Category Reformation21

I had to smile when I saw the title of C.J. Mahaney’s latest book: Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World.  Some of us have teased our friend C.J. for writing a book on humility.  Apparently this time he…

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has announced plans to run a month-long series of ads on 30 London buses.  The ads read: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Word for word, the ad may contain…

I remember Monty Python’s Meaning of Life for several reasons.  I got in to see it under age (which always made the move somehow more enjoyable, however poor the quality — my equivalent of Augustine’s stealing the pears, I guess). …

I wanted to draw attention to two recent publications from Scottish academics: I. Howard Marshall’s A Concise New Testament Theology (IVP) is an abridgement of his recent New Testament Theology, and is a very accessible survey of the issues and…

Collin Hansen looks at the recent proceedings of the Synod of Roman Catholic bishops who have been revisiting the “inerrancy compromise” that was reached at Vatican II.

R. Scott Clark has a new book out, published by P&R: Recovering the Reformed Confession: Our Theology, Piety, and Practice. Here’s the heart of it: “It is the argument of this book that the Reformed confession is the only reasonable…

It was good to see Rick going off on his Wall Street rant — another indication of the salutary influence that preaching through the minor prophets has had on him.  I recently read through his manuscript on Micah and can…

Special thanks to Iain Campbell for giving us a distinctively Scottish contribution by cautioning against the evils of prodigality! Of course Iain is quite right to say that prodigality is not an attribute of God, per se, and that God’s…

Ligonier Ministries have just released a CD (here) of the Master’s College Chorale (conducted by Dr. Paul T. Plew), called Light All Around. It also includes Dr. R. C. Sproul narrating sections of the book of Revelation. Simply wonderful!

At a time when Reformed churches are taking the celebration and frequency of the Lord’s Supper more seriously, the question ‘How Should I Benefit From Communion?’ is timely. Many helpful books and articles have been written on how the believer…