Sept. 27: 2 Sam 23
“The best way to die” The ‘words of David’ appear copiously throughout the Scriptures. Many of them are in the Book of Psalms, of course, and many of these, in turn, appear in the New Testament, where their ultimate meaning…
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Full Confidence Follow-Up
A wonderful weekend was had at Church of the Saviour. The Full Confidence Conference was a blessing. The opening address by David Garner was a powerful warning against allowing skeptical views of God’s Word to take root in the church…
Full Confidence
I was encourged by Carlton’s report on the Westminster conference on Scripture (and only wish he’d reported Carl’s spicy comments). It made me reflect on my own expereince of the outworking of a deficient view of the Bible’s authority. The first…
Inerrancy and Authority
Kevin DeYoung has posted several excellent articles on biblical inerrancy. His post from September 24 I found particularly helpful because he points out the link between the inerrancy of the Bible and its authority. Here is the entire post: Perhaps…
What’s the Big Idea?
I was in discussion with some ministers earlier this week and we were talking about how to teach the Bible’s story to our people. There was some debate about systematic theology versus biblical theology and which approach is best suited…
What sits on your Bible?
“It all comes down to authority, doesn’t it?” Stretching out his hand across the coffee shop table and resting it atop the Bible in front of him, a recent college graduate confessed to pastor Todd Pruitt that he had lost…
Best of the British! #1
As the UK based bit of this blog Liam and I will try and do is give you some of the best things coming out in the UK and the many things you lot over there are inflicting on us. Iain D…
Full Confidence Live Streaming…
From Justin Taylor: If you want to watch and listen to some good lectures tonight and tomorrow on the doctrine of Scripture issues that are facing the church today, here are two for tonight: •Friday, 7:00 PM — Dr. David…
Full Confidence…
If you are in the Philadelphia area, consider attending Full Confidence at Church of the Saviour in Wayne.Schedule:Friday, 7:00 pm: Rev. Dr. David B. Garner, “Thus Swayeth the Lord” Friday, 8:15 pm: Rev. Dr. Carl Trueman, “The Early Fathers and…
Kennedy-Nixon Revisited
Slate magazine has just published a fascinating article, calling into question the traditional wisdom that, in the 1960 televised debate, those who watched on TV thought Kennedy won, while those who listened on the radio gave the spoils to Nixon;…