Reformation21

I've been AWOL again, and after only a few posts at that. Our family moved. It was just next door and downhill at that, but it was still a move. I feel I should post about the obligatory things one posts about when moving: too much stuff, lots of work, etc. Instead, I'm reminiscing of my friend...

Just ask the folks at Calvin Theological Journal who recently reviewed a book by our friend Jelly Kapic !

On Saturday last I had the privilege of preaching at the Scottish Reformed Conference , an interdenominational preaching event billed as 'Scotland's premier preaching and teaching conference'. The chairman, Rev David Carmichael of Abbeygreen Church of Scotland began proceedings by opening with an...

Mark Johnston, whose sermons on the Apostles' Creed we are featuring just now was on Premier Radio yesterday on the topic of cessationism, here . The program can be heard as streaming audio or podcast. [ Go to the link above and look for the link to the right of the page. Persevere through the...

Many readers of this blog are familiar with Martyn Lloyd-Jones' instruction to preaching the Gospel to ourselves. In his book, Spiritual Depression (pp. 20-21), Lloyd-Jones said : Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead...

Today, in my morning worship, the section of scripture was Romans 9-11 and smack dab in the middle of it, of course, were these words from Romans 10:14. There were a number of thoughts that struck me: 1) While we rightly must think through all sorts of issues regarding contextualization in order to...

My good friend, Joe Holland, pointed out to me (in a "down" moment at Presbytery yesterday) a fascinating piece in Thomas Boston's Memoirs (Vol. XII of The Complete Works of Thomas Boston [Tentmaker, 2002]): "Having been advised before to cut my hair, for my health, at that time I got a wig; and...

The Christian calendar practiced by most evangelicals today is extremely illuminating. What it shows is our generally weak appreciation for the fullness of Christ's saving work. Two big holidays occupy our minds completely: Christmas and Easter. So we focus on the birth, death, and resurrection of...

The latest 9Marks interview by Mark Dever: "Phillip Jensen discusses Australian Anglicanism, dealing with success, his lack of regard for the academy, training ministers, and more."

Well Chris Larson of Ligonier sent me a joke I couldn't refuse to pass along. What do you get when you cross a mafia 'Don' with a postmodernist?