A Name or a No-name?
I’m currently editing a book with Michael Haykin on intra-Reformed debates in the Long Eighteenth Century (1688 to 1815). It is a sort of companion to this book, and part of a life-long project of mine where I want to…
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You Can Get with THIS, Or You Can Get with THAT
I’ve been a little outspoken about my apprehensiveness when it comes to niche Bibles. We have done an MoS podcast on the topic even. Many of them tend to trivialize God’s Word in my opinion, so we need to use…
How Should We Then Defend?
I suspect that 2015, from a Christian perspective, will go down in history as one of the darkest and gloomiest years of human history. The cavalier destruction of human life, in the name of religion, is on the rise worldwide.…
How Should We Then Defend?
I suspect that 2015, from a Christian perspective, will go down in history as one of the darkest and gloomiest years of human history. The cavalier destruction of human life, in the name of religion, is on the rise worldwide.…
Buckets and Burning Churches: Luther, the Church, and Catholicity
In his Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation of 1520, Luther takes aim at the Roman Church’s “flimsy and worthless” claim to possess the exclusive authority and ability (by virtue of some unique spiritual gift) to interpret…
Reading for a Winter Armageddon
In the beautiful Shenandoah Valley we are expected to be covered in 24 to 30 inches of snow. So after securing the necessary provisions – adequate coffee, pipe tobacco, and more coffee – there is the question of what…
Three Proposals for Racial Reconciliation Overtures in the PCA
Perhaps the biggest issue going into this year’s Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) General Assembly will be the racial reconciliation overtures that are starting to come in from the presbyteries. This process was prompted by the personal resolution submitted last…
The Miller’s Tale
For any who missed it, the people at Canon Press have released a statement on the recent plagiarism issues. It should reassure the True Believers, provide fodder for those interested in researching the interconnections of personalities and publishing (but please…
Christological Confusion & China’s Reforming Churches (part 10)
This is the tenth post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China’s emerging Reformed community (see part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9). Sixth Statement: An Uncreated Body The Belgic Confession insists the eternal Son became fully human…
The Blogger and the Mechanical Bull
Today I realized what one of my main aims is in every blog post—to get you, the reader, to stay with me more than ten seconds and actually focus your attention on one thing. It occurred to me as I…