This axiom, of course, explains so much about Bob Godfrey, but I digress before I begin. Don’t worry, somewhere, in a coffee shop in Escondido, Bob is insulting me to some bewildered stranger. Merry Christmas Bob! Kevin Efflandt has an excellent reminder . . . Continue reading →
Recovering the Reformed Confession
Jansenism Lives
Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638) Bishop of Ypres – founder of the Jansenist Movement Continue reading →
Picking a Psalm for Worship
Not having been raised in the Reformed tradition, indeed, not having been raised in the church, I am still getting to know the Psalter the way I should. Second, I don’t read music. As my musical children tell their unmusical dad, “The . . . Continue reading →
More on Worship and the RPW
I have some posts in response to the post earlier today on worship. Jamie asks, …Do you believe in any kind of responsive reading of creeds or confessions? I was in a Free Church of Scotland all last year, and I know . . . Continue reading →
If We Won't Discipline, Are We Really the Church?
One of the clearest commands our Lord gave during his ministry, before his crucifixion, death, burial, and ascension, was to practice discipline in the congregations (Matt 18). It has been abused, but more often it has been neglected. The Apostle Paul also . . . Continue reading →
Idea: Let’s Try Every Way But Christ’s Way
Thanks to a link by Justin Taylor, I read an article by Nancy Morganthaler this morning that is disturbing on so many levels, I hardly know where to begin. I begin with confession: I tried and failed miserably “to do the church . . . Continue reading →
More On The Second Service
I’m getting some interesting feedback on the earlier post regarding the second service. A few thoughts:
Why A Second Service?
Here is a link to an excellent piece by G. H. Visscher. One of the most disturbing trends of modern Reformed church life is the disappearance of the second service. What does it mean? It means at least two things: 1) we’ve . . . Continue reading →
Lex Credendi
The medievals had a slogan, “The law of praying is the law of believing.” It means, “If we can change liturgy, we can change what folk believe.” This axiom means that whoever controls the liturgy controls the future of the church, humanly . . . Continue reading →
Talking Past One Another?
I didn’t know Rich Mouw has a blog. Indeed, a number of evangelical scholars maintain blogs, including John Stackhouse (blog no longer available). In a recent entry he responded to criticism of his essay in The Christian Century proposing that Protestant re-think . . . Continue reading →