Unconsciously Paying the Ransom
In his remarkable book, The Suffering Savior, Frederick Krummacher made the astonishing observation that by Jesus’ prayer for mercy from the cross for those who crucified him, we can conclude that…
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Dr. Watts’ Scheme
Isaac Watts wrote nearly 600 hymns in the 18th Century. Churches around the world still sing many today. For instance, if you visited a congregation on any given Sunday in…
The Good, the Bad and the Providence of God
Johannes Maccovius, in his Theological Distinctions, treated the subject of the Divine providence toward the righteous and toward the wicked with the maxim, “In this life, what happens to good people…
Don’t Waste Your Privileges
The 2020 Presidential race is underway. Americans everywhere are now sitting back and bracing themselves for tedious recitals of attacks and scandals. The first attack has come in response to…
A Horror of Theology
The noisy gongs of acerbic and judgmental discernment bloggers, podcasters, vloggers and conference speakers are scattered throughout our social media feeds…and they’re here to stay. The uncharitableness with which such…
Why Not All at Once?
Christ, by his perfect life, atoning death and resurrection from the dead, secures the believer’s calling, regeneration, justification, adoption, sanctification and glorification. Older Protestant theologians frequently referred to the order…
The Cost of Christians in the Court
Among the litany of important and under-treated subjects that the Apostle Paul touches upon in his first letter to the Corinthians, John Calvin reflected on those concerning one believer taking…
All the Hell You Shall Ever Have
For the better part of my Christian life, I’ve had a visceral reaction–driven by internal disapproval–whenever I’ve heard someone describe the hardships he or she experienced in life in the…
The Spirituality of the Church Speech
Kevin DeYoung recently wrote a post about what has frequently been termed “the spirituality doctrine of the church.” I heartily commend this post to our readers, as it is quite…
He Won’t Be Silent Forever
6 years ago this week, John Piper posted, “We Know They are Killing Children–All of Us Know.” 6 years later, New York has passed and celebrated a bill that would…