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Some time in the autumn of 379, Gregory of Nazianzus answered the summons issued by the Synod of Antioch to take up residence in Constantinople. His job description was clear: to promote the Nicene faith in a city given over…

Synopsis Purioris Theologiae, Latin Text and English Translation, Volume 1/Disputations 1-23 edited by Dolf te Velde, et al. Leiden: Brill, 2014. Pp. xv + 659. $154.00 The Synopsis Purioris Theologicae, popularly called the Leiden Synopsis, was originally published in 1625…

The early days of January 2015 have been disturbing ones for Western Europe and the ‘democratic’ world generally, as the streets of Paris have been visited with devastating violence and death manifesting the fruits of a totalitarian Islamic ideology growing…

As some will no doubt be preaching on Christ’s death on Friday, there is one hugely important theological fact that must be kept uppermost in our minds as we consider his death on the cross.  If we do not understand…

“I come to the right of interpreting [the Bible], which they arrogate to themselves…. It is theirs, they say, to give the meaning of Scripture, and we must acquiesce.” Thus Calvin summarizes the fourth and final point of Trent’s teaching…

I am delighted to get my hands on the first volume of a projected ten-volume set, The Works of William Perkins. Perkins was one of those phenomenal proto-Puritans, in this instance a man often called “the father of Puritanism.” While…

Here is another question that did not get answered in the Grand Rapids PCRT:  “A recent conversation with a family member centered around whether we still need to have a civil license of marriage since the government of states are…

The final part of an interview with Sandy Finlayson, (part 1, part 2) on his two books ‘Unity and Diversity‘ and ‘Bitesize Biography – Thomas Chalmers‘   These men accomplished an enormous amount, as I read the book I was…

Last year I forgot it was Easters, likely due to the fact that I had just returned home from South Africa and was jet-lagged. I prepared my sermon on Genesis, and only realized when it was too late that it…