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…
Blog
Read MoreThe Blogger and the Mechanical Bull
Infant Baptism and the Promise of Grace
In considering the differences between those who support and those who oppose the baptism of infants, focusing too narrowly upon the need for faith in the recipients of the rite can be misleading, for among Reformed Christians this necessity is…
Infant Baptism and the Promise of Grace
In considering the differences between those who support and those who oppose the baptism of infants, focusing too narrowly upon the need for faith in the recipients of the rite can be misleading, for among Reformed Christians this necessity is…
Why We Should Read Books
I read a disturbing article the other day that wasn’t really all that shocking, but rather a sad reaffirmation of the signs that are all around me. Fewer and fewer people read books these days. Affirming that we are now…
On happiness: a theological outline
I. Christian theology addresses the topic of happiness by addressing, first, the being and works of “the happy God” (1 Tim 1.11; 6.15) and, second, the happiness of the people whose God is the Lord (Ps 33.12). II. God is…
Great Scott: Thomas Boston’s Orthodoxy (and mine?)
If I, or an angel from heaven, should criticize the Marrow or the Marrow Men, let us be anathema. Imagine reading my post yesterday and coming to the following conclusions: That I was suggesting Thomas Boston was not orthodox in…
The Marrow: Some Questions
I believe the Marrow of Modern Divinity will receive some more attention in 2016 due to the publication of Sinclair Ferguson’s new book. I have just finished it and in the book, Ferguson makes many wonderful and much-needed pastoral insights. His book also…
Christological Confusion & China’s Reforming Churches (part 9)
This is the ninth post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China’s emerging Reformed community (see parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) Fifth Statement: Merely Functional Likeness Ironically, holding a univocal view of God’s image (see part…
Transfigured Hermeneutics 3: Transfiguration as Theophany
This is the third part of a multipart series of posts on the subject of the Transfiguration and its significance for Christian theology and biblical reflection. Within the first couple of posts I explored the literary presentation of the event…
In Defence of War
Nigel Biggar, In Defence of War. Oxford University Press, 2013. 361 pp. HB $55.00. PB $30.00 In this book, Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology and Director of the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life…