Falling in Love with the Church — again
“Love me, love my dog,” they say, and my poor dog has been sick all summer and continues to be in bad shape. But it is not dogs I am…
Derek Thomas
Thabiti Anyabwile on Christ the Center
Interesting interview here with Thabiti Anyabwile.
Blog 168: 4.1.9 – 4.1.14
“Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to Christ’s institution, there, it is not to be doubted, a church of God…
Blog 167: 4.1.5 – 4.1.8
The Reformers affirmed the necessary distinction between the church visible and invisible; that is, between the one church of Christ on earth as man sees it, and the one church…
Blog 166: 4.1.1 – 4.1.4
And thus we turn to Book 4 of the Institutes, the longest of the sections. How is the work of Christ on behalf of the elect appropriated? Answer: by faith…
Blog 165: 3.25.9 – 3.25.12
The annihilation of the wicked was not a popular thought in the sixteenth century. Therefore, when Calvin discusses the resurrection of unbelievers, it is not so much the fact of…
Blog 164: 3.25.7 – 3.25.8
It is important for Calvin to stress that the form of bodily resurrection does not break with the present creation; rather, it will be creations completion. In the resurrection God…
Euthanasia of Mission
My former colleague in ministry in Belfast and good friend, Dr. John Ross, currently at Dumisani Theological Institute (King William’s Town, South Africa) has written a fascinating piece on missions here.…
Paul Helm in Helm’s Deep
If you haven’t read Paul Helm latest review of Professor Charles’ Partee’s book, The Theology of John Calvin, do so immediately. You will find it here. As they say in…
Belated Happy Birthday, Gresham Machen
Machen’s birthday (July 28) went almost unnoticed (blame Calvin), but our friend Martin Downes has put together a helpful Machen resource here.