Over at Church Matters Greg Gilbert has contributed some great posts dealing with the doctrine of the atonement. Among those posts Gilbert interacts with N.T. Wright who has become increasingly popular in evangelical circles. To be sure, Wright is an…
You can check in on my growing number of book recommendations over at WTS Bookstore HERE. Scroll down to “non-denomiational” on the “choose denomination” filter. All but a few of the recommendations in that section are mine. You may also…
When I came to Church of the Saviour one of my first priorities was to preach a series called “The Gospel-Driven Church.” It is my prayer that the message of the doing, dying, and rising of Christ becomes the controling…
In this five-hundredth anniversary of Calvin’s birth, booksellers have flooded the marketplace with all things John Calvin. Of all the books published in this anniversary year, the one that stands head-and-shoulders above the rest is Bruce Gordon’s Calvin. In fact, it is…
“Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to Christ’s institution, there, it is not to be doubted, a church of God exists” (4.1.9). Thus Calvin identifies the two (not three) marks…
From Denny Burk: Commenting on McLaren’s post… This explanation is so filled with dangerous and damning error, it’s difficult to know where to begin. For starters, one cannot observe Ramadan as a “deeply committed” Christian. Fasting in the Christian tradition…
The Reformers affirmed the necessary distinction between the church visible and invisible; that is, between the one church of Christ on earth as man sees it, and the one church in heaven and earth as God sees it. The one…
Keith Mathison of Ligonier offers a helpful comparative review of these Bible software programs.
I’ve been thinking recently about something television star Kelsey Grammer said. It’s not because I saw a rerun of Cheers. Unfortunately, the context is tragic. Grammer has me thinking about well intentioned people who end up “packing unforgiveness.” Where deep…
In a recent post we have been having a discusion on the nature of God’s sovereignty. Over at Ref21 Andy Naselli has written a good post dealing with the intersection of God’s sovereignty and human freedom. 1. The Bible never…
