“You didn’t build that.” Those rather infamous words, some of you will remember, were spoken by our President to business owners about their businesses. And while those words are terribly misguided when applied to business owners they need to…
Let’s face it; discipline stinks. Our children illustrate all too well this truth that we learn to cleverly disguise as adults. No one asks for discipline. And yet, loving parents know that it is necessary for growth. Our Father in…
Peter Enns, The Bible Tells Me So …: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It. New York: Harper Collins, 2014. $17.99 This is not an easy book to review because a review calling into question the accuracy of…
Peter Enns, The Bible Tells Me So …: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It. New York: Harper Collins, 2014. $17.99 This is not an easy book to review because a review calling into question the accuracy of…
This article in Christianity Today is remarkable for a number of reasons, perhaps especially for the eloquent line, 'In a lot of ways, I considered Driscoll one of my pastors.' Such a sentiment is certainly consistent with the risible TGC…
Why do we love justification and sanctification? And do we love one more than the other? If you’ve ever been in a position where you think you might die, your theology really begins to matter, and you learn a great…
In our circles, historian Philip Jenkins appears to be best known for his work on global Christianity, beginning with Next Christendom (Oxford, 2002; 3d edition, 2011–now part of his Future of Christianity trilogy). Just before that, however, he released Hidden Gospels:…
“In a few words, but with great sublimity, Moses here commends the faith of Noah.” Thus comments Calvin on Scripture’s record that “Noah… did all that God commanded him” (Gen. 6.22). The terseness with which Scripture registers Noah’s obedience is…
The Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society is just under a couple of weeks away. This year’s festivities will be held on November 19-21 at the Town and Country Resort & Convention Center in San Diego, California. The theme…
About 5 years ago I was blessed to attend the European Leadership Forum (to speak on various things, including Calvin on Union with Christ). Amongst others, I met there some leading Greek evangelicals, Giotis Kantartzis and Argyris Petrou. A year…
