John Owen was an Anglican
Having previously proved without any shadow of a doubt that the great John Owen was not a Baptist, no, definitely not a Baptist, and certainly not a Presbyterian, it is important that we now go one step further. In this…
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Ressourcement: retrieving our past for present faithfulness
Ressourcement: retrieving our past for present faithfulness –true history in The Letter to Diognetus Imperial Rome, especially in the first two hundred years of its existence, was “obsessed with time” and its place in the flow of history.[1] This obsession…
Meet the New American Dream
Meet the New American Dream, Same as the Old American Dream: Thoughts after seeing Joy Movies are more than entertainment, date night venues, or after (during) work escapes. At their best, they are something closer to lay theology or therapy…
A Name or a No-name?
I’m currently editing a book with Michael Haykin on intra-Reformed debates in the Long Eighteenth Century (1688 to 1815). It is a sort of companion to this book, and part of a life-long project of mine where I want to…
How Should We Then Defend?
I suspect that 2015, from a Christian perspective, will go down in history as one of the darkest and gloomiest years of human history. The cavalier destruction of human life, in the name of religion, is on the rise worldwide.…
How Should We Then Defend?
I suspect that 2015, from a Christian perspective, will go down in history as one of the darkest and gloomiest years of human history. The cavalier destruction of human life, in the name of religion, is on the rise worldwide.…
Buckets and Burning Churches: Luther, the Church, and Catholicity
In his Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation of 1520, Luther takes aim at the Roman Church’s “flimsy and worthless” claim to possess the exclusive authority and ability (by virtue of some unique spiritual gift) to interpret…
Three Proposals for Racial Reconciliation Overtures in the PCA
Perhaps the biggest issue going into this year’s Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) General Assembly will be the racial reconciliation overtures that are starting to come in from the presbyteries. This process was prompted by the personal resolution submitted last…
Christological Confusion & China’s Reforming Churches (part 10)
This is the tenth post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China’s emerging Reformed community (see part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9). Sixth Statement: An Uncreated Body The Belgic Confession insists the eternal Son became fully human…
Infant Baptism and the Promise of Grace
In considering the differences between those who support and those who oppose the baptism of infants, focusing too narrowly upon the need for faith in the recipients of the rite can be misleading, for among Reformed Christians this necessity is…