In China….
I’m currently in China, where I do not have access to Gmail, Facebook, or Twitter. I suppose this is an enforced Lent for me. But I do have access to Reformation21 for some reason. I guess we are not quite…
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Critiquing the Klinean Doctrine of Republication: A review article
Andrew M. Elam, Robert van Kooten, and Randall Bergquist. Merit and Moses: A Critique of the Klinean Doctrine of Republication. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2014. 172 pages. $16.99 Currently, there is considerable discussion – both within the academy and within…
Critiquing the Klinean Doctrine of Republication: A review article
Andrew M. Elam, Robert van Kooten, and Randall Bergquist. Merit and Moses: A Critique of the Klinean Doctrine of Republication. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2014. 172 pages. $16.99 Currently, there is considerable discussion – both within the academy and within…
Everyone has a system
At the risk of a sledgehammer crushing a nut, my good friend Matthew Roberts who’s the minister of Trinity Church, York has written the following regarding the video of Phillip Jensen. See previous posts here and here. I should say…
The Bible and Homosexuality: Wrong and Right Lessons
The news broke this week that City Church San Francisco has reversed its prohibition against practicing homosexuals being admitted into church membership (see here). Previously, only celibate homosexuals were accepted as biblically faithful Christians. Senior Pastor Fred Harrell explained the…
Before You Burn the Books
I’m just going to go ahead and embarrass myself here—for the sake of the gospel and all. When I was a sophomore in college, I was heavily convicted that I was not living my life according to who I was—a…
Calvin contra Rome on Scripture (Part 2)
Follow the links to read the introduction and part one of this series. “In forming a catalogue of Scripture,” Calvin writes, “they [the Roman Catholic Council of Trent] mark all the books with the same chalk, and insist on placing…
Two Kingdoms Ecumenism [Part two]
This is the second in a series exploring the theology of Two Kingdoms across a variety of topics. The first article can be found here – Editor Evangelicals, always a couple decades behind the latest mainline bandwagon, have in recent years…
Reflecting on ECT
Rusty Reno at First Things has now published the reflections on Evangelicals and Catholics Together. You can find Mark McDowell’s introduction and rationale here, Timothy George’s piece here, Thomas Guarino’s here, and mine here. My approach is slightly different to…
Ovey responds to Jensen
Last week Paul Levy drew our attention to this video where Phillip Jensen worries that Calvinists “preach the system” rather than “preaching the Bible.” Mike Ovey has responded, quite well I think, to Jensen’s worry here. (HT: Jonty Rhodes.)