Category Reformation21
Homeward Bound
We were blessed in worship at Tenth last night by a fine offertory (with new music by Tenth’s own Jeremy Strong) based on a good hymn text that was new to me: I’m But a Stranger Here Thomas R. Taylor, 1836,…
Lured out of hiding
OK. The temptation to emerge from my lair proves too great. I must say, helping Delboy out is insufficient reason (haven’t the English spent the last 600 years selflessly protecting the Welsh from harm at great expense to the English…
Semester starts again…
The seminary Fall semester has started again. Where did the summer go? And straight off the bat, I’m teaching Systematics 1, suggesting that Berkhoff is a must-purchase volume (better as a dictionary than a straight read and analysis), Hodge is,…
Hope Springs Eternal
Hope Springs EternalUnderstanding the TimesDerek Thomas ‘Hope springs eternal in the human breast’ wrote the eighteenth century poet, Alexander Pope. Platitude? Yes, but true for all that. I have to confess the lines (from An Essay on Man) come to…
Hope Springs Eternal
Hope Springs EternalUnderstanding the TimesDerek Thomas ‘Hope springs eternal in the human breast’ wrote the eighteenth century poet, Alexander Pope. Platitude? Yes, but true for all that. I have to confess the lines (from An Essay on Man) come to…
Why and How I Teach Heresy
Why and How I Teach HeresyWages of SpinCarl Trueman Teaching heresy is surely one of the most important things that I have to do in my classes at Seminary. Friends will at this point throw up their hands in horror;…
Why and How I Teach Heresy
Why and How I Teach HeresyWages of SpinCarl Trueman Teaching heresy is surely one of the most important things that I have to do in my classes at Seminary. Friends will at this point throw up their hands in horror;…
Bray and Helm
Michael Bird announces that Highland Theological College in Scotland has acquired the talents of Gerald Bray and Paul Helm to serve as part-time lecturers in theology. Both will teach in the Master of Reformed Theology course and supervise PhD candidates.
CJ’s Story of Grace
I have never met CJ Mahaney and don’t know much about Covenant Life Church. But this video commemorating his 25 years at that church was compelling and God-glorifying, and it brought a real delight to my heart.