For Calvin, providence means God governing, not merely watching, his creation (1.16.4). Calvin is emphasizing that providence entails more than “bare foreknowledge.” It involves God’s will, and his acts. Nor is it merely a general control, but a specific direction.…
Mrs. Emma Peel, formerly of Academic Affairs at W.T.S. (whose work there with Dr. T, incidentally, has now become a cult British T.V. series) brought my attention to the following story from the B.B.C. on the detrimental effect of Facebook. …
I had the privilege and joy of preaching and lecturing at Grove City College on Monday and Tuesday. More about that later. One of the joys of this was being about to renew fellowship with old friends, including Dr. T.…
1.15.8 is a “rock your world” important passage in the Institutes. In it, Calvin explains a fundamental source of confusion in the quest for “free will.””The Philosophers,” says Calvin, by discussing the question of free will apart from understanding the…
A few years ago Al Mohler wrote an article reflecting on John Killinger’s book “Ten Things I Learned Wrong from a Conservative Church.” I read Killengers book when it was released. It is a powerful illustration of what happens when…
“We contend for the objectivity of truth, and we must insist that all persons do actually believe in the objectivity of Truth. The fact is that even the relativists objectivize their own positions. The difference for us is that we…
“I am afraid of an inward disease which appears to be growing and spreading in all the Churches of Christ throughout the world. That disease is a disposition on the part of ministers to abstain from all sharply-cut doctrine, and…
J.I. Packer’s classic work Fundamentalism and the Word of God is now 50 years old. I encourage you to read it. I believe you will find that it helps to bolster your faith in the Bible as God’s Word. The…
Our journey through the Creed has taken us from the heights of glory, contemplating God in his triune majesty, through to the new community Christ is building in the church. But as we have been confessing these great truths we…
Calvin, having introduced the subject of our creation in the image of God in 1.15.3, argues that we learn what the image of God entails not only by studying man as originally created (Genesis 1-2), but by studying what Scripture…
