My “Most Important” Books
In a couple months I will be posting the obligatory “best reads of the year” list. But as a guy who loves books and reading I thought I’d post a list of the books that have figured particularly large in…
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Defending Substitution
Simon Gathercole, Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul. Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2015. pp. 128. $14.99 Gathercole’s introduction begins by asking the question raised by the old spiritual: “Were you there when they…
Defending Substitution
Simon Gathercole, Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul. Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2015. pp. 128. $14.99 Gathercole’s introduction begins by asking the question raised by the old spiritual: “Were you there when they…
Defending Substitution
Simon Gathercole, Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul. Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2015. pp. 128. $14.99 Gathercole’s introduction begins by asking the question raised by the old spiritual: “Were you there when they…
Did Jesus Have a “Gospel-Centered” Ministry?
We often read today of a “gospel-centered”TM ministry as opposed to a legalistic or otherwise sub-Christian approach to salvation. When used in this trade-marked sense, “gospel-centered” usually means that we must exclusively present God’s forgiveness for sinners through faith alone in…
Against Hotels: Calvin on Gen. 18.1-8
Somewhat curiously, Calvin judged “the great number of inns” populating the landscape of his day to be rather obvious “evidence of our depravity” — the “our” in question being, in the first instance, early modern Europeans. What prompted such disapproval…
Knowing Christ and J.I Packer’s Forewords
J.I. Packer is undoubtedly one of the great theologians of our age. His books are, quite simply, outstanding. I’ve never met him. I heard him speak once for an hour and 40 minutes and it felt like a lot longer; but the…
“Everyone You Know Will Be Able to Rate You on the ‘Yelp for People'”
“’There are no private affairs,’” one of the “bright people” says to the “big ghost” in C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce. Believers know the reality of that statement. And it is probably something that everyone really knows, but suppress the…
Dogmatics and doxology
I have the delightful day job of teaching systematic or dogmatic theology. The study and teaching of systematic theology is delightful because systematic theology is preeminently concerned with the Bible, the living and loving address of the Most High God…
Defending Piper (Again) from “The West Coast Offense”
Never say “never”, and never say “always” when making a claim about the Reformed tradition. That’s rule number one, and it can save you from a lot of embarrassment. I plan to post on this in the future and bring…