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 →
Christ is God's "Yes"
For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory (2 Cor 1:20). Thanks to Andrew for reminding us of this excellent passage from . . . Continue reading →
Pushing Out…Pushing In
No one understood it completely at the time, but when Mary pushed out that baby, God pushed into the world the long-expected Prophet, Priest, and King. —Kevin DeYoung
Anselm on the Necessity of the Incarnation
Thanks to WSC MA (Historical Theology) student Jennifer Petrik for posting this bit from Cur Deus Homo? (Why the God-Man?)
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 →
Two Kingdoms or Two Decalogues?
Darryl asks more provocative questions.
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 →
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
John Fesko explains a little about the historical and biblical background to this popular Christmas hymn (which, I might add, one might sing at home but not during a stated service but it’s an edifying study so…)
On Lapsing Members: Coping with a Transient Culture
Re-Posted from Sept 9, 2009. The HB has addressed the problem of “churchless evangelicals” before. This question is a little different. How should consistories/sessions address the problem of members of a congregation who simply seem to disappear as if they’ve fallen off . . . 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 →
On P&R Churches and "Holy Days"
Andy Webb has a very helpful post on this topic. Darryl Hart asks when Presbyterians became Adventists? With the help of Leigh Eric Schmidt makes some very interesting and important points about the way commercial interests coincided with the interests of revivalist . . . Continue reading →
Clergy Ratings Hit 32-Year Low
According to a December 11, 2009 story in USA Today a Gallup Poll shows that Americans’ views of the “honesty and ethics” of clergy have hit a 32-year low, with just half rating their moral caliber as high or very high….” We . . . Continue reading →
Baptism and the Benefits of Christ: The Double Mode of Communion
Thanks to Chris Coldwell, editor of The Confessional Presbyterian, for making the
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 →
Darryl Hart on the Manhattan Declaration
At the Front Porch Republic. RELATED POST Here’s Mike Horton’s critique.
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:
More Bad News For The Mainline
A December 7, 2009 report from the Barna Group details the continued slide of the mainline churches (i.e. the American Baptist Churches in the USA; the Episcopal Church; the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; the Presbyterian Church (USA); the United Church of . . . Continue reading →
SoCal Reformed Fellowship Jan 29-31
The speaker is Ron Svendson, pastor of Valley PCA. Info is on the SoCal Reformed Fellowship blog.
Proposed by SJC Panel: Indict Leithart
A panel of two teaching elders (ministers) and two ruling elders (elders) has recommended to the full Standing Judicial Commission of the Presbyterian Church in America that the complaint against the Pacific NW Presbytery of the PCA, which refused to prosecute the . . . Continue reading →