If a fellow were going to record a weekly podcast (not saying that he will but if) would a listener rather hear something extemporaneous or scripted? (all things being equal, that is).
Was the Reformation Necessary and Necessarily Grumpy?
Jason asks another provocative question at DRD. Clark responds:
MGK: Theonomy, Ethics, and Perspectivalism
At Matt’s Berit Olam.
Fesko Reviews Garcia and Billings on Calvin's Doctrine of Union
At Ordained Servant. Dick Gaffin replies. John Fesko is the new Academic Dean at WSC. He begins his duties on 1 July. John has recently published perhaps the most important single study of the doctrine of justification since the 19th century. He . . . Continue reading →
Mainline Escapades: Union Seminary VA Hosts the You-Know-What Monologues
WARNING: this is graphic. If you click on this link you are responsible for what you see. This is not an inducement to click on the link (HT: Classical Presbsyterian). For those who don’t click the nub is that a an old . . . Continue reading →
Sacramental Piety Reviews Caspar Olevian and the Substance
At Sacramental Piety. To order your copy of the book click on the icon (some icons are okay for some things!).
Was the Reformation a Big Misunderstanding? (2)
Part 1 Unlike our evangelical friend, our ecumenically minded mainliner received an education in church history at an Ivy League divinity school and is a little more cognizant of the problems of overcoming the Reformation but he’s also a member of the . . . Continue reading →
Why Pastors Need A Seminary Education
Over the years many things have changed at Westminster Seminary California (WSC). In the most important ways, however, the seminary has not changed. We still believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, inerrant Word of God. We still believe the historic . . . Continue reading →
Surprise! Emergent Leader Embraces Pelagius
Tony Jones rejects Augustine, the North African church of the 4th century, the French Church of the 6th century, the entire medieval church, the Protestant Churches, and the Council of Trent (HT: Kevin DeYoung). Here’s one on which the confessional Protestants and . . . Continue reading →
A Few Words to Student Preachers
As a teacher in a seminary but as one who does not teach preaching classes—I’m a historian—I see and hear student preachers but I don’t get to do much about it.
This Looks Really Good
A book on the Rev. John (“Rabbi”—because his Hebrew was so good) Duncan, a 19th-century Scottish missionary to Hungary. When you follow the link the Banner of Truth website will ask you where you are and then take you to the book . . . Continue reading →
Take a Free Puff: NTJ 12.4 Is Out
You can take a free puff here. This issue includes a review of Tim Keller’s defense of the faith by Bruce Kuklick (University of Penn.) Danny Olinger on the OPC between the ordination of its oldest minister and its youngest, on the . . . Continue reading →
Jared is Reading RRC
At Dead Theologians.
Was the Reformation a Big Misunderstanding?
This topic has arisen before on the HB. Not long ago we discovered that, contrary to some suggestions, the Pope is, in fact, not a Protestant. Before that we saw that, contrary to the assertion of Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom, the . . . Continue reading →
Good Deals from P&R
Faith Once Delivered: Essays in Honor of Dr. Wayne R. Spear 4.75 S. M. Baugh, New Testament Greek Primer $6.00 Hope Fulfilled: Essays in Honor of O. Palmer Robertson $6.00 Robert B. Strimple, Modern Search for the Real Jesus: An Inroductory Survey . . . Continue reading →
Bucer on Pastoral Care Now in English
And available from the Bookstore at WSC.
Ames (the book not the person) 50% Off
Right now.
Jay Adams on the Gospel
At his blog.
Paleo- and Neo-Reformed: Hart Replies to McKnight
Darryl Hart is now writing at the Old Life Theological Society. This is a must-add to your feed/blog reader. Bookmark it. Live it. Love it.
The Belgic Reformed Churches Confess Justification in the 1670s
At Pilgrims and Parish.