Speaking Schedule: Christ Reformed Authors' Forum 14 Nov

The folks at Christ Reformed Church Anaheim have kindly invited me to their Authors’ Forum for 14 November, 2008. If you’re in the Orange County/LA metro area come on out. Watch for details here. They plan to have copies of the book . . . Continue reading →

Did God Leave Me When I Enrolled in Seminary?

Ryan at Sola Gratia raises questions that many first-semester seminary students ask. In essence the question/problem is this: Before I came to seminary I had an active devotional life and a vital, immediate, experience of God and now things have changed. I . . . Continue reading →

It's Out: Recovering the Reformed Confession

 Click on the image to order. You can see the front matter (table of contents etc) and read a sample chapter online for free. It’s $19.63 for 350 pages. There is more info here. Thanks to Kim, Martin, Lane, Dennis, Timothy, Danny, Ben, . . . Continue reading →

"Were You In Our Session Meeting?"

One reader writes to say, “It resonated with me as nothing I’ve read for years.  Water on parched ground.” Another reader says, “I purchased a copy of Recovering the Reformed Confession today (it came over night) and I read the first chapter.” He continues . . . Continue reading →

Pastor Garber Wants His Congregation to Be Confessional

And he’s reading Recovering the Reformed Confession as part of the program. Click on the book for more info.  So does Pastor Efflandt! Note: The Bookstore at WSC is temporarily out-of-stock so I’m directing orders to RHB (where it is the featured book this . . . Continue reading →

Re-Thinking the Old Paradigm From Within

One of the reasons I wrote Recovering the Reformed Confession was to help professedly Reformed Christians re-connect to their heritage. When, in the early 1980s, I began researching the Reformed tradition I was surprised to learn not only how the Reformed theology, piety, . . . Continue reading →

Jesus Didn't Die for Campus Ministry

Provocative language that can’t be blamed on cold-hearted Reformed confessionalists since Russell Moore is a Baptist with impeccable evangelical credentials. He says in part,  The reason many college students identify primarily with a campus ministry rather than with a church is not . . . Continue reading →

Confessional Nitty Gritty: Animus Imponentis

Animus imponentis means, “the spirit of adopting,” the the OPC Presbytery of Northern California and Nevada is holding a conference in February ’09 to talk about it (HT: Creed or Chaos). This is an important topic. We need confessions and they need . . . Continue reading →

See You in the Springs

At the “Recovering the Reformation” Conference hosted by the Springs Reformed Church. Weather.com says that it should be a lovely weekend. According to the pre-registration the conference should be well attended. I’ll be speaking tomorrow night, Saturday morning, signing books Saturday afternoon, . . . Continue reading →