Ligonier Blog Names RRC in Top Ten of 2008

Thanks to Keith Mathison at the Ligonier Ministries Blog for naming Recovering the Reformed Confession one of Ten Significant Christian Publications for 2008. These are titles that he says “will have a lasting influence….” He writes, “Recovering the Reformed Confession is Clark’s hand-grenade thrown . . . Continue reading →

Young, Restless, and Arbitrary?

I’m watching a video interview of Collin Hansen, author of Young, Restless, and Reformed. At about 21 minutes into the interview I heard a familiar voice: WSC alumnus Jonathan King (MA, HT), now a PhD student at TEDS. You might know JK . . . Continue reading →

It Makes Him Uncomfortable But In a Good Way

Nick has read chapter 7 of RRC on worship. His survey of the chapter made me laugh out loud—I had to think for a while about “spit the dummy”—and I wrote the chapter! Of course, the author hopes you’ll read the chapter . . . Continue reading →

Who or What Gets to Define "Reformed" (re-posted)

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 →

A Little More on Defining "Reformed"

Recovering the Reformed Confession

In response to the “Who or What Gets to Define ‘Reformed’?” post and others like it, some have argued that if the definition of Reformed includes a certain (paedobaptist) view of Baptism then it should also include a certain polity. Some have . . . Continue reading →

Maybe "Dead" Orthodoxy is Really Life Giving?

As I read, the scales fell from my eyes. I couldn’t believe it. We are justified by “receiving and resting on Christ and his righteousness through faith”! It was almost too good to be true. I felt like the heavens had opened . . . Continue reading →

Don't Stand There in the Entry, Come on In!

Kevin DeYoung, on of the authors of a terrific book on the emergent/emerging movements has a blog and he writes today about a conference just held at his congregation with Collin Hansen. He makes a couple of points to which I want . . . Continue reading →