For an explanation of what follows, see the previously posted introduction to this series. Calvin discerned four basic claims in Rome’s teaching on Scripture as discovered in the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent. The first claim was comprised…
The American missionaries that I work with are the best; I wouldn’t swap any of them. They’ve served us so well and helped us, strengthened our congregation and enabled us to reach people we wouldn’t have been able to reach without…
I intend to offer, over the next several weeks, a four part series on Calvin’s response to Rome’s doctrine of Scripture as discovered in the fourth session of the Council of Trent. It’s my impression that very few Protestants today…
In the opening chapters of On Christian Teaching (I.1-5), Augustine argues that everything that exists can be divided into two groups: things to be used and things to be enjoyed. “To enjoy a thing,” he proposes, “is to rest with…
Jeremiah Burroughs, in the book Gospel Conversation, tells us that “the gospel of Christ in general is this”: It is the good tidings that God has revealed concerning Christ…. More largely it is this: As all mankind was lost in…
Bruce Baugus has responded carefully to what I had written in reaction to the proposed series on the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT). I thought it might be helpful to expand my initial response,…
I confess to having no clue that Vicar Gatiss was setting out to lampoon my post on Wesley, although I did find the mockery of style confusing. I fear he rather missed the point of my post as much as…
Oh yes, I almost forgot. Those quotes which I gave last week – I should mention the sources, for I am certain that no-one has guessed their origins. The first three were from Vatican II. The last three from the…
I’ve been preaching on Corporate Worship and last week got to the Lord’s Supper, after preaching and before the supper we sang this hymn by Alec Motyer, the Old Testament scholar. I’d never seen it before but it is outstanding…
The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is serious about proclaiming Biblical doctrine in order to foster a Reformed awakening in the Church today. We go about that in very deliberate and (usually) very careful ways. We are always serious about how…
