Affirming Ignorance, Certainty and Intellectual Death
In Col 3:10, the apostle Paul describes one of the most stunning aspects of the Spirit’s re-creative work in uniting us by faith to the risen Christ. In that verse,…
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Calvin’s Four Rules of Prayer
Reading through some old notes on Calvin’s Institutes made me realize what always gets dropped when life feels like one giant game of whirlyball: prayer. Calvin says that if we do not pray,…
Know When to Hold’em
As any poker player knows (and I am not a poker player–I tend to steer clear of competitions where the victor takes home a bracelet), the hand is over when all…
Natural Law and the Public Square
Being fully committed to the Protestant Reformed tradition–especially as it is represented at Westminster Theological Seminary–I have developed a basic understanding of natural law theories over the years. If by…
Was Jesus Morally Depraved? An Assessment
Nephrologists will tell you that healthy kidneys are vital to human life. Their primary function is to filter out waste in the bloodstream that, if not removed, will kill the…
Vos, True Religion and General Assembly
Geerhardus Vos has been called the “father of Reformed biblical theology.” As many readers are aware, he is known for investigating and displaying the organically integrated and historically unfolded character…
ISIS and the Imprecatory Psalms
The recent execution of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya by the murderous Islamic group ISIS has prompted appropriate and helpful Christian reflections (see here and here). But one question I…
I Worshipped “Allah” Last Sunday
Never have I so carefully typed quotation marks. Those tiny dashes keep intact both my ordination vows and my soul. They also refer to my enjoyable experience last Sunday attending…
Atheism from a Recliner
“…and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together…” (Gen 3:7) Atheists attempting to work out the worldview implications of their (un)belief-system appear to be on…
What Would You Pay for Tolerance?
I was reminded recently–this time by a statistic dealing with college commencement addresses–of the relentless homogenization of culture and ideas in the name of diversity by today’s movers-and-shakers. Apparently, the…