John Owen was never a Baptist
I remember once telling a friend at church that I was going to go do a PhD on John Owen. They replied, “Oh yes, I know him. He’s that great Baptist theologian.” Somewhat startled, I thought I’d since made this…
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Critiquing Westminster Shorter Catechism #1
The Westminster Shorter Catechism on Q. & A. is wrong-headed, in my view. Almost everyone in Reformed circles knows the following question and answer by heart: Q. 1. What is the chief end of man? A. Man’s chief end is…
A Guest Review: McKnight on Oden
As readers will know, this week MoS is focusing on Thomas Oden's autobiography, A Change of Heart. As I have reviewed it for the January edition of First Things, I asked Scot McKnight, as a friend and representative of another…
Follow the Blood
Do you remember the story of Hansel and Gretel? Two young children are taken out into the forest one day and then abandoned by their father, who can’t afford to look after them anymore. (Perhaps it was during the credit…
How to Teach the Doctrine of the Blessedness of God [Part 4]
Divine blessedness is fruitful. Of course the divine blessedness itself, the beatitude of God, is fruitful, as the source of everything that has come into being. But my point here, as in the earlier articles in this series, is that…
How to Teach the Doctrine of the Blessedness of God [Part 4]
Divine blessedness is fruitful. Of course the divine blessedness itself, the beatitude of God, is fruitful, as the source of everything that has come into being. But my point here, as in the earlier articles in this series, is that…
Valhalla Writing
One of the striking features of Thomas Oden’s spiritual life is his expansive intellectual appetite, evidenced in both his reading and his writing. From his early liberal passion for radical theological and political literature to his later development of the…
Cross-Contamination at the Lord’s Table
My husband has an irrational fear of food poisoning. I can’t even tease him about it, because I would then be the one who has to deal with the imagined stomach aches. I can’t tell you how many times I…
Preaching Christ from Daniel
Sidney Greidanus, Preaching Christ from Daniel. Foundations for Expository Sermons. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. The present volume merits attention as it brings together two issues of great interest: Evangelicalism’s perennial fascination – arguably an unhealthy obsession! – with the Book…
Preaching Christ from Daniel
Sidney Greidanus, Preaching Christ from Daniel. Foundations for Expository Sermons. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. The present volume merits attention as it brings together two issues of great interest: Evangelicalism’s perennial fascination – arguably an unhealthy obsession! – with the Book…