the featured book this . . . Continue reading →
More Bavinck
And the hits just keep coming. This month’s New Horizons is dedicated to Herman Bavinck. The translation of the final volume is a great blessing and benefit to the “sideline” confessional Reformed and Presbyterian churches. It’s a great academic benefit to those . . . Continue reading →
Recovering: The RHB Deal of the Month!
It’s the Reformation Heritage Books Deal of the Month for October for only $15.00. Click on the image to order. J. Lim has quotations at Reformed Blogging.
"Were You In Our Session Meeting?"
One reader writes to say, “It resonated with me as nothing I’ve read for years. Water on parched ground.” Another reader says, “I purchased a copy of Recovering the Reformed Confession today (it came over night) and I read the first chapter.” He continues . . . Continue reading →
Bavinck on Presumptive Regeneration (And Other Things)
In Saved By Grace just out from RHB. With the Bavinck conference and blog and new volumes coming out, there’s a veritable Bavinck Blizzard! This volume, like anything from Bavinck, is worth having and reading. I read part of it in a pre-publication . . . Continue reading →
The October Reformation Voice: Recovering the Reformed Confession
Is online. Howard Sloan is Coordinating Secretary of the HRA and writes in the introduction to this month’s issue: Blessings and peace to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. This month’s issue is themed “Recovering the Reformed Confession.” This . . . Continue reading →
It's Out: Recovering the Reformed Confession
Click on the image to order. You can see the front matter (table of contents etc) and read a sample chapter online for free. It’s $19.63 for 350 pages. There is more info here. Thanks to Kim, Martin, Lane, Dennis, Timothy, Danny, Ben, . . . Continue reading →
Herman Bavinck Online
Here (HT: Justin). I’ll add a permanent link to the blogroll.
Audio: Calvin, Geneva, and Psalmody
An interesting joint talk/lecture by Karin Maag and Paul Fields at the Meeter Center (Calvin Theological Seminary and Calvin College) on Calvin, the Psalms, and the Reformation of worship in Geneva.
There's a Crisis in the Reformed Churches
and it’s back in print. The Bookstore at WSC should have some shortly at a discount.
Audio: Horton on Systematic Theology
There’s another major project in the works. Here’s the preview.
It's About to Become A Lot Easier
to Recover the Reformed Confession. Reformation Heritage Books (the publisher of the Classic Reformed Theology series) is publishing, at the end of October, the first volume in in a multi-volume collection of the Reformed Confessions of the 16th and 17th Centuries.
White Horse Inn: Christianity, Politics, and the Two Kingdoms
Mike hosted an excellent roundtable discussion featuring Darryl Hart, adjunct professor at WSC and Director of Academic Programs at ISI, Dan Bryant, former Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice, and Neil McBride, a strategist for the Democratic Party. This is . . . Continue reading →
Justification And Union With Christ
The mystical union in the sense in which we are now speaking of it is not the judicial ground, on the basis of which we become partakers of the riches that are in Christ. It is sometimes said that the merits of . . . Continue reading →