In my most recently published article on Ref21, Five Arguments Against Future Justification According to Works (see part 2 here), I expressed the position that the judgment of believers in Christ on the last day will consist only of reward and…
Summer Reading As I continue my reading on John Calvin, I picked up an excellent work by Machiel A. Van den Berg, entitled Friends of Calvin. It contains twenty-four relatively short chapters on people who feature in Calvin’s…
Earlier this week the BBC took me to Geneva for three days to record some interviews on Calvin (in Gaelic) which will be broadcast later this year. Along with Jessie Boydell, also from the Isle of Lewis, and currently living…
Genesis in Space and Time by Francis Schaeffer. Publisher Review: Genesis is a book of orgins–the orgin of the universe, the origin of life and the origin of man. It places man in his cosmic setting, shows his particular uniquness,…
More on Summer reading… My summer reading began with the publication of Calvin’s Sermons on Genesis 1-11 (trans. Rob Roy McGregor, Banner of Truth). Preached in 1559-60 they prepresent particularly important evidence of the heart of the reformer’s preaching. Stunning…
Calvin begins a new section here comprising five chapters given over to the nature of the Christian life. It knew a separate existence from the Institutes published as a booklet in its right. Referring to his love of brevity (yes!),…
It is well frequently to weigh ourselves in the scale of God’s Word. You will find it a holy exercise to read some psalm of David, and, as you meditate upon each verse, to ask yourself, “Can I say this?…
I’m very glad to see that Eerdmans is publishing a new edition of Machen’s classic, Christianity and Liberalism. Carl has written a new foreword for the volume, which you can read online at WTS Books.
