One of the great things about the web is that it has made it possible for us to read some really good writers whom most of us would never have found without it. Zrim is one of those.
Turretin on Distinguishing the Covenants of Works and Grace
At the RR
Wilkins to Face Trial Before PCA SJC
Details from Bob Mattes at GB. UPDATE: Auburn Ave and the Rev. Mr. Wilkins may have re-aligned with the CREC. LAP plead guilty to this and has referred the case to the SJC. That means that the SJC will hold a trial . . . Continue reading →
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Machen On Whether The Gospel Is Life Or Announcement
From the beginning Christianity was certainly a life. But how was the life produced? It might conceivably have been produced by exhortation. That method had often been tried in the ancient world; in the Hellenistic age there were many wandering preachers who . . . Continue reading →
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C. S. Lewis On Theology And Devotion
For my own part I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I rather suspect that the same experience may await many others. I believe that many who find that ‘nothing happens’ when . . . Continue reading →
Neo-Monasticism?
Yup. Americans don’t read history, we re-d0 it! Stephanie Simon of the LA Times writes, Communal life was supposed to have taught her to resolve conflicts. Instead, Phyllis said, she found herself obsessing about every grievance: how many nights in a row . . . Continue reading →
No Christian Would do X….
Anthony Bradley has a provocative post about the cooperation of Christians with Jim Crow laws. He says, “Since it would be impossible for a Christian to see a sign like this and think that it was acceptable, many black theologians have concluded . . . Continue reading →
"Unencumbered encounter with the living Christ…"
I’ve often talked with my students about the American evangelical quest for the immediate encounter with the risen Christ. I call it the QIRE (quest for illegitimate religious experience). Some of my students think that I am exaggerating about American evangelicalism. Rich . . . Continue reading →
Mercy and Justice (Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 11)
11. Is then God not also merciful? God is indeed merciful,1 but He is likewise just;2 His justice therefore requires that sin which is committed against the most high Majesty of God, be also punished with extreme, that is, with everlasting punishment . . . Continue reading →
A Glut of Ministerial Candidates?
They’re having an interesting discussion at the Warfield List about what do with the over abundance of ministerial candidates. Here’s my tuppence:
We Used to Call Them Reprobates
According to Bob Mattes at GB.
Purpose-Driven Covenant? Yikes!
At Saddleback. WSC student Brandon has it right. Here’s an alternative to the Purpose-Driven Life. If you’re in the Jacksonville, FL/Ponte Vedra area (or anywhere in N. or Central FL or So. Georgia) we would love to see you at the conference. . . . Continue reading →
They're Reading CJPM at the PB!
Daniel and the fellows are reading CJPM. You can get your copy from the WSC bookstore by clicking on the image to the left.
Kim Lectures on the NPP
Audio here
Judge to Car-Scratching Lawyer: "Take him Away"
Highlights from Kabuki Village. This disgusting scribe was 30 minutes late for court because he didn’t want to face the press for willfully scratching the vehicle of a Marine who was about to be deployed. So the judge issued a bench warrant! . . . Continue reading →
Heidelberg Catechism 10 (4) Hell on Earth?
10. Will God suffer such disobedience and apostasy to go unpunished? By no means,1 but He is terribly displeased with our inborn as well as our actual sins, and will punish them in just judgment in time and eternity, as He has . . . Continue reading →
Robert George on Roe v Wade at 35
Justin has the interview.
Institutos de Religion por Calvino
Here
Vos On The Kingdom
At the Reformed Reader.
Response to the FV Meltdown
From Bob Mattes.