A couple of thoughts on Sean’s helpful clarification: First, in his first post, it is important to note that Sean was not simply speaking positively of Covenant. My concern was that he passed a general judgment on all seminaries with…
I’m so grateful for my friend Carl’s reply. It appears, perhaps, that I was a bit too subtle in the single point that I was trying to contribute, so I thought that I might take another run at it more…
Did God Really Say?, Edited by David B. Garner (P&R, 2012) One of the first Bible Studies I ever taught was on the doctrine of the Word of God. It was kind of done out of necessity. Back when I…
Reading Sean’s (another friend and another church historian — I guess it is one of those weeks) response to my exchange with Michael Haykin, a number of thoughts by way of response come to mind but I will confine myself…
Reading Sean’s (another friend and another church historian — I guess it is one of those weeks) response to my exchange with Michael Haykin, a number of thoughts by way of response come to mind but I will confine myself…
I have enjoyed the exchange between my fellow church historians (and pastors) Carl Trueman and Michael Haykin on spiritual formation and seminaries. I wanted to make one brief observation on the exchange and it centers on what seminaries are for…
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…
