From Russell Moore of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Theology is helping a shellshocked widow clean up after a suicide. Theology is about crying with a teenage boy who’s body is shaking with crystal meth. Theology drives you to rock orphans…
Now on to reprobation, not nearly as edifying as election and assurance–should I protest to Dr. Thomas for choosing me to write on this section?! Calvin starts here at the same place he does with election, firmly and solidly in…
Writing for Towers, a publication of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Jim Hamilton reflects on lessons learned during his first pastorate. I identify with much of what he writes. It’s worth reading as churches often struggle with what a pastor…
From Banner of Truth: ‘How Liberal Theology Infected Scotland’ is a deeply instructive short article written by R. A. Finlayson, the late professor of Systematic Theology in the Free Church College in Edinburgh. Finlayson attributed the nineteenth century infiltration of…
Calvin ended yesterday’s reading by lodging election squarely “in Christ alone.” Now he develops how this grounds, roots, and anchors–pick any metaphor your prefer–our assurance. Way back when I was working on my dissertation, tackling Edwards on assurance, I remember…
From The White Horse Inn: Is something wrong with the soil in the evangelical garden? According to Warren Cole Smith, author of A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church, the answer to that question, unfortunately, is yes. On this edition…
My former colleague in ministry in Belfast and good friend, Dr. John Ross, currently at Dumisani Theological Institute (King William’s Town, South Africa) has written a fascinating piece on missions here. Ref21 readers will find it well worth reading.
If you’re looking for a good introductory answer to this question (in 12 pages), here’s a helpful presentation by Matt Harmon, delivered at the No Doubt Apologetics Conference in Indianapolis.HT: Justin Taylor
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