Blog 8: 1.4.1 – 1.5.1
Man is God’s image. The implanted knowledge of God is universal. Yes, perverted and fragmented by the fall, but still real.. It gives rise to the seed of religion, notes Calvin. An instinct to praise and worship is inbuilt in…
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Westminster Seminary and Scripture
Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia has recently released a document consisting of affirmations and denials regarding the nature of the Bible and biblical interpretation. Those familiar with the issues surrounding professor Pete Enns’ departure know the controversy that WTS has…
Prayer Week Message 1
You can listen to or download my first message from Prayer Week (Praying in Light of Eternity) by clicking HERE.
Jesu, Lover of my soul — patch???
I see from the endorsements on Michael Haykin’s new book on Christian lovers that a whole bunch of hardline macho fundamentalists have suddenly put down their .45s and machetes and got in touch with their feminine sides at last. What…
Praying By the Holy Spirit
“I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life;who proceedeth from the Father and the Son;who with the Father and the Son togetheris worshipped and glorified;who spake by the prophets.” In Scripture it is made clear that…
To see ourselves as others see us…
I’ve just been reading Frank Schaeffer’s memoir, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as one of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of it Back (Carrol and Graf, 2007). …
Blog 7: 1.2.2 – 1.3.3
If my first question about God is “What is he?” then I am already mistaken. The really important question is “Who is he?” “What is God like?” The biblical answer is that he is the fountain of all good and…
Learning From Our Past
Through the generosity of a friend I am a subcriber to World Magazine. If you do not subscribe I highly recommend that you do.In the latest issue includes an important article on the history of abortion by Marvin Olasky.Professor Olasky…
When we pray…
“When we pray we make our request known to God by the help of the Holy Spirit; in the name, authority, and mediation of our Lord Jesus Christ; with faith, fervency, and submission to the will of God; and with…
Blog 6: 1.1.1 – 1.2.1
Calvin’s Institutes opens with a strikingly important sentence–crafted first by a young man in his mid-twenties and only fine tuned between its first appearance in 1536 and its final expression a few years before his death. Wisdom–the knowledge coupled with…