Jones Reviews Frame’s Review
Mark Jones has written a review of John Frame’s review of James Dolezal’s fine book entitled All That Is In God. For good reason, Jones is puzzled by some of the statements in Frame’s review. Jones points out the rather…
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Sharing in Christ’s Suffering
No one wants to suffer. When suffering comes to us for following Christ, we are surprised, even shocked and dismayed, especially when our lives have been comfortable. How could our communities or families consider us in the wrong? Why would…
No Cross, No Gospel
"For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with…
When “Catholic” is not “Catholic”
Jerry L. Walls and Kenneth J. Collins, Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Publishing Group, 464 pp. Bibliography and indicies. Paperback. $34.99. The title itself implies a kind of…
When “Catholic” is not “Catholic”
Jerry L. Walls and Kenneth J. Collins, Roman but Not Catholic: What Remains at Stake 500 Years after the Reformation, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Publishing Group, 464 pp. Bibliography and indicies. Paperback. $34.99. The title itself implies a kind of…
Complicating Manhood and Womanhood
For the majority of my Christian life, I was built up in the faith and nourished within conservative Pentecostal and Wesleyan-influenced churches. Within those circles, there were a number of topics that were constantly discussed, almost to the point of…
Luther’s Lion-Hearted Historians
Luther expressed his appreciation for history and historians on numerous occasions. History, he believed, provides fodder for both fear and praise since God is sovereign over the course of human events. History records and reminds us how God “upholds, rules,…
Hollywood, Capitol Hill and the Human Heart
As more women bring to light the heinous sexual misconduct of male celebrities and politicians, it would do us good to remember two all-important truths: First, God’s word testifies to the pervasive depravity of all men and women (Rom. 3:10-18);…
Pickpocketing Purity
Yesterday I shared an excellent article Katelyn Beaty wrote for the New York Times entitled A Christian Case Against the Pence Rule. And whenever the Pence Rule, which is associated with the Billy Graham Rule of not eating or meeting…
Revitalizing an Eighteenth-Century Christian Community: Baptists Seeking Revival
Theological Reformation Eighteenth-century Baptists did not emerge from their spiritual “winter” until the last two or three decades of the century. Again, there were a variety of reasons for what amounts to a profound revival among their ranks. There was…