Another day of lectures and sermons: Evidently, Calvinists (the ones present at the Calvin500 celebrations) are prepared to hear three sermons in succession from 7-10 pm! Tonight, Phil Ryken gave an outstanding sermon in 1 Corinthians 16:5-11, illustrating Paul’s constraint…
Day 1 of the Calvin 500. Sinclair Ferguson opened the proceedings preaching from Calvin’s pulpit (not really; that one fell to pieces and the present one is nineteenth century but in the same spot). His text was Philippians 3:8-12 in…
Recently, I tweeted my appreciation for T.H.L. Parker’s Portrait of Calvin. I have had the little book since the days of my doctoral studies in Britain (my copy is a little hardback, published by SCM and bought second-hand – it…
David Robertson, editor of the Free Church Monthly Record and minister of St. Peter’s Free Church, Dundee, has written an editorial (to be published in the July edition) in which he has expressed some opinions regarding recent developments in the…
Tim Keller and Ligon Duncan debated the issue of women and the deaconate at this year’s PCA General Assembly in Orlando. Speaking as someone who was there amd heard it, this was the finest debate I have heard on a…
WHY GOD ALLOWS SUFFERING This passage began with a call to consider the work of God. As we contemplate the way that he works in the world, he teaches us the right way to live. We learn to praise God…
WHY GOD ALLOWS SUFFERING This passage began with a call to consider the work of God. As we contemplate the way that he works in the world, he teaches us the right way to live. We learn to praise God…
Two months left, still plenty of time to get some reading in. I wanted to be compliant, though late, with Derek’s request to report on our summer reading list. And, now that Rodney Trotter’s on my trail, I need allies. …
A while back, someone started us off with a list of their summer reading. Seeing that I didn’t finish last summer’s reading, I’m being a little less ambitious this year. But here are a few things I’m enjoying or hope…
This year the reformed world has seen a number of books and conferences related to the life and work of John Calvin. For instance, Derek and I will be participating in the “Calvin 500” in Geneva next week. Of course, many…
