Plan now to attend Seminary for a Day at Westminster Seminary California on 1 October. Here’s your opportunity to check out the campus, to meet the profs (as a group and individually), to sit in on a class, and to find out about . . . Continue reading →
What About the Promise?
Jason writes to ask (re-phrased for clarity): In your paper on baptism you wrote: “It is sometimes said, ‘I was baptized as an infant but did not come to faith until much later, so I was re-baptized.’ Might it not be the . . . Continue reading →
On Prejudice Against Rural Ministry
Darryl Hart asks some provocative questions.
Irenaeus On Apostolic Succession
I’m reviewing Charles E. Hill, From the Lost Teaching of Polycarp: Identifying Irenaeus’ Apostolic Presbyter and the Author of Ad Diognetum. vol. 186, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006). 207 pages (incl. index) for the Confessional Presbyterian. He writes, In . . . Continue reading →
New Online: WSC Stuff (shirts, hats, pens, thumbdrives)
Yes, you can now order WSC stuff for that WSC alumnus or prospective student or for your pastor or for yourself. Clothing here (hoodies, sweatshirts, polos etc). Mugs, glasses, thumbdrives etc are here.
Trueman on Calvin Context
at YT (HT: DGH)
More Church (re) Planting in the Midwest
There are segments in the USA (Philadelphia, Grand Rapids, Greenville, SC) where there is a relative abundance of confessional Reformed congregations. There are places, however, large swaths of the country where it’s difficult, if not impossible, to find a confessional Reformed congregation. . . . Continue reading →
Chaos Takes T David's Advice
At Creed or Chaos
Another WSC Alumnus to Pastoral Ministry
Congratulations to WSC alumnus Matt Fray who reports: Thank you very much for your encouragement and prayers! By God’s help and grace the Savannah River Presbytery approved my ordination this morning (after the nerve-wracking process of a 3-hour committee exam, preaching for . . . Continue reading →
Let Them Learn Latin (Latinam Linguam Comperiant)
At the Atlantic (HT: Alan Jacobs)
The Mission: Church (re) Planting in Grand Forks, ND
Wes White has the story.
New in the Bookstore at WSC
There is a new section on website for The Bookstore at WSC: a listing for new books. Among the new titles is Engaging with Barth featuring essays by Mike Horton, WSC alumnus Ryan Glomsrud (who is defending his DPhil thesis on Barth . . . Continue reading →
New in The Bookstore at WSC: Risking the Truth
A collection of interviews on handling truth and error in the church. Contributors reflect on this issue in relation to the minister‘s own life, pulpit ministry, local church leadership, seminary training, denominations, the impact of the academy, Evangelicalism, contemporary trends, history, creeds . . . Continue reading →
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 →
New Reformation2Germany Newsletter Out
It was a joy to meet Sebastian Heck in Geneva and to hear firsthand a bit about how the work is going. They have a small core group, a church order, and offices in which to work but they’re searching for a . . . Continue reading →
The Marrow of Modern Divinity on the Covenant of Works
Todd is reading the Marrow and finding it strangely relevant.
Let's Swap Bank Accounts
Martin explains
Martin Downes Interviewed
On Exiled Preacher
On Perspicuity and the Power of the Word
In response to this post on sola scriptura Bryan (a recent convert to Rome) writes, “I understand the desire to give God all the glory. But the problem with the idea that “we have no part, not in this story” is that . . . Continue reading →
The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way
it’s out in April (900+ pages!). Here’s the publisher’s description: Michael Horton’s highly anticipated The Christian Faith represents his magnum opus and will be viewed as one of—if not the—most important systematic theologies since Louis Berkhof wrote his in 1932. A prolific, . . . Continue reading →