Strange Glory is one of the most clear and meticulous accounts of the life and theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer available today. It is a precise and eminently readable story of Bonhoeffer’s life and work, and the way in which Charles…
Over the past months, we have been looking at some specific, recent objections to a Covenantal (presuppositional) approach to apologetics. In this article, we reach the end of this series on “responses” to objections. There is one final objection to…
Over the past months, we have been looking at some specific, recent objections to a Covenantal (presuppositional) approach to apologetics. In this article, we reach the end of this series on “responses” to objections. There is one final objection to…
In September 1896, Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield opened the academic year at Princeton Theological Seminary with an address titled “Christian Supernaturalism.” [1] His intent was to place his finger on the decisive issue of his generation with respect to Christianity and the…
The doctrine of the covenant of redemption (also known as “the pactum salutis” and “the counsel of peace”) is a beautiful doctrine. It concerns the eternal purpose of the blessed Trinity to communicate the bliss of his triune life to…
Franciscus Junius. The Mosaic Polity. Translated by Todd M. Rester. Edited by Andrew M. McGinnis. Sources in Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law. Grand Rapids: Christian’s Library Press, 2015. $14.95 Everybody knows that when the Protestant Reformers set out to…
Franciscus Junius. The Mosaic Polity. Translated by Todd M. Rester. Edited by Andrew M. McGinnis. Sources in Early Modern Economics, Ethics, and Law. Grand Rapids: Christian’s Library Press, 2015. $14.95 Everybody knows that when the Protestant Reformers set out to…
One of the strangest aspects of American Christian culture to a foreigner like myself is the popularity of dispensationalism. There are probably many reasons for the large numbers of supporters this system commands in the New World but high among…
Ever the reformer, Luther couldn’t resist using his last will and testament to take a final stab at perceived corruption and advance his vision for a better way. The final target of his reforming efforts, however, was not the contemporary…
The responses to my last blog about the lack of older women who are writing and speaking in our Reformed and reformedish circles have been encouraging. The fact that my combox is filled with refreshing and engaging interaction testifies that…
