I’ve known Carl for many years; I’ve seen his hairline recede and his waistband extend. We’ve worked together In his previous life as Minister, Seminary Professor and Writer. Of course those days are now gone and he’s become the Christian…
The return of Tullian Tchividjian to a ministry role is scarcely surprising, though the speed would no doubt make even Jimmy Swaggart green with envy. It is the logical outcome of the culture of celebrity which has been consciously cultivated…
The return of Tullian Tchividjian to a ministry role is scarcely surprising, though the speed would no doubt make even Jimmy Swaggart green with envy. It is the logical outcome of the culture of celebrity which has been consciously cultivated…
The news came yesterday that Tullian Tchividjian is now the Director of Ministry Development at Willow Creek Church in Winter Springs, Florida (not to be confused with Willow Creek Community Church of South Barrington, IL). Willow Creek Church is part…
I consider myself a “grace boy.” That is, all the debates that have been on-going in Presbyterian and Reformed circles over sanctification over the past few years, I side with those who emphasize the indicative (who we are by virtue…
I review an interesting book today over at Books at a Glance. And if you are a member of their website, you can listen to the audio version of my review, read by me: I have two teenage daughters.…
David J. Luy. Dominus Mortis: Martin Luther on the Incorruptibility of God in Christ. Fortress, 2014. 266 pp. $24.99 Professor Luy’s book has a mostly polemical scope: refuting an interpretation of Luther’s Christology and deploring a strain of systematics that…
David J. Luy. Dominus Mortis: Martin Luther on the Incorruptibility of God in Christ. Fortress, 2014. 266 pp. $24.99 Professor Luy’s book has a mostly polemical scope: refuting an interpretation of Luther’s Christology and deploring a strain of systematics that…
This post is the second in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China’s emerging Reformed Community (see part 1 here). Context & Cause of the Current Confusion In one of the most fascinating developments in…
I. The Eclipse of Heaven Sometimes you can see a trend by noting the exception. In his well-regarded book How (Not) to Be Secular, the philosopher James K. A. Smith observes that the Reformation’s celebration of the theological significance of…
