Mark Jones

The question of how diverse the Reformed tradition is is an important topic of consideration. I have co-edited a volume on Reformed diversity in the seventeenth century, and later this…

People do what they want to do. Regrettably, when it comes to Christians, they seem to not want to pray together at prayer meetings.  As a pastor, I’m concerned how…

I love reading a good book, the type that keeps you reading till the end. A recent book by Hunter Powell, The crisis of British Protestantism: Church power in the Puritan…

Updated: response to Professor Helm below. When we speak of grace, hell, heaven, etc., we must not merely speak in generalities, but as specific as the Scriptures allow us, which…

I’ve been meaning to write a book on important theological distinctions and how they can be of practical use to ministers and lay Christians. In the past I’ve discussed the…

There are many acts of extraordinary faith in the Bible. The one that has impressed me the most concerns the dying thief on the cross. We could take the approach…

I am happy to provide a response to some of the concerns made by Rick Phillips. He agrees with me on merit, which was what my two posts were really…

Part 1 here. Westminster Seminary California Professor, David VanDrunen, critiques Norman Shepherd for rejecting Adamic merit: “It is not difficult to see how such a view, if taken seriously, makes…

I profited from Paul Levy’s review of Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp (Carl Trueman today called it a “penetrating review”). In the review Levy makes the following point: “The memorable…