Calvin: A Guide for the PerplexedBy Paul HelmT & T Clark (October 2008)175 p. Are you perplexed by Calvin, dear reader? Do you find yourself wondering what all the fuss is about, yet you can’t be bothered to read the…
Here are a few outstanding books on the character of God. The Message of the Living God by Peter Lewis The Attributes of God by A.W. Pink Behold Your God by Donald Macleod A Heart for God by Sinclair Ferguson
Justin Taylor tells me that in honor of John Milton’s 400th birthday he has posted an interview with my father here: https://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/12/interview-with-leland-ryken-about.html. As my dad would say, please support your local Milton scholar.
A frequent topic of conversation in theological circles recently has been the general revival of interest in Karl Barth’s theology, and particularly the revisionist “Neo-Barthian” interpretations proposed by Bruce L. McCormack, currently the Weyerhauser Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton…
“My beloved Christian brethren, my endearing believers in the Holy Spirit, we cannot remain impotent, indecisive, and mute spectators.” Thus said the Governor of Maharashtra — where Mumbai is located, scene of the recent bombings — in an impassioned speech at…
While having lunch with one of my students, Ed, I asked him about his family. His mother, he told me, was the only sister to six brothers. This is interesting enough, but then he told me she’s actually one of…
“It must be acknowledged…that in much popular Protestantism synergism (salvation through both grace and free will) is even more evident than in Catholicism, and human reason and experience firgure more prominently than Scripture in determining the norms for faith.”– Donald…
“Alas, most ‘evangelistic’ preaching I know about is an effort to drag people even deeper into their subjectivity rather than an attempt to rescue them from it.” – William Willimon, United Methodist Bishop
“Christian man was born to be saved. Psychological man is born to be pleased.” Philip Rieff from The Triumph of the Therapeutic
Check out this post from Pyromaniacs: Nō´-mĭ-kə-fō´-bē-ə Derivation: In the NT, the term νομικός (nomikos) is commonly translated “lawyer.” Actually in form it is an adjective meaning “law-related, legal.” It is most commonly used as a noun in the Gospels…
