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 →
Gospel
GDL Conference #2
I was up first this AM. The people were kind, they showed up! After last night I wondered if anyone would return or if they would all stay home and meditate on what Mike and R. C. said. My first session was . . . Continue reading →
Luther Wasn't Just Another Moral Reformer (Updated)
But that’s what Cardinal Walter Kaspar wants to make him.
ECT: A Post Mortem
Since the 1994 publication of Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT), the evangelical body has been convulsed periodically over the doctrine of justification. The patient, to strain a metaphor, sustained a second attack in 1998 with publication of ECT II or The Gift . . . Continue reading →
Pastor Benefits from Learning the Law/Gospel Distinction
Pastor Tim Blackmon writes: Good morning, I hope this finds you well. I just finished Covenant, Justification and Pastoral Ministry and was blown away by your chapter on Law and Gospel. In 13 years of pastoral ministry, I’ve not seen this emphasized . . . Continue reading →
WSC Commencement 08 (pt 2)
Part 1 is here. Every graduation is special to the graduates and we have been gifted with a number of gifted commencement speakers (e.g. our own Hywel Jones, John Piper, Ken Myers, just to name a few of the recent speakers). In . . . Continue reading →
R. C.'s Commencement Address Online
R. C. Sproul addressed the 27th graduating class at WSC. The free audio is online here.
Covenant Theology and the Gospel
Here’s an excellent, brief summary in 100 words.
Lutheran or Reformed? You Make the Call!
This is why so much depends on the benefit of justification, and it is rightly denominated the article on which the church either stands or falls. For the fundamental question that arises in this connection is this: What is the way that . . . Continue reading →
Once More: Lutheran or Reformed?
10. What is the difference between the law and the gospel?
Ministering to the Dying and to Those Left Behind
Good stuff from Lane at GB
Review of Fesko on Justification
Paul Manata likes it. The ongoing justification controversy, not to mention the recent vote in the Pacific NW Presbytery (PCA), is sufficient warrant for this book. Now, if only someone will read it and take it to heart. Buy a copy and . . . Continue reading →
What Justification By Faith Apart From Works Does Not Mean
Creed or Chaos Explains.
On Being Orthodox Without Being Legalistic
Martin helps us steer clear of “communities of performance.”
Wes is Reading RRC
On the question of “simul iustus et peccator.”
The Gospel in History
Your weekly Machen fix.
Laws Hard and Soft
They’re both brutalizing.
More "Lutheranism" in Reformed Orthodoxy?
Melchior Leydecker and John Brown on distinguishing grace and works.
Calvin on Law and Gospel
Hence, also, we see the error of those who, in comparing the Law with the Gospel, represent it merely as a comparison between the merit of works, and the gratuitous imputation of righteousness. This is indeed a contrast not at all to . . . Continue reading →
Jay Adams on the Gospel
At his blog.