Carl explains this and other absurdities at Ref21.
Ecclesial Apartheid?
What’s weird is that it’s often intentional.
Life Imitating Art
Kim notes that Washington State is is now recognizing Festivus (whoever needed an official holiday to air grievances?). This is yet another reason why we need to insist on two kingdoms.
Clark and Schilder on "The Categorical Distinction"
Wes has some helpful source material on this topic. He begins with a survey on my chapter on the distinction between theology as God knows it (theologia archetypa) and theology as it is revealed to us (theologia ectypa). In the second half of . . . Continue reading →
Make the HB a Technorati Favorite
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WSCs Matt Haeck Gets Some Love at Adiaphora
It’s okay. It’s literary love.
Trueman on Luther as Pastoral Revolutionary
Thanks to the Reformed Fellowship (HT: Confessional Outhouse)
Audio: Godfrey on 2 Thess 2:9-3:5
Online at WSC.
Of Remonstrants and Rationalists
Bavinck had some interesting things to say.
Neo-Barthians v Neo-Orthodox
This is a really interesting piece by Erskine College prof. William B. Evans at Ref21. Barth’s dialectical method makes him inherently difficult. He can always be quoted on two sides of an issue. I also agree with Evans that, in the end, . . . Continue reading →
Did the Reformation Spawn a Million Churches? or Who’s the Modernist Here?
That’s the old canard that the Emergent Village folks appear to be trotting out (HT: Daily Scroll). Honestly, I wonder where this lot went to school. I noted the strange historical story that EV folk tell themselves in my essay in Brian . . . Continue reading →
Freemasons a Cult?
The late Walter Martin used to argue that they are. Now you can see the video. In the limited reading I did back in the late 80s I came to the same conclusion. Back then the lodges were on the decline and . . . Continue reading →
Jason is Reading RRC
At De Regnis Duobus (Concerning the Two Kingdoms).
Wes is Reading RRC
On the question of “simul iustus et peccator.”
England's Past Being Erased?
The Telegraph has an interesting story concerning revisions made to the Oxford Junior Dictionary. One of the more striking assumptions behind the revision is that children need a special dictionary, and that urban, late modern, religiously pluralist or secular children need a . . . Continue reading →
Zwingli and the Reformed Confessions on the Supper
The question came up on the PB whether Zwingli gets a bum rap on the Supper. It’s true that Zwingli has on the receiving end of the stick. This has provoked a reaction, led most recently by W. P. (Peter) Stephens in . . . Continue reading →
Sometimes the "Two Kingdoms" Ethic is Really Useful
As in this case. Christians need to stop speaking nonsense, especially to those whom we seek to win for Christ. It’s not a binary choice. In the civil kingdom, a kingdom of law and justice, where grace and love, to quote John . . . Continue reading →
What are the Virgin Conceptions In Your Life?
There are some passages that just don’t lend themselves to stereotypical, modern, evangelical preaching.
The Problems with Paraphrases and Continuing Revelation
My interest here is not so much paraphrastic Bible translations. Though these may not be good for ecclesiastical use (e.g. worship) or close study, like a commentary a paraphrase can put light on a passage or otherwise edify. Rather, my concern here . . . Continue reading →
Which Has Priority: Private Devotion or Public Worship?
This question arises on the PB. I reply: Well, as I argue in RRC, there’s a strong case to be made from Scripture and the confession (defined broadly and narrowly) that, in Reformed theology, the public “means of grace” (the “due use . . . Continue reading →