Originally published on the HB 22 Dec 2008. As a young boy I certainly believed in Santa. We made the annual cookie oblation and went to bed under the conditional covenant that he would not come if we did not sleep (or . . . Continue reading →
Reformed Ethics
Office Hours: Godfrey and VanDrunen on Christ, Kingdom and Culture
In today’s episode of Office Hours, W. Robert Godfrey, President and Professor of Church History at Westminster Seminary California and David VanDrunen, Robert B. Strimple Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics talk about the upcoming WSC Faculty Conference, “Christ, Kingdom, and . . . Continue reading →
Yet Another Reason Why a Reformed Two-Kingdoms Ethic is Necessary
Critics of the two-kingdoms ethic should consider this story from Salon.com. Julie Hirschfeld Davis reports that Roman bishops and archbishops have been influential in lobbying for a social-democrat version of “health care reform.”
Interview with Hart (Pt 2)
At Letters from Mississippi.
Common is Not Neutral and Secular is Not Dirty
So says Darryl at Old Life.
Audio: CTC Interviews Fekso on the Rule of Love
Online here. My sources at RHB tell me that “there is a special offer on the book for the first 50 participants, but people will need to listen for the coupon code announced in the broadcast in order to qualify for the . . . Continue reading →
The Strange Case of Jena, LA (Updated)
UPDATE 17 June 2009 The legal case has been resolved.
Jeff is Reading Grabill on Natural Law
And he comes to some interesting conclusions.
The Web is Bandit Country
Says Carl at Ref21.
Calvin On The Twofold Kingdom
Therefore, in order that none of us may stumble on that stone, let us first consider that there is a twofold government in man (duplex esse in homine regimen): one aspect is spiritual, whereby the conscience is instructed in piety and in . . . Continue reading →
Hart Replies to Kloosterman
From the OLTS: Nelson Kloosterman, professor of Ethics and New Testament Studies at Mid-America Reformed Seminary, is laying it on thick in a series for Christian Renewal, a Dutch-Canadian Reformed news and opinion magazine. The series is entitled, “The Bible, The Church, and . . . Continue reading →
More Baseball Analogies: Lent is Like Spring Training?
Darryl has discovered “PCA Conversations“
This looks Good
Kevin DeYoung’s new book, Just Do Something.
Audio: The Law of God & the Christian Available for Download
You can download these conference talks from Jan 2007. They are $2.00 each. Thanks to Matt Haeck for making work of this. I hope these lectures will put to rest some myths about WSC.
The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (2)
Part 1. According to Deuteronomy 29:29, believers are to trust in, rely upon, listen to, and obey that which God has revealed rather than seeking that which He has not revealed. In the history of salvation, seeking what God has not revealed . . . Continue reading →
The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (1)
The single most pressing question I hear is: “How can I know God’s will?” Prospective seminary students want to know whether they should attend seminary. Couples want to know whether they should get married. Ministers want to know whether to take a . . . Continue reading →
Natural Law, the Two Kingdoms, and Homosexual Marriage
David writes to ask how, from a “two kingdoms” perspective one should think about the question of whether the state should sanction homosexual marriage.
How Would Jesus Vote (And is that an appropriate question)?
That’s the provocative question asked in a new special issue of Modern Reformation magazine. It’s so new and special that it isn’t on the website yet, but you may call them (800 890 7556) or contact them online for more info. This . . . Continue reading →
When They Pry it From My Cold, Dead, Corpse
Not until then. We’ve moved beyond a “post-Christian” society into a post-human society.
Bryan Estelle: The Law and the Laws
From EVANGELIUM now online at WSC. You can subscribe to EVANGELIUM gratis.