Rereading Paul Together: Protestant and Catholic Perspectives on JustificationBy David E. Aune272 p.Baker (November 2006) Rereading Paul Together (RPT) is a collection of essays originally presented as papers at a conference of Roman Catholic and Lutheran biblical scholars and theologians.…
There are few things that are more precious to Christ and yet more neglected by his people than the church and what the Bible has to say about it. It is his body and bride and he shed his blood…
Jesus’ Blood and Righteousness: Paul’s Theology of ImputationBy Brian Vickers256 p.Crossway (October 2006) Brian Vickers’, Jesus’ Blood and Righteousness, is a work of careful exegesis and synthesis that attempts to establish a biblical basis for the doctrine of the imputation…
The heavens declare God’s glory, and so the astronomer is also a theologian who explores the Book of Nature in which God has inscribed his glory. But “what is man that you care for him?” means that the anatomist who…
Of Bishop Robinson’s inclusion in the inaugural festivities Al Mohler writes: One interesting facet of the controversies over Warren and Robinson is the fact that the inclusion of the one does not placate the critics of the other. Homosexual activists…
Mike Allen at Politico.com reports on the invitation to the openly homosexual Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire to pray at an inaugural event. ‘The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, who was elected the Episcopal Church’s first openly…
This is the title of Molly Worthen’s article on Seattle’s Mark Driscoll in last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. It was hard to tell what Ms. Worthen disliked more: Driscoll’s masculinity or Driscoll’s Calvinism. To her credit, though, Worthen played…
Man is God’s image. The implanted knowledge of God is universal. Yes, perverted and fragmented by the fall, but still real.. It gives rise to the seed of religion, notes Calvin. An instinct to praise and worship is inbuilt in…
Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia has recently released a document consisting of affirmations and denials regarding the nature of the Bible and biblical interpretation. Those familiar with the issues surrounding professor Pete Enns’ departure know the controversy that WTS has…
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