The Nameless One
Over the last few months, I have been asked in numerous contexts what I think about the young, restless and reformed (YRR) movement(s) described in Collin Hansen’s book of the same name. I did do a quasi -review of this…
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The Nameless One
Over the last few months, I have been asked in numerous contexts what I think about the young, restless and reformed (YRR) movement(s) described in Collin Hansen’s book of the same name. I did do a quasi -review of this…
Thabiti Anyabwile on Christ the Center
Interesting interview here with Thabiti Anyabwile.
Hodge vs. Nevin on the Lord’s Supper
Keith Mathison of Ligonier has put together a blog post linking to the primary documents in the debate between Charles Hodge and John Williamson Nevin on the Lord’s Supper, resulting from Nevin’s 1846 book, The Mystical Presence.
Christian Improv
After three months on sabbatical, I am back to blogging again. I start with a quote from Time magazine’s Joel Stein, who made a guest appearance with the improv troupe at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church. The group’s leader explained that…
What Baptists Can Learn From Calvin
Timothy George, writing at Christian History, writes: “2009 is a good time to look again at Calvin’s theology and its relationship to the Baptist movement. Here are five theological principles Baptists can learn from Calvin.” (No, paedobaptism isn’t one of…
Bruce Gordon’s Calvin
In this five-hundredth anniversary of Calvin’s birth, booksellers have flooded the marketplace with all things John Calvin. Of all the books published in this anniversary year, the one that stands head-and-shoulders above the rest is Bruce Gordon’s Calvin. In fact, it is…
Comparing BibleWorks, Logos, and Accordance
Keith Mathison of Ligonier offers a helpful comparative review of these Bible software programs.
Packing Unforgiveness
I’ve been thinking recently about something television star Kelsey Grammer said. It’s not because I saw a rerun of Cheers. Unfortunately, the context is tragic. Grammer has me thinking about well intentioned people who end up “packing unforgiveness.” Where deep…
Do We Have Free Will?
Non-Christians and Christians alike often give the same answer to difficult questions like these: Why did God allow sin in the first place? Why does God save some people and not others? Why does God send people to hell? Why…