If the cap fits….
I’ve never thought of myself as a TR, but Darryl Hart’s take on recent comments on myself and David Bahnsen place me explicitly in that camp and, frankly, capture the points at issue. Anyone interested can find DG’s post here. …
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Legalism & Self Help – The Fruit of Missing the Gospel
In Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture, one of the most important books on preaching I have ever read, Graeme Goldsworthy writes: We are all legalists at heart. We all love to be able to say that we have…
On Avoiding Public Self-Humiliation
Is it just me, or has there been an outbreak this past week of embarrassing examples of Christians dialoging badly with one another in the public square? Off the top of my head: R. Scott Clark’s blog response to Clark…
Can Biologos Save Christianity?
Dr. Karl Giberson has apologized to Al Mohler for his schoolyard tactics of “debate”. As I mention in an earlier post, Dr. Giberson, in a piece for the Huffington Post, accused Dr. Mohler of not being interested in the truth.…
Luther and the Jews II: The Context
In my last post, I tried to summarise what we might call `the Shirer thesis’ which posits tight connection between Luther and the Holocaust. In this post, i want to start to offer an avenue of critique. The first thing…
Luther and the Jews II: The Context
In my last post, I tried to summarise what we might call `the Shirer thesis’ which posits tight connection between Luther and the Holocaust. In this post, i want to start to offer an avenue of critique. The first thing…
The Encyclopedia Puritannica Project
I’m currently at the Puritan Reformed Conference in Grand Rapids, and thoroughly enjoying myself. ‘The Beauty and Glory of Christ’ – why did no-one think of a conference with this grand theme before? One of the blessings is books and…
What your doctor believes about God may matter more than you think…
As it turns out believers and atheists have different ideas about the dignity of human life. Of course, this should not be any surprise. Apart from a biblical worldview, what reason is there, other than sentiment, to invest human life…
August 26: Psalm 34
Life has its low points for us all and, for David, the events that lay behind this particular psalm rank close to the nadir. The title of the psalm links its composition to the time when David ‘pretended to be…
August 25: Psalm 33
Singing new songs is one of those things that stirs different thoughts and feelings in different Christian circles; but here in this psalm David vigorously encourages the practice! But before either side in the worship discussion gets too excited about…