The medievals had a slogan, “The law of praying is the law of believing.” It means, “If we can change liturgy, we can change what folk believe.” This axiom means that whoever controls the liturgy controls the future of the church, humanly . . . Continue reading →
Recovering the Reformed Confession
Idea: Let's Try Every Way But Christ's Way
Thanks to a link by Justin Taylor I read an article by Nancy Morganthaler this morning that is disturbing on so many levels I hardly know where to begin.
Jansenism Lives
Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638) Bishop of Ypres – founder of the Jansenist Movement Continue reading →
New Audio: Recovering the Reformed Confession
From the Gospel-Driven Life Conference. This was the adult Sunday School course in the AM.
In Order for Us to Be Truly Ecumenical We Must be Truly Presbyterian
So says Sean Lucas
Who or What Defines "Reformed?" (Updated)
In response to the post on Bob Godfrey’s Unexpected Journey, Arthur writes to ask, “So does someone who does not hold to every point of doctrine in the Reformed confessions be considered “Reformed”. More to the point, can a credobaptist not be . . . Continue reading →
Reformed and Pentecostal?
James K. A. Smith has an interesting post at CT: Teaching a Calvinist to Dance. In this post he says he longs for a “a kind of ‘Pentecostalized’ Reformed spirituality.”
It's Almost a Reality
Just saw the draft cover art for the forthcoming book, Recovering the Reformed Confession: Our Theology, Piety, and Practice [Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2008] to be published in Oct/Nov of this year. I’ll post the cover art when it’s finalized and provide . . . Continue reading →
Theonomy and Federal Vision: Separated at Birth?
The question comes concerning the relations between Theonomy and the Federal Vision. There is reason to think that there is some connection between the two movements. several well-known theonomists are also proponents of the FV. One of the FV leaders recently described . . . Continue reading →
The "Evangelical" QIRE
QIRC = Quest for Illegitimate Religious Experience. Ben Myers hits the nail squarely. “Where every church service becomes the opportunity for a life-changing experience of the divine presence; where every song and sermon and prayer is designed to produce immediate emotional impact; where . . . Continue reading →
Coming to a Bookstore (or Website) Near You
It should be available in November, but the cover art arrived today so I thought I would share it with you. It will be available at the WSC Bookstore and it should be available for pre-order at Amazon next week. You can . . . Continue reading →
Abraham, Moses, and Baptism
I’m in the midst of an interesting discussion of baptism with a friend, who has Baptist convictions but who understands Reformed theology better than many Reformed folks. He is quite sympathetic to historic and confessional Reformed theology. For example, he affirms that . . . Continue reading →
Why the Focus on the Confessions?
Re-post from Jan 07 from the old HB: — Nancy and “William Twisse” (the first prolocutor of the Westminster Assembly lives!) have both written to the HB to ask why it focuses so much on the Reformed confessions. Nancy writes: I am . . . Continue reading →
Recovering the Reformed Confession: The Interview
Thanks to the CTC guys for inviting me to play with them on the most recent CTC podcast to discuss Recovering the Reformed Confession. We had a wide-ranging discussion (because it’s a wide-ranging book) and it was good clean fun. This is . . . Continue reading →
Are Reformed "Evangelical" or "Evangelicals"?
Lee Irons raises the question of the relations between Reformed Christians and American evangelicals. Much of this discussion comes down to definitions and I don’t recall that Lee offered a definition. In the immortal words of President Nixon, ” let me say . . . Continue reading →
Reformed and Evangelical Redux
Josh writes to ask how confessionally Reformed Christians should relate to contemporary (as distinct from it’s use as a synonym of “historic, confessional Protestant”) evangelicals?
Recovering the Reformed Confession: Available Now
It’s available now from The Bookstore at WSC. Here’s a sample chapter. Early comment on Recovering the Reformed Confession: At a time when “all that is solid melts in the air” and distinct colors fade to gray, R. Scott Clark reminds us . . . Continue reading →
Recovering The Reformed Confession: the Table Of Contents
There have been a few requests to see the table of contents. Here it is:
Review of "Recovering the Reformed Confession"
Howard Sloan at the Heidelberg Reformation Association reviews the book.
Pre-Order Recovering the Reformed Confession from the Bookstore at WSC
For $19.63 and shipping. More info about the book.