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The Terrible Speed of Mercy

Jonathan Rogers, The Terrible Speed of Mercy: A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O’Connor. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2012. xviii+186, $15.99. Given Flannery O’Connor’s hallowed standing in American Literature and the undeniable influence she continues to have on artists and theologians of…

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A couple of biblical theology resources

As promised, here is the link to Richard Gaffin’s 2015 Kistemaker Academic Lecture Series at RTS Orlando. Also, Lee Irons has produced a helpful series on Meredith Kline’s view of the Mosaic Covenant as a republication of the Covenant of…

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Calvin contra Rome on Scripture (Part 3)

“Thirdly,” Calvin writes in description of Rome’s teaching on Scripture, “repudiating all other versions [of Scripture] whatsoever, they retain the Vulgate only, and order it to be authentic.” Thus Calvin summarizes the following words from the Council of Trent: [This]…

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Digging in!

We live in a West London suburb. We’re about 20 -30 mins into the centre of town. Crossrail, which is going to link West to East London, will change the area in which we are dramatically. You’ll be able to get right into…

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Does the Gospel Threaten?

Does a Christian have any reason to be afraid of God? Does the gospel make any threats to God’s people or does the gospel simply promise and comfort? There is no doubt that the gospel promises and comforts. That is…

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PCRT Q&A: Why So Many Singles?

Here is a second of the questions from the PCRT Q&A that we did not get to during the conference:  Why so many singles?  Why does it seem that God withholds marriage for so many when he clearly upholds it,…

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Money, money, money!

Suppose an extremely wealthy person was willing to make a sizeable donation to your church or to your para-church organization. By sizeable, I mean 1 or 2 million U.S. dollars.  Now, what if you told that person that you are…