Why did Luke end Acts in the way that he did? The closing verses of Acts 28 serve, in part, to demonstrate Luke’s point that the mission of the apostle Paul is a complete one. But in what sense is…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
“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]…
Since the PCRT theme this year was Holiness and Honor: A Reformed View of Sex and Marriage, most of the Q & A was devoted to this theme. Here is another question we did not get to, but which I…
The ending of the Acts of the Apostles has proven a puzzle, to say the least.[1] In the fourth century, John Chrysostom asked, “But of [Paul’s] affairs after the two years [i.e., of Acts 28:30], what say we? (The writer)…
The ending of the Acts of the Apostles has proven a puzzle, to say the least.[1] In the fourth century, John Chrysostom asked, “But of [Paul’s] affairs after the two years [i.e., of Acts 28:30], what say we? (The writer)…
