Calvin thinks none too highly of persons who covet the lives of pigs and dogs. It seems to have been a considerable problem in his day; he refers in his comments on Genesis 3 to the “well-known complaints” of persons…
Christian Focus Publications have often been the butt of my jokes and this post was originally going to be called ’15 Books CFP Don’t Want You to Know About’ but, having thought about it, even I realise that would be…
What does the holiness of the minister have to do with the efficacy of the preached Word? Are we falling into a Donatist error (from Donatus who re-baptized clergy who had lapsed in the Great Persecution, A.D. 303-305) by insisting…
Joshua Hordern. Political Affections. Civic Participation and Moral Theology. Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. x + 312 pp. $99.00 How might theology contribute to reflection upon the recognized democratic deficit of western political societies? How…
A council member from – ahem – The Gospel Coalition sent me this today. We here at Reformation21 nominate the entire Gospel Coalition, all 1,000,000+ of you. Carl Trueman’s Ice-Bucket challenge: Some observations are in order: 1. We know Carl…
Timothy J. Basselin. Flannery O’Connor: Writing a Theology of Disabled Humanity. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2013. xi +146 pp. $29.95 What does it mean to speak of disability? According to the World Health Organization, over 15% of the global…
Timothy J. Basselin. Flannery O’Connor: Writing a Theology of Disabled Humanity. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2013. xi +146 pp. $29.95 What does it mean to speak of disability? According to the World Health Organization, over 15% of the global…
L.M. (Eden) Behold the blessèd Lamb of God,Who for the world poured out his blood;He died and suffered on the treeThat men the grace of God might see. Behold the bleeding Sacrifice –Salvation at unmeasured price.He came to this dark…
Over at First Things Peter Leithart recently posted some comments on Gijsbert van den Brink’s article in the July issue of the International Journal of Systematic Theology. Therein, van den Brink addresses recent lack of enthusiasm in academic theology for “social…
The Banner of Truth is entering the sphere of the digital reader! A first ten volumes have been released as ebooks, combining a mix of classics with more modern treatments. Among the ancients you will find Bunyan, Owen, Spurgeon and…
