J. Alec Motyer: A Personal Remembrance
I left for England from Los Angeles in September 1977 because of one man and one book: J. I. Packer and Knowing God. Looking back, it was quite naïve of me to undertake such a journey knowing so little about…
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Are Women the Holders of Virtue?
An article was brought to my attention on Saturday that was spreading like wildfire on Facebook. The article, Why Man and Woman Are Not Equal, already had over 11K shares (now it it’s almost up to 13K). The fact that…
Two Words for Seminarians
Seventeen years ago this fall I began my studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. It feels like just yesterday, though the bare skin on my head and the gray in my beard would tell otherwise. Classes begin again…
Rachel Miller on CBMW and EFS/ERAS
Rachel Miller has a fine post tracing the relationship between CBMW and EFS/ERAS. It is also helpful in highlighting connections (which I was told I misrepresented in my first post on the subject) between various of the headlining Big Eva…
Will CBMW Refute EFS?
On August 22 Christianity Today posted another article on the recent debate over the doctrine of the Trinity. I won’t rehash the details of the debate. However the author of the CT piece does get a few details wrong.…
What’s in a Name?
Names have always been important. There’s a reason why “Judas” never tops the list of most popular baby names in any given year. When my wife and I were trying to pick out names for our children, we always had…
Ministry is Discouragement
I oftentimes tell people that ministry is discouragement. My point, in saying this, is not to suggest that ministry is only and always discouraging. There are, to be sure, times of great encouragement and blessing in ministry. Praise God that…
The Eternal Subordination of the Son: The Need for Trinitarian Clarity (Part 2)
In the previous post in this series, we began to consider some of the theological concerns that surface in the teaching of those who hold to a form of the ERAS/ESS position. In this post, we wish to consider these…
X- Rated Counterfeit Grace and Impact of Spectacularly Boring Monogamy
“Speechless.” That’s what Todd Pruitt titled as the subject of an email he sent with an attached article, ‘Sex Outside of Marriage Makes Me a Fabulous Mother’: Woman Has Unusual Reason for Cheating. And the article breaks it all…
X- Rated Counterfeit Grace and Impact of Spectacularly Boring Monogamy
“Speechless.” That’s what Todd Pruitt titled as the subject of an email he sent with an attached article, ‘Sex Outside of Marriage Makes Me a Fabulous Mother’: Woman Has Unusual Reason for Cheating. And the article breaks it all…