Plagiarism is wrong, relatively common, and, perhaps inevitably, increasingly acceptable amongst brand name ministers and their benighted followers. Thus, in this week’s MoS the team tackle the issue head on. First, however, we need to discuss the all important matter…
Plagiarism is wrong, relatively common, and, perhaps inevitably, increasingly acceptable amongst brand name ministers and their benighted followers. Thus, in this week’s MoS the team tackle the issue head on. First, however, we need to discuss the all important matter…
Eric S. Gregory. Politics and the Order of Love: An Augustinian Ethic of Democratic Citizenship. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. 417 pp. $28.99 This is not a book to be undertaken lightly by the unsuspecting reader, lured in by…
Thankfully God deals with our idols, because left to ourselves we certainly would not. Four years ago I had a paid flight to South Africa, tickets to many games, and passes into some of the various television studios (Al Jazeera,…
When I first arrived at seminary, I was appalled that anyone claiming to be Protestant would baptize infants. In my limited understanding, only Roman Catholics conducted themselves in such an unbiblical manner. In my mind, infant baptism may have been…
(Note: while there is an almost endless variety of material available from Logos Bible Software, this compound review is based around Logos Bible Software 5, the Bronze base package, and the Gold Reformed package.) From time to time, Logos gets…
As part of my series on practical Christology, I have asked: “How may I know Christ loves me?” and “Why is Heaven eternal?“ The answers to these questions do not belong only to theologians and pastors, but especially also to God’s people.…
I am in Houston for my first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. I may or may not have more to post on this experience later. The reason for this post is to highlight an exciting new resource…
We confess, along with Christians throughout the ages, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). Even from our earliest age, we are sinners (Ps. 51:5; Eph. 2:1). As the Westminster Shorter Catechism 18…
Never have I so carefully typed quotation marks. Those tiny dashes keep intact both my ordination vows and my soul. They also refer to my enjoyable experience last Sunday attending an international service organized by the Gereformeerde Kerken in IJsselmuiden, Netherlands. Gathered…
