“…the books especially the parchments…” 2Tim 4:13 Surely, you have heard the expression, “You are what you eat.” The gist of this axiom is that our physical health generally reflects the nutritional value of the food we consume. We would…
“…the books especially the parchments…” 2Tim 4:13 Surely, you have heard the expression, “You are what you eat.” The gist of this axiom is that our physical health generally reflects the nutritional value of the food we consume. We would…
Back two weekends I had the wonderful privilege of spending some time with the good folks at Cornerstone Church in Medford, Oregon. I was little nervous because Derek Thomas is a frequent speaker there and they really like him and…
Westminster Theological Seminary’s Full Confidence Conference tour ends its fall portion this weekend (Nov 19-21) at Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC (pastored by Alliance Council Member and WTS alumnus, Rick Phillips). Speakers for the event include Richard Gaffin, Scott…
If you were to choose one phrase to describe yourself, what would it be? One might argue that, for the apostle Paul, it would be this: “a bondservant of Jesus Christ.” He uses it repeatedly to describe his privileged status…
If you were to choose one phrase to describe yourself, what would it be? One might argue that, for the apostle Paul, it would be this: “a bondservant of Jesus Christ.” He uses it repeatedly to describe his privileged status…
In recent years, the commitment of the Free Church of Scotland to exclusive, unaccompanied psalm-singing in “formal” worship services has wavered. The issue, understandably, has divided an already fractured church. The church has taken the unusual step of calling a plenary…
I suspect the organisers of Lausanne would have no such problems with women bishops! The conspiracy of silence on Ruth Padilla’s exposition on Ephesians 2 at Lausanne is deafening. As far as I can see Eph 2 is not hard…
The most postmodern of sins has to be hypocrisy – “being inauthentic,” if we want to use quasi-Satre categories. We are quick to recognize it in others and, like most sins, slow – painfully slow – to recognise (HT: Carl…
Further to my blog entry below, Martin Downes has informed me that Charles Hodge’s letter (in 1869) to Pius IX declining an invitation to attend the Vatican Council is now on-line here. To cite Hodge, “we are not heretics…”
