I’m not a musicologist or a respected lyrical critic. In fact, I don’t know much at all about music. I’m a novice theologian who can’t help but be pricked when he hears what is played on the radio during his…
It’s a big day for Ref21 – even after a busy summer with lots of unknown signings to the blog, right at the end of the transfer window like Man United signing Di Maria on deadline day, Ref 21 have…
In parts 1 and 2, I suggested that liturgy does not necessarily keep minorities away from our Presbyterian and Reformed churches. Following our examination of the liturgy, I wanted to pose another question: What about music? The so-called worship wars,…
How pleased and blest was I To hear the people cry,“Come, let us seek our God today!”Yes, with a cheerful zealWe haste to Zion’s hill,And there our vows and honours pay. The excitement is building and the tension is mounting.…
A regrettable piece was published on the Aquila report concerning the Reformed doctrine of republication. I honestly didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. In it the author claims that the views of Meredith G. Kline represent “historic, mainstream Reformed…
The American Dream might just be best summed up as a life of freedom, personal happiness, material comfort and lasting fulfillment (all nicely enclosed in a white picket fence). Hard work, long hours, and independence are woven into the fabric…
Warning: this post may be offensive to people with absolutely no sense of humour: Twitter can be a dangerous place for trying to do theology. Information sharing is one thing; but “tweeting” – is that a word? – theology is…
I’m in the process of reading an excellent manuscript on Martin Luther, of which I hope to say more at a later time. Recently, I also finished reading an exceptionally fine study of the Westminster Standards by John Fesko. Both…
Today Zondervan Academic launches a new website that includes, among other things, a new theology blog entitled, Common Places, edited by Michael Allen and the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse. The first post describes our vision for the blog. Later…
You will probably have seen the latest clip of Osteenian wisdom circulating on the interweb. A gleaming Victoria, cheered by the crowd and with husband Joel oozing agreement in the background, announces the following: I just want to encourage every…
