Jesus is the “agent” of salvation. Faith is the “instrument” of salvation. We must not confuse the two. Jesus is the agent who accomplishes all saving graces for us and in us. Jesus “saves,” “justifies,” “sanctifies,” and “glorifies” his people…
Frank Turk received his MA in Literature in English from St. Bonaventure University, and years later became a Christian in the basement of his parents’ house one night while contemplating suicide. He’s married to a woman who’s much smarter than…
People who have an excellent understanding of the Scriptures really impress me. If there’s one thing I detest, besides Manchester United, it’s Bible studies or theological discussions where the Scriptures function like the crumbs in a bag of chips: you…
Offline eighteen days and Trueman vanishes from the site, Turk takes on Jones’s and Levy’s presbyterianism, and I miss “Deviant Calvinism week.” Conspiracy theorists (and perhaps certain biblical theology practitioners) might discern a theme, but enough about what everyone else is…
In response to a mortifying podcast on patriarchal abuse, from certain former Ref21 bloggers, let me just say a word or two about the very stupid idea that husbands can beat their wives. I knew someone once who told me…
“The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose” (NASB). It is not entirely obvious who the parties (“sons of God” and “daughters of men”) to the historical…
I was privileged today to have lunch with a Republican US Senator at a small gathering of evangelical pastors. It was quite enjoyable to interact with a politician who has absolutely no fears of losing his election and therefore is…
This is not about Mark Driscoll, though it is prompted by a few notes being sounded (not by him, as far as I am aware) with regard to his resignation letter, and the circumstances surrounding it. First, pastoral qualification is…
What’s this? Carl’s gone but there’s a new guy on Ref21? He sounds familiar… from somewhere. Yes, I’m British. English actually. Which apparently makes me sound about 20% more intelligent than I really am, to some Americans. I should move…
This is Deviant Calvinism week. The author of this new book is Oliver Crisp and I’m delighted and incredibly grateful that he has taken the time to be pestered with some questions about this work. We have also provided a…
