Darrel Bock is weighing in on Bart Ehrman’s newest hit piece on Jesus and the Bible, Jesus, Interrupted. Bart Ehrman’s Jesus, Interrupted by his own admission says nothing new. It packages what scholars have been saying for two decades. Since…
The opening words of the introduction of Ancient Word, Changing Worlds is a quote by Mark Twain that, sadly, would be voiced (perhaps more diplomatically) by many so-called evangelicals in our own day. “It is full of interest. It has…
Justification: Understanding the Classic Reformed DoctrineBy J.V. Fesko461 p.P&R Publishing (August 2008) The reader may be pardoned for thinking that all that could be said about justification has been said. But the reader would be wrong. John Valero Fesko, pastor…
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Charles Murray has written a thougtful essay on America’s seeming drift toward a European model of social democracy. Murray’s contention is that “the European model…drains too much of the life from life.” The stuff of life — the elemental events…
That was the topic of last night’s Nightline Face-off. The discussion included universalist Carlton Pearson, New Age guru Depak Chopra, Evangelical Mark Driscoll, and, yes, a former stripper. Check out the video teaser HERE.
The pedagogic (and first) use of law is to “shut our mouths” (Rom. 3:19), not so as to lead us to utter despair (as is the case with the reprobate) but to lead us to Christ: “But in Christ his…
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Dr. Vern Poythress of Westminster Theological Seminary has written as well as anyone on the unity of the Bible. The following is from a recent article: How does the Bible as a whole fit together? The events recorded in the…
I had the great pleasure today of being present at the presentation of a Festschrift to my good friend and esteemed colleague, Manny Ortiz, a delight only matched by having lunch with him and his family, The book, Globalization and…
