We think we can overcome time and space. Rubbish. Despite all the technological power at our fingertips we remain finite. John Montague explains. The old Reformed had a slogan for this: “finitum non capax infiniti” (the finite is not capable of the . . . Continue reading →
Candid Comments for Candidates (1)
After the post on calling a minister someone wrote to ask if I would comment about the process of calling a minister from the candidate’s perspective.
Now in Print: Examining the Nine Points (Point 3)
The question in point three is the nature of faith in the declaration of justification. Does God justify sinners or saints? (hint: see Rom 4:5). What is it that makes faith efficacious? Is it because there is some virtue in faith? Is it because . . . Continue reading →
Van Asselt Online
For those interested in the history of Reformed theology, especially in the development of Dutch Reformed theology in the seventeenth century, the work of Willem van Asselt is indispensable. He is the Richard Muller of the Netherlands. Thanks to Mark Jones for alerting us . . . Continue reading →
Review of "Recovering the Reformed Confession"
Howard Sloan at the Heidelberg Reformation Association reviews the book.
Wes White Reviews "God With Us"
Two reviews in one day! The book is here.
VanDrunen Reviews "With Heart and Mouth"
In the latest Ordained Servant. There are also essays by Bob Letham, John Fesko among others that look terrific. The main site for the OS is here. (HT: LO)
Martin Reviews YRR
At AH
Who Should Go to Seminary? (2)
Part 1. Anyone may go to seminary but not every one should go to seminary. The second part of the answer is who should not go to seminary. Before I continue let me say, for the sake of our current students, that I . . . Continue reading →
Unable to Verify Healings
CT reports about the Lakeland “revival,”
Who Should Go to Seminary? (1)
Dan writes to ask this question. It’s a good and important question and the answer is in two parts: anyone but not everyone. First, anyone may go to seminary. Since I teach at a seminary and I know how we operate, I’ll . . . Continue reading →
New Confessional Presbyterian Journal Coming In Sept (Dv)
The latest CPJ should be available next month. This is a substantial journal that bridges the gap between the purely popular, the purely ecclesiastical, and the purely academic. In the spirit of another time, the CPJ is accessible, intelligent, unapologetically Reformed, and churchly (which is . . . Continue reading →
Steve Baugh Reviews Sparks' "God's Words"
At Ref21
So You Are About to Begin a Pastoral Search
This is a sensitive topic. People don’t always think rationally or biblically or confessionally about the office of pastor. Many folk don’t understand what ministers do and most people who are involved in the pastoral search process are well-meaning but inexperienced. Most . . . Continue reading →
Coming to Print: Against Heresies: the Interviews
Martin explains.
So Easy a Child Can Do it…or Sectarian Child Abuse?
The world’s youngest preacher. Alex wrote to ask if this is QIRC or QIRE. It’s definitely the latter.
Princeton, Fuller, and WTS: Breaking the Pattern
Carl Trueman has a thoughtful essay on the struggle of confessional seminaries to fulfill the vocation to to serve the church faithfully , to meet the highest academic standards, and to avoid the pattern of decline into broad evangelicalism.
Is Bibliolatry Possible?
Steve Baugh has the answer.
Strimple-Malone Baptism Debate Online
At WSC.
If You Want to Know About John Owen
Carl Trueman is your man. I know it’s unusual to see me flogging someone else’s book. That’s why you should pay attention when I do so. This is a really good book. Why? Because Carl is an excellent scholar who . . . Continue reading →