Seminary student Simon writes to ask about how to choose where to serve upon graduation.
Knowing God’s Will
The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (1)
The single most pressing question I hear is: “How can I know God’s will?” Prospective seminary students want to know whether they should attend seminary. Couples want to know whether they should get married. Ministers want to know whether to take a . . . Continue reading →
The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (2)
Part 1. According to Deuteronomy 29:29, believers are to trust in, rely upon, listen to, and obey that which God has revealed rather than seeking that which He has not revealed. In the history of salvation, seeking what God has not revealed . . . Continue reading →
The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (3)
Part 2 Modern evangelicals often assume that the line between post-canonical and canonical life is blurry or non-existent. It is widely assumed that we are in the exact same place in history as the prophets and apostles and that we can, if . . . Continue reading →
The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (4)
Part 3. Prior to the modern period the predominant question in the West was, “What has God said?” There were different answers to this question. Rome pointed to the church as the source of revelation and the Protestants pointed to Scripture as . . . Continue reading →
The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (6)
Part 5. In 1381 Archbishop William Courtenay held a synod at the Blackfriars in London for the purpose of condemning the Oxford theologian John Wycliffe. After the condemnations had been adopted, as Synod was breaking up, there was an earthquake. Courtenay took . . . Continue reading →
Speaking of Knowing God's Will
Kevin DeYoung has a new book out on that topic. There is a series on this topic right now on the HB. I haven’t read the book but it looks useful.
The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (7)
Part 6 Much of contemporary evangelical piety (and too much contemporary Reformed piety) is taken up with the Quest for Illegitimate Religious Certainty (QIRC) and the Quest for illegitimate Religious Experience (QIRE—see Recovering the Reformed Confession for more on these two phenomena). . . . Continue reading →
This looks Good
Kevin DeYoung’s new book, Just Do Something.
The Secret of Knowing God's Will
I get this question frequently. Someone wrote recently and in my response I forgot about this series: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7
Heidelcast 8: The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (1)
An HB Classic
The single most pressing question I hear is: “How can I know God’s will?” Prospective seminary students want to know whether they should attend seminary. Couples want to know whether they should get married. Ministers want to know whether to take a . . . Continue reading →
Heidelcast 10: The Secret of Knowing God’s Will (Pt 3)
Modern evangelicals often assume that the line between canonical and post-canonical life is blurry or non-existent. Making that distinction, however, is essential to knowing God’s will. This isn’t the most popular way of thinking about God’s will, however. After all, why listen to . . . Continue reading →
What The Spirit Is Doing Or What We Are Saying? Distinguishing Reformed And Pentecostal Piety
What happens is that contemporary evangelical and charismatic folk describe ordinary phenomena in extraordinary, apostolic terms. They identify non-apostolic phenomena as apostolic. That is cheating but it is rhetorically powerful and persuasive. Many evangelicals do not want to live in the post-canonical, in between time. It is a drag. People want a power religion. Judged against the neo-Pentecostal and charismatic claims, Reformed Christianity seems decidedly weak and powerless (see all of 2 Corinthians). Continue reading →
Audio: Luther On The Theologian Of The Cross
Last Sunday I had the pleasure of speaking to the adult class at Christ United Reformed Church in Santee, CA. I was filling in for my friend and colleague, Dr Ryan Glomsrud, a ruling elder at CURC. He has been teaching a . . . Continue reading →