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Christians affirm that God is good, but just how good is God? We can speak of him being "infinitely good" but that still doesn't help the person in the pew much. People need specifics. Is it possible that God could show more goodness to his people than to his beloved Son? Think of the truth that...

John Milbank, Beyond Secular Order: The Representation of Being and the Representation of the People . Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. 298 pages. £24.99/$34.99 What if Duns Scotus had never written theology? According to John Milbank, Christendom would have been spared much of its own self-imposed...

John Milbank, Beyond Secular Order: The Representation of Being and the Representation of the People . Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. 298 pages. £24.99/$34.99 What if Duns Scotus had never written theology? According to John Milbank, Christendom would have been spared much of its own self-imposed...

John Craig might hold first place among unjustly forgotten figures of the Scottish Reformation. Craig merits attention not only for the noteworthy contribution he made to the progress of Protestantism in his native country following its official embrace of reform in 1560, but also for his rather...

As was noted at the conclusion of the second part of this series, Warfield, in "The Example of the Incarnation," believes that there are four inferences to be drawn from the content of Phil. 2.5-8. First, God is capable of self-sacrifice. If Christ is God, and Christ gave himself for us, then the...

This is the eighth post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China's emerging Reformed community (see part 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , and 7 ) Fourth Statement: The Recast Image of God Recast by the concept of Christ's eternal humanness (see part 5 ), the image...

Conformity to Christ Through Vocation In his second essay on the imitation of Christ Herman Bavinck wrestles with a very old problem. He points out that the New Testament was written by and for Christians who came from the underside of society - the poor, the weak, and the oppressed. As a result,...

Conformity to Christ Through Vocation In his second essay on the imitation of Christ Herman Bavinck wrestles with a very old problem. He points out that the New Testament was written by and for Christians who came from the underside of society - the poor, the weak, and the oppressed. As a result,...

If there's one thing I dislike a lot more than antinomianism, it is legalism. Legalism has many forms , and very often can come across as sanctimonious, which is why it is so lethal. Legalism often rears its ugly head in American churches concerning the matter of alcohol. This article here (getting...

Most of the time we should ignore the ugliness on twitter where people say or imply things that simply don't deserve a response. But occasionally one needs to draw attention to the silliness that goes on from time to time, if only to keep others from joining in such foolishness. Many months ago I...