For an explanation of what follows, see the previously posted introduction to this series. Calvin discerned four basic claims in Rome’s teaching on Scripture as discovered in the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent. The first claim was comprised…
As the church in the West faces social marginalization unknown for over 1500 years, the question of the marks of the church, those identifying features which she possesses, is likely to become more pressing. Standard Reformed approaches tend to offer…
Conclusions can often be unimpressive. But this is not the case in Carl Trueman’s latest book, Luther on the Christian Life. One thing that stuck out to me while I was reading this excellent book was that there is a…
The American missionaries that I work with are the best; I wouldn’t swap any of them. They’ve served us so well and helped us, strengthened our congregation and enabled us to reach people we wouldn’t have been able to reach without…
I intend to offer, over the next several weeks, a four part series on Calvin’s response to Rome’s doctrine of Scripture as discovered in the fourth session of the Council of Trent. It’s my impression that very few Protestants today…
In the opening chapters of On Christian Teaching (I.1-5), Augustine argues that everything that exists can be divided into two groups: things to be used and things to be enjoyed. “To enjoy a thing,” he proposes, “is to rest with…
Jeremiah Burroughs, in the book Gospel Conversation, tells us that “the gospel of Christ in general is this”: It is the good tidings that God has revealed concerning Christ…. More largely it is this: As all mankind was lost in…
Bruce Baugus has responded carefully to what I had written in reaction to the proposed series on the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT). I thought it might be helpful to expand my initial response,…
Over at Scot McKnight's blog David Moore has written what is sure to be a provocative post. He does what many are not willing to do. He criticizes The Gospel Coalition. Certainly there is nothing small, petty, or mean about…
Over at Jesus Creed, Dave Moore has some interesting observations on the current state of reformed evangelicalism, on my own happy exile from the Beautiful People (not enough hair, Dave, nothing to do with my writing), and on the need…
