My favourite church history book of 2016 is Bruce Gordon’s John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion. I confess to being a little partisan: Bruce is my oldest scholarly friend since we were both postgraduates in Scotland in the late…
My favourite church history book of 2016 is Bruce Gordon’s John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion. I confess to being a little partisan: Bruce is my oldest scholarly friend since we were both postgraduates in Scotland in the late…
Kevin Giles was kind enough to send me the paper he presented at the 2016 meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. While I disagree with Dr. Giles view of women as office-bearers in the church I very much appreciate his…
I’ve spent the last few months finishing up a book with Bob Kolb, the Luther scholar, entitled Between Wittenberg and Geneva: Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation. It is due from Baker later next year. Bob is, for my money,…
Regard for the Lord’s Day is on a steep decline, and, sadly, has been for quite some time. Disregard for the Lord’s Day is evidenced by the fact that many churches have decided to cancel their worship services this Sunday in…
“Remember,” Paul writes, “that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world” (Eph 2:11-12). This is spiritual despair,…
Early in my pastoral ministry a thoughtful young man came with an interesting question while our congregation was in the midst of celebrating the Advent season. The question arose from a hymn sung during a Lord’s Day worship service. The…
What do you think about when you hear a book title like Paul and Gender? Maybe your first reaction is to wonder who would be writing on this topic, and you immediately pinpoint that this book must be written by…
Crossway is giving away an ebook version of Experiencing the Trinity, by our friend, Joe Thorn. All you have to do is fill out a brief survey. In light of all the recent debate about the intertrinitarian relations, this would…
We all wrestle with feeling worthless at some time or another. The world imputes value to individuals, whether it admits such or not, on the basis of gender, race, age, physical appearance, profession, possessions, income, intelligence, accomplishments, character traits, ability…
