Wrestling
No, it’s not about the WWE, though, I did stop by the corporate headquarters once last fall as I was driving along I95 on my way to a theology conference at Providence, RI–on the way back, I stopped by New…
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Jacob Arminius (1560-1609)
Jacob Arminius died 400 years ago today. Guy Davies takes a brief look at his life and theology. HT: David Reimer
Semper Reformanda
In the latest issue of Tabletalk Michael Horton looks at the origin and meaning of an often misused slogan.
Tony Merida’s Faithful Preaching
One of the great blessings of moving to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has been gaining the friendship of Tony Merida, teaching pastor at Temple Baptist Church. As we’ve had lunch every other week or so since I got here in late June…
The Condemned King: Mark 15 and the Doctrine of Penal Substitution
In order to establish the doctrine of penal substitution we are not dependent on a few isolated proof-texts here and there in Scripture. The doctrine is woven indelibly into the very fabric of the account of the crucifixion, with numerous…
The Condemned King: Mark 15 and the Doctrine of Penal Substitution
In order to establish the doctrine of penal substitution we are not dependent on a few isolated proof-texts here and there in Scripture. The doctrine is woven indelibly into the very fabric of the account of the crucifixion, with numerous…
Why I Chose to Preach on Job
“You’re not going to preach right through Job are you? This is going to be so depressing!” Such, at first, was the reaction of one or two of my congregation at the church door on Sunday morning after I began…
Why I Chose to Preach on Job
“You’re not going to preach right through Job are you? This is going to be so depressing!” Such, at first, was the reaction of one or two of my congregation at the church door on Sunday morning after I began…
Would these two guys have dinner together?
Probably not. But I ran across two great posts today from two friends–one by D. G. Hart, on the secular left’s confused accounting of the “Religious Right”, and the other by Tim Keller, on why the nitty-gritty of pastoral leadership…
The greatest temptation
From Samuel Rutherford (in The Loveliness of Christ [Banner of Truth, 2007], 4-5): I find it most true, that the greatest temptation out of hell, is to live without temptations; if my waters should stand, they would rot. Faith is…