I’ve been doing a little reading in Origen’s On First Principles today (written sometime before 225). It’s a scandalous work on several counts, but is likely the first attempt at a systematic exposition of the faith in the post-apostolic era and…
This month’s edition of Tabletalk magazine features an impressive lineup of church historians (namely, Bob Godfrey, Carl Trueman, and Scott Clark) discussing the historical origins — as well as popular uses and abuses — of the slogan “reformed, [and] always…
A recent post on Reformation21 was removed by the author. But thanks be to the Aquila “Report” (quotes mine), republication is truly well and alive. The author on the Aquila “Report” takes issue with a certain Ref21 blogger for undermining…
So every Thursday night my husband and I have a date. Whiskey is poured, we sit together in our famous “hot tub chair” and watch our favorite show, Parenthood. Last night Matt was busy grading papers and my brain was…
As a reminder of where we’ve been thus far, it might be helpful to list the Ten Tenets again. The Ten Tenets are these: The faith that we are defending must begin with, and necessarily include, the Triune God —…
As a reminder of where we’ve been thus far, it might be helpful to list the Ten Tenets again. The Ten Tenets are these: The faith that we are defending must begin with, and necessarily include, the Triune God —…
In my mind, the only person fully equipped to be a mega-church pastor is Christ, who knows all of his sheep by name. He alone, by his Spirit, can minister to each of his sheep. He alone, by his Spirit,…
And so it begins – websites with their books of the year. I expect Ref 21 will get on the bandwagon soon enough, however it seems Monergism are first out of the traps with their top 50 and you’ll be…
I think everyone agrees that convictions are a good thing. All you have to do is scroll through a Twitter or Facebook feed to see many strong beliefs held by your friends in cyber-world. Some of these convictions are well-intended,…
It seems that every generation of the church sees a struggle to rightly define Christian sanctification. This happens in part because of the importance of the subject. Sanctification is the present tense of salvation for those who have believed; it…
