The latest episode of Christ the Center is out and the topic is my chapter in Always Reformed concerned Sister Aimee Semple McPherson and what we can learn about the nature of American Religion from her and how that revised perception might . . . Continue reading →
The distinction between law and gospel is one of the most fundamental aspects of the Protestant Reformation. It was essential to the Reformation and it was a basic part of both early Reformed theology and Reformed orthodoxy. For a variety of reasons . . . Continue reading →
Chapter 29—What then? Did not Adam have the grace of God? Yes, truly, he had it largely, but of a different kind. He was placed in the midst of benefits which he had received from the goodness of his Creator; for he had . . . Continue reading →
After reading (devouring) Carl Trueman’s excellent book on historiography I took his advice and got (I had to drive to La Jolla during rush hour) and quite enjoyed John Cornwell’s, Newman’s Unquiet Grave: The Reluctant Saint. I knew the outlines of Newman’s . . . Continue reading →
Wes White has an update on the Missouri Presbytery investigation of Jeffrey Meyers. One of the leading Federal Visionists thinks it’s a good thing.
Americans love a comeback story. Americans also love magic. Sometimes the two converge as they did in the Ted Williams story. He was a radio announcer, with a great voice, who became a drunk and a drug addict.
Darryl Hart’s latest interview on Christ the Center is available now. He’s discussing his chapter in Always Reformed, “Make War No More? The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of J. Gresham Machen’s Warrior Children.” Don’t miss it. If you like this interview you’ll . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours could use your help. If you have benefited from Office Hours, if you enjoyed the most recent episode with Bob Godfrey, or the interview with Sinclair Ferguson, or the interviews with Darryl Hart, or Mike Horton, or Terry Johnson, or . . . Continue reading →
He writes: “It may never catch on, but I like this kind of language better: ‘The Reformed tradition’ or ‘The Reformed part of Christianity’ (or something along those lines). . Read more» Order your copy of Always Reformed from the Bookstore at WSC . . . Continue reading →
That might be the spirit of the age. Road rage. One driver pulls sharply in front of another driver and the second says “How dare you?” In some cases violence ensues. Just yesterday a troubled student burst into his high school office . . . Continue reading →
He writes: What is striking about this is his forthright approach to creeds and confessions – there will be no picking and choosing of what one likes or dislikes. There will be no shading of truth. There will be the straightforward and . . . Continue reading →
The latest episode of Office Hours is out via iTunes and on the website. In this episode, Office Hours talks with Dr W. Robert Godfrey about the “myth of influence” and how that myth shapes our attitudes and behaviors. Read this article. . . . Continue reading →
For several years I’ve been concerned about a particular confusion of Christ and culture, i.e., that confusion common among American evangelicals, that passes for piety but that has little to do with actual, biblical piety as Scripture is understood and confessed by . . . Continue reading →
Originally posted 5 March 2009 The title is Latin for “Now is superior to then.”1 It’s a shorthand way of getting at an attitude that is widespread among American Christians that whatever we think and do now is necessarily superior to anything . . . Continue reading →
“We renew our recommendation that Presbyteries vote against adopting the BCO 14 amendments and seek improved formulations. Moreover, it is hoped that any Presbyteries which have not yet voted on the proposals will at least engage in deliberative study of this overture . . . Continue reading →
He writes: For those of us in the PCA there is great merit in interacting with these essays. I liked the book so much and thought it to be so timely that I purchased several copies and gave it to the elders of . . . Continue reading →
Arguably two of the issues that separate confessional Reformed folk from their Baptist friends are the Sabbath and Baptism. For many Baptists (but not all—there are confessional Baptists who agree with the Reformed on the Sabbath) it is a given that the . . . Continue reading →
Did school officials really suspend a Sanford, NC high school student and then file criminal charges against her because she took her dad’s lunch bag (which contained a small paring knife) to school? School officials say that had she turned herself in . . . Continue reading →
Introduction In my response to Tom Schreiner’s critique of the Reformed confession of the Sabbath I wrote, “Underlying Schreiner’s approach to both the Baptism and Sabbath questions is a very large but often unstated a priori conviction about the nature of the new . . . Continue reading →