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Interview with the Librarian (1)

Sandy Finlayson and I have never met. We often correspond; sharing a great love for the Two Ronnies and the winding up Carl Trueman. Sandy is not only the Director of Library Services at Westminster Seminary, he is an OPC…

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Two-Kingdoms Pastoring [part 3]

This is the third in a series exploring the theology of Two Kingdoms across a variety of topics. The first article can be found here, and the second here – Editor It’s tough being a pastor. I know because I’ve never dared try,…

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A Stone of Hope

David L. Chappell. A Stone of Hope: Prophetic Religion and the Death of Jim Crow. Chapel Hill: University of Chapel Hill Press, 2004. 344 pages. $27.95. David L. Chappell’s A Stone of Hope: Prophetic Religion and the Death of Jim…

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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]…