Thanksgiving reading
Okay, it’s not as long as the summer, but it is a few days and don’t you think books ought to trump parades and college football? Put another way, nothing goes better with turkey than some good reads. Let…
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Blog 221: 4.17.6 – 4.17.11
Calvin’s great concern is that Christians should “rightly use the Lord’s Supper.” He is, from beginning to end, a pastoral theologian (surely any other kind is guilty of a category mistake?). In seeking to serve the church he wants to…
Blog 220: 4.17.1 – 4.17.5
Calvin now turns to the theme of the Lord’s Supper. His concern is twofold: (i) to provide a simple explanation of the Supper and (ii) to resolve difficulties related to it. What he does in IV. 17. i is worthy…
Reading Up on the Church
The following are some books that are helpful toward developing a better understanding of the church: Nine Marks of the Healthy Church by Mark Dever Twelve Challenges Churches Face by Mark Dever The Church by Edmund Clowney Life in the…
Do Evangelicals believe in the church? or What ever happened to ecclesiology?
Periodically I am reminded of the fact that those of us who were raised in evangelical churches often have a woefully undeveloped ecclesiology (theology of the church). The vast majority of what I know about the church has been learned…
Military Service and Religious Liberty
Al Mohler addresses a very timely and surely controversial subject in his latest article. In the days since the shootings, the question of Muslims serving in the U.S. military has been unavoidable. In one sense, the question is hardly new.…
Hell and its problems
Further to recent blogs on the topic “How Can a loving God send People to Hell?” readers might like to watch a video clip (posted by Martin Downes) of Don Carson answering this question, here.
Books on my desk…
A couple of books that have come my way are outstanding: the first, by Tony Merida (Ok, he’s in Mississippi, so I’m biased), called Faithful Preaching: Declaring Scripture with Responsibility, Passion, and Authenticity (B&H Publishing, 2009). Merida has a…
Counsel from the Cross
As I’ve transitioned from teaching back to congregational ministry, I find myself reading widely in the “practical theology” field–whether pastoral theology, preaching, worship, or counseling. One of the better books that I’ve read recently is Elyse Fitzpatrick and Dennis Johnson’s…