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Jared Oliphint/March 8, 2013
Eschatology: A Help in Suffering
Jared Oliphint shares a number of helpful quotations from Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. on eschatology and suffering from his essay on theonomy and eschatology.
Brett Mahlen/March 7, 2013
A Case for Singing in Family Worship
When I first came to embrace the Reformed faith I was introduced to something which I later found out was very rare in the Reformed community, though it used to …
Robert Tarullo/March 5, 2013
Book 2, Chapter 2, Sections 9-13 – Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will
Sections 9. The language of the ancient writers on the subject of Free Will is, with the exception of that of Augustine, almost unintelligible. Still they set little or no …
Pierce Taylor Hibbs/March 5, 2013
What You See Is NOT What You Get: The Word of God and Screen Technology
Pierce Hibbs introduces Christian media theory by exploring how the Word of God speaks to screen technology and its effects on human cognition.
Camden M. Bucey/March 5, 2013
The Digital World is a Selective World
In his post “ The Christian Leader in the Digital Age,” Albert Mohler raises a number of important issues for Christians (and Christian leaders) to consider in light of this …
Camden M. Bucey/March 2, 2013
Open Thread: What Is Legitimate Intertextuality?
Intertextuality is a literary phenomenon important to the study of the Bible. In his Philippians commentary, Gordon Fee describes intertextuality as “the conscious embedding of fragments of an earlier text into …
Camden M. Bucey/March 1, 2013
David VanDrunen Responds to Kingdoms Apart
Dr. David VanDrunen, Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Westminster Seminary California, has reviewed and responded to Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective in the latest issue of
Camden M. Bucey/February 25, 2013
Simplicity in Preaching
In his 1853 address to the Society of Alumni of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, R. L. Dabney advocated for simplicity in pulpit style. Dabney calls preachers to what I would call “immediacy.” …
Camden M. Bucey/February 21, 2013
Denotation, Connotation, and the Biblical “Paradigm”
In a recent blog post, Michael Horton shares a number of helpful points about the mindset of unbelief. In what presents itself as objectivity, the unbeliever actually brings a host …
Camden M. Bucey/February 20, 2013
Carl Trueman: Luther on Justification and Sanctification
The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals have released the first two episodes of The Mortification of Spin with Carl Trueman and Todd Pruitt. It’s billed as a bi-weekly casual conversation about things that …
Camden M. Bucey/February 20, 2013
Dawkins and Krauss Featured in New Atheism Documentary
Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss, figureheads of the “new atheism,” are featured in a forthcoming documentary titled The Unbelievers. The film follows Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist, and Krauss, a theoretical …
Jared Oliphint/February 18, 2013
Does God Command Evil? Introducing Kline’s Intrusion Ethic
In discussions surrounding Old Testament ethics—Canaanite “genocide,” imprecatory Psalms, etc.—I have found Meredith Kline’s article “ The Intrusion and the Decalogue” to be tremendously helpful. The problem of evil, and …
Camden M. Bucey/February 16, 2013
Gestapo Geneva: Caricatures of Calvin and his Company of Pastors
Just a few weeks ago, Carl Trueman introduced me to Scott Manetsch’s new book Calvin’s Company of Pastors: Pastoral Care and the Emerging Reformed Church, 1536-1609. While initially interested, I …
Daniel Schrock/February 6, 2013
Apologetics: The Fruit of Faith
In his little booklet, The Certainty of Faith, Herman Bavinck penned a short sentence which is laden with profundity. “Apologetics is the fruit, never the root, of faith.” [1] Bavinck’s insight …
Nathan Shannon/January 29, 2013
Christianity and the Rules of Reason
Download the e-book (.epub) version of this essay. PART I. God and Logic: Two Popular Proposals “God and logic” is a popular topic these days, and it certainly deserves the …
