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…
I. Christian theology addresses the topic of happiness by addressing, first, the being and works of “the happy God” (1 Tim 1.11; 6.15) and, second, the happiness of the people whose God is the Lord (Ps 33.12). II. God is…
If I, or an angel from heaven, should criticize the Marrow or the Marrow Men, let us be anathema. Imagine reading my post yesterday and coming to the following conclusions: That I was suggesting Thomas Boston was not orthodox in…
I believe the Marrow of Modern Divinity will receive some more attention in 2016 due to the publication of Sinclair Ferguson’s new book. I have just finished it and in the book, Ferguson makes many wonderful and much-needed pastoral insights. His book also…
This is the ninth post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China’s emerging Reformed community (see parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) Fifth Statement: Merely Functional Likeness Ironically, holding a univocal view of God’s image (see part…
This is the third part of a multipart series of posts on the subject of the Transfiguration and its significance for Christian theology and biblical reflection. Within the first couple of posts I explored the literary presentation of the event…
Christians affirm that God is good, but just how good is God? We can speak of him being “infinitely good” but that still doesn’t help the person in the pew much. People need specifics. Is it possible that God…
John Milbank, Beyond Secular Order: The Representation of Being and the Representation of the People. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. 298 pages. £24.99 What if Duns Scotus had never written theology? According to John Milbank, Christendom would have been spared much of…
John Milbank, Beyond Secular Order: The Representation of Being and the Representation of the People. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. 298 pages. £24.99 What if Duns Scotus had never written theology? According to John Milbank, Christendom would have been spared much of…
John Craig might hold first place among unjustly forgotten figures of the Scottish Reformation. Craig merits attention not only for the noteworthy contribution he made to the progress of Protestantism in his native country following its official embrace of reform…
