Pick on someone your own size
In response to a mortifying podcast on patriarchal abuse, from certain former Ref21 bloggers, let me just say a word or two about the very stupid idea that husbands can beat their wives. I knew someone once who told me…
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How It All Began
I am meeting up with Todd and Carl this Tuesday and Wednesday at Westminster Theological Seminary to particiapte on a panel discussion with Dr. R. Kent Hughes for the 2014 Pastor's Conference. I'm honored that WTS invites a housewife's perspective into…
Deviant Calvinism
Oliver Crisp, Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology. Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2014, 260 pages, $27.99 Oliver Crisp has a deservedly high reputation for his clear expositions of Christian doctrine from an analytical and philosophical angle, notably in regard to the Incarnation,…
Sunday’s Sermon
I'm currently preaching through the Book of Acts. On Sunday I preached part 20 which is entitled "The Death of Stephen" (7:54-8:1). You can listen to or download it HERE. We also podcast our sermons. If you are planning…
With Apologies to Disco Dan
A couple of weeks ago, I commended Dan Block's excellent book on worship and commented that it was one of the only things of which I was aware that addressed the public reading of scripture in a clear and practical…
Hillsong’s “Journey”
It was inevitable I suppose. When a church operates as a global brand the need to stay fashionable is of prime importance. So it is not surprising that Hillsong, the multinational mega-church founded in Australia is now openly capitulating on…
How to Choose a Spouse: Calvin on Gen. 6.1-3
“The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose” (NASB). It is not entirely obvious who the parties (“sons of God” and “daughters of men”) to the historical…
The secret of big evangelicalism is the secret of great comedy
La Diva's question about evangelicalism and sentimentality is an important one but I would like to expand its reference by pointing to the close connection between sentimentality and aesthetics. We live in an age where matters of taste, defined often…
Kruger Reviews Enns
Dr. Michael Kruger of Reformed Theological Seminary has written a helpful, clear, and appropriately corrective review of Dr. Peter Enns' (Eastern University) newest book The Bible Tells Me So. Dr. Kruger explains Dr. Enns' project: Enns is pushing back…
Are Evangelicals Too Sentimental?
My cohorts and I have been reading through Todd M. Brenneman’s Homespun Gospel for a future podcast. So the recent book review of it over at 9 Marks was interesting to me. Matt McCullough does some interacting with the book.…