My friend and fellow church historian, Michael Haykin, has offered a gracious, thoughtful but pointed response to an earlier post of mine where, almost as an aside, I expressed certain thoughts on seminaries and spiritual formation. The offending paragraph in…
My friend and fellow church historian, Michael Haykin, has offered a gracious, thoughtful but pointed response to an earlier post of mine where, almost as an aside, I expressed certain thoughts on seminaries and spiritual formation. The offending paragraph in…
In April 2010 Martin Salter wrote an article in Themelios ”Does Baptism Replace Circumcision? An Examination of the Relationship between Circumcision and Baptism in Colossians 2:11-12” . At the Carey Conference in January 2012 Salter gave a similar paper (see…
The word relevant is being used pretty selfishly these days when it comes to the church and its teachings. People have become so individualized with their “faith” that they either stop coming to church altogether, or they shop for the…
I have had some correspondence over the last few weeks, asking about Lloyd-Jones’ mysticism and also apparent inconsistencies in Warfield’s Christology. I am busy this week but working on posting on these topics before the end of August. In…
I have had some correspondence over the last few weeks, asking about Lloyd-Jones’ mysticism and also apparent inconsistencies in Warfield’s Christology. I am busy this week but working on posting on these topics before the end of August. In…
Blame It on the Brain?, Edward T. Welch (P&R, 1998) Even if you’ve never suffered with a mental illness, you probably know someone who has. Maybe you care for someone who is suffering from a brain disorder. We certainly want…
On Friday night CRT was installed as pastor of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church. Derek Thomas preached, you can hear the charge to the congregation and the to the pastor plus the sermon here. There’s a great photo of the men involved…
I’ve been on holiday and August is always a lighter month, so I’m catching up on some reading over the next while. For all the ”take 20 minutes in the morning, afternoon and evening”, finding time to read is hard…
There have been several articles addressing the issue of modesty appearing on the Aquila Report recently. Matthew Tuininga advocates the danger of legalism, Rebecca VanDoodewaard warns us of the deadliness of antinomianism, and one encourages all women not to wear pants.…
