Why all the Superlatives?
When I think of the immoderate use of superlatives, I think of Martyn Lloyd-Jones describing each text he was preaching on as the “most important” or “most extraordinary” text in…
Mark Jones
Dr. Jones is Pastor of Faith Vancouver Church (PCA) in Vancouver, Canada and a specialist in post-Reformation Reformed theology.
Adam, Where Are You?
Peter Enns blogged this, where he essentially states that church history is not relevant on human origins. Naturally, his views are. Besides the Apostles and Jesus, theologians and pastors over the…
Legalism(s)
Legalism is a tricky topic. There isn’t a Christian alive on earth who doesn’t struggle with legalistic tendencies. To diagnose this problem, we need to look at the various types…
Arminian vs Reformed on Justification
WCF 11.1 … nor by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience to them, as their righteousness … Part 1: Justification by Precision Alone? Part…
Can we lose our justification?
Can justification ever be revoked if someone is justified? There are many reasons why this is impossible. I want to offer two (and perhaps some others in a future post).…
Do you attend a perfect Church?
You’re in a faithful church, but someone complains about this, that, and the other, and so wants to leave. What do you say? #1 I agree this church isn’t perfect……
Personal Reflections on “Deviant Calvinism”
How wide or narrow is the Reformed faith? In his recent book, Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology, Fuller Seminary Professor, Oliver Crisp, uses the tools of historical theology and analytic…
An Analysis of “Deviant Calvinism” (Part 1)
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…
The death of prayer meetings
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…
The Westminster divines were compromisers
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…