Editors’ Note: This essay is the first of three. The second will describe John Calvin’s two kingdoms doctrine while the third will explain the two kingdoms doctrine as it is taught in Scripture. When Jesus came to Jerusalem for the…
I’m sitting in my study the morning after the week before. My study is a tip and there are books to be read and emails to be answered but I’m grateful. There are no children throwing wet sponges at me…
A few days ago I was at the home of a mentor. I happened to be in a chair which I suspect he may use for some of his reading. Being that type, I picked up the book on the…
I remember hearing the story: a gathering of ministers in a place that had known God’s blessing in an unusual degree in time past, grieving over the present low state of things and seeking the Lord for his return. They…
No, not Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (for Derek and more “seasoned” readers). A question recently came to me from a reader concerning what Cornelius Van Til called the transcendental method of apologetics. The question was whether or not this method could…
No, not Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (for Derek and more “seasoned” readers). A question recently came to me from a reader concerning what Cornelius Van Til called the transcendental method of apologetics. The question was whether or not this method could…
8 7. 8 7 (Sussex) Grace abounding! Oh the sweetnessOf those words to sinful hearts.Trace the stream of heavenly mercyThat on darkened Calvary starts. Kings dispensing earthly splendoursCannot match our gracious Lord:Grace abounding! Oh the richesOf the bounty now outpoured.…
Recently I spent some time with someone who wanted to talk to me because he was concerned about a conference he had been to. The conference hadn’t been up to scratch, according to this guy, and though there were some…
Dr William Bates preached the funeral sermon of Thomas Manton. When we read how he described his departed friend, we understand why it is reported that Bates would weep whenever he spoke of Manton for some years after his friend’s…
If creation provides the basic mold filled by redemptive re-creation (Is 45:18; Rev 7:9; 1 Cor 15:45), and if human fathers with their children, however finitely or imperfectly, image God as the Father of His children (Matt 7:11; Heb 12:7),…
