Category Reformation21

I’m sitting at the dining room table at my in-laws waiting for a call from someone to come fix my broken car (a minor issue, really, but one that needs attention). Tricia’s parents aren’t here: her father is sitting with his…

I’ve been working of late on the doctrine of the pactum salutis, i.e., the eternal covenant between the Father and the Son concerning the redemption of elect sinners. Here, as in so many places, John Owen is instructive. Although it…

In 2010, John Piper was asked, “Should pastors get PhDs?” He responded,  “If you’re already a pastor, I wouldn’t get a PhD. It’s a lot of work, and the payoff is really small. Really small. When I say really small,…

In his book, “Tough Topics”, Sam Storms addresses the question of Christ’s impeccability (“Could Jesus Sin?”). He writes:   “For many years I strongly advocated the impeccability of Christ, insisting that because he was God incarnate, he was incapable of…

Our Father in heaven, the sovereign and almighty God, the faithful covenant-keeper and Savior, we plead to you on behalf of our suffering fellow believers in Iraq.  Cast your eye upon them and have mercy to uphold and defend your…

Calvin’s commentary on the creation narrative of Genesis 1.1-2.3 is dominated by one particular metaphor–that of God as the builder and decorator of a luxurious house.  The creation days, in Calvin’s perspective, mark successive stages in God’s construction project. In…

And now this. Who can read such things, and of such things, without sorrow?

I’m not quite sure what I’m doing here. I’ve stayed away from blogging for all the normal reasons: I’m not certain that I have anything to say in 500 words, much less anything to say in an interesting way. Moreover,…

Many thanks to the fine folk at Ref21 for inviting me to contribute to the website. I’m intending to launch, in a day or two, a series of posts reflecting upon bits and pieces of Calvin’s Genesis commentary. Several weeks…

Aaron Denlinger is Department Chair and Teacher in Latin at Arma Dei Academy (Highlands Ranch, CO), as well as Adjunct Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary (Glenside, PA) and Research Fellow for the Puritan Studies Program of the…