Round and About
It is Christmas Eve and I wanted that special gift for Trueman to enjoy. I passed THIS along to him. Sermon Audio – Last week I preached from Matthew 1:18-25. You can check it out HERE. We have heard much…
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I must thank Professor McCall for his full and hearty (c.2000 word) response to what he (presumably ironically) calls my “essay” (a 500 word blogpost) on Wesley and Pelagius. Mark Jones has urged me to be brief, so even though…
‘Pelagianism’ calmly considered: A Response to Lee Gatiss
I. Introduction I have always found Lee Gatiss to be a fine historian, so I was disappointed to see his claims in the recent “Wesley and Pelagius“. He points out that Pelagius has been universally reviled and rejected in orthodox…
Jesus and Isaiah
Here is the final installment of my Christmas devotionals based on the pre-incarnate appearances of Jesus in the Old Testament. May the Lord bless you all, especially as the gospel promises of Christ are celebrated in our churches and homes!…
Grace and sin
A number of pastoral issues have arisen recently which have brought home to me some particular truths and some particular emphases arising from them. Many of these situations are on the fringes of church life or outside it (though I…
Does Liturgy or Music Keep Minorities Away from Our Church? (Part 4)
Crown and Joy Presbyterian Church, in Richmond, VA, celebrated its ninth Sunday on December 21, 2014. Time seems to be moving quite quickly. Before you know it, if the Lord wills, we will have finished our series through the book…
Mindfulness or the mind of Christ
The singularly brilliant Christian apologist of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal, noted the existential reality that the human condition was one of inconstancy, boredom and anxiety. For him, the only real cure was made known in history by the God…
Wesley and Pelagius
For century after century, one man has been the bogeyman of Western theology. He’s the bad guy. The one nobody wants to be like. Yes, you guessed it: that old Welsh heretic, Pelagius. For centuries the malign influence of his…
Shock Christmas Revelations! Pope Admits ‘I am Catholic’, Bears Confess to Lack of Personal Hygiene, and I Love My Wife.
One of the regular concerns expressed by readers of this blog and listeners to the podcast is the fact that many of the suggestions we make about church life and practice seem to be rather Presbyterian. Some are simply puzzled…
Do More Than One Stinking Pull-Up
This is the title of an awesome article over at The Art of Manliness blog. In it, Brett McKay opens with an embarrassing moment that has motivated him to a life of fitness. It was the dreaded fitness test in…