Iain Campbell says, “No!”
The Defense of the Faith
Reason From Scripture
Four WSC students have a new blog devoted to “Reformed theology and analytic philosophy for the contemporary church.”
Are We All Really Abraham’s Children?
Something I heard recently led to me think about the claim that is frequently made about the three great Western religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We are all frequently said to be “people of the book” and just as frequently said to . . . Continue reading →
Machen: The Gospel As History
Dan has your weekly Machen fix.
Rome Re-Thinks Limited Inerrancy?
Or maybe not. Collin Hansen explains.
The Differences Between Canonical and Non-Canonical Writings
The way some write about some of the extra-canonical or post-canonical or deutero-canonical writings one would expect the differences between the canonical and non-canonical texts to be negligible. That’s not what I find.
Is Bibliolatry Possible?
Steve Baugh has the answer.
We Do Have the Autographa
The question arose on the PB, “Why is it OK that we don’t have the original autographs?”
Vos on the Historical Reliability of Scripture
Thanks to Wayne Sparkman at the PCA Historical Society for posting an essay by the redoubtable Geerhardus Vos that is as timely today as it was when it first appeared in 1905: “The Christian Faith and the Truthfulness of Bible History,” Princeton Theological Review . . . Continue reading →
Rowland Ward Reviews Andy McGowan on Scripture
Here. (HT: Lig Duncan)
Speaking of Putting God in a Box
Shane Lems has a post on the Mormon doctrine of God. The guys in white shirts coming up your walk aren’t your brothers in Christ.
A Defense of the Field Committee Report
From Lane Tipton in the Ordained Servant.
Back on the Table Again
Martin Downes has been blogging the renewed controversy over the inerrancy of God’s Word. This is a discussion that many have not wanted to have for a long time. When I started seminary in 1984 the sounds of the last “Battle for the Bible” . . . Continue reading →
Bob Strimple Reviews "Expelled"
Bob Strimple was President of WSC when I was a student there in the mid-80s. He was the first professor of Systematic Theology and he is now President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology. He is the author of The Modern . . . Continue reading →
Getting Expelled (UPDATE)
UPDATE: It was sold out last night in Escondido. Whatever the critics may be saying (and they aren’t being kind; but are they being fair?) that’s pretty impressive for a documentary.
More From Hart on the Enns Controversy and the Auburn Affirmation
From a comment at the GB discussion: …The trouble is whether people will read, let alone try to understand, their answers. Believe it or not, Calvin and Old Princeton were pretty careful not to equate inerrancy with a scientific understanding of the . . . Continue reading →
On the Physical Death of Jesus
William D. Edwards, MD; Wesley J. Gabel, MDiv; Floyd E. Hosmer, MS, AMI, “On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ,” Journal of the American Medical Association 255.11 (Mar 21, 1986): 1455-63 (HT: Justin Taylor). Modern medical interpretation of the historical evidence indicates . . . Continue reading →
Vos Still Matters
WSC grad and PhD student Andrew Compton points out something I have thought for many years, that Geerhardus Vos fundamentally undermined the entire higher critical (liberal) project. Since that time it is often the case when I read some (higher) critical commentary . . . Continue reading →
In Case You're Worried About Purgatory
Good news for those evangelicals and nominally Reformed folk who are thinking of going to “Rome Sweet Home:” Yesterday, the Holy Father himself promulgated a new plenary indulgence (HT: διαθηκη). “What?” you say, “I thought Rome was shamed into giving up plenary . . . Continue reading →