“The Embattled Bible”
As mentioned in an earlier post, the latest issue of Themelios is out. Of particular interest to regular readers of this blog may be the review by Robert Yarbrough of four new books on the Bible. One of the books…
Month April 2009
A Prayer for Pastors, Part 7
“From infirmity of purpose, from want of earnest care and interest, from the sluggishness of indolence, and the slackness of indifference, and from all spiritual deadness of heart; Save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord.”
A Great Commission Resurgence
Dr. Danny Akin of Southeastern Baptist Seminary recently delivered an important message entitled “Axioms of a Great Commission Resurgence.” Listen to it HERE.
On Self Love
“Let me have my own way in exactly everything and a sunnier and pleasanter creature does not exist.” — Thomas Carlyle. For comparison, see 1 Corinthians 13:5; 2 Timothy 3:2; etc.
Blog 82: 2.15.1 – 2.15.4
Jesus the Christ has the threefold office of prophet, priest, and king-but we must not only know these names but must also press through to see their purpose and use. In these sections Calvin looks at what it means for…
Themelios
The latest issue of Themelios is now available free online. Themelios is an outstanding journal dedicated to biblical and theological studies and is edited by Carl Trueman of Westminster Theological Seminary and D.A. Carson of Trinity Evangelical. I commend it…
Iconography gone very wrong
Perhaps we need to value cynicism a bit more. Okay, maybe I’m overstating just a bit in order to make a point. But anytime we invest a politician (any politician) with messianic qualities then we are headed down a very…
Sunday’s Sermon
You can listen to or download the first message in the Hebrews series “Shadows and Substance” by clicking HERE.
There is Hope in the Church of Scotland!
Late last week my friends at The Happening brought to my attention the recent disgraceful post by the notorious Dean of Mean at Westminster Theological (sic) Seminary in Philadelphia (secretly filmed here at a recent Academic Affairs/student town hall meeting). …
Blog 81: 2.14.5 – 2.14.8
In these sections Calvin looks at some of the arguments of Michael Servetus (1511-1553), a famous Spanish theologian and physician of the time who sought to refute the doctrine of the Trinity. (As readers undoubtedly know, Servetus ended up being…