Theology and Such
Was Jesus Married with Children? Here We Go Again By now, most have probably heard the news splash about the forthcoming book by Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson, The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Sacred Text that Reveals Jesus’ Marriage to Mary Ma…
The Necessity And Limits Of The Imitation Of Christ (2) Big debate in the Reformed world. Good summary of what it means to imitate Christ.
The Van Gogh That Breaks My Heart Vincent van Gogh aspired to become a Calvinist pastor, like his dad. He pursued ministry in the Dutch Reformed Church until he hit a roadblock by failing his academic training, and then experienced what personal failure often breeds: disillusionment. He became disenchanted with pastoral ministry…
Let Them Come Home (John and Abraham Piper) In a recent Christianity Today interview, John Piper recounts the painful events surrounding the excommunication of his 19 year old son, Abraham. The night after that excommunication, I called him …
The Book of Revelation: How Difficult Was Its Journey into the Canon? The story of the New Testament canon is a fascinating one, with many twists and turns. There are books that were accepted very quickly, almost from the start (e.g., the four gospels), and there ar…
D.A. Carson: How Can We Reconcile the Old Testament God and the New Testament God? D.A. Carson responds
I am reading an article concerning Jewish (rabbinic) thought on the possibility of incarnation. The author suggests that a rabbinic form of prayer, kawwanah, implies that if God is capable of being ‘imaged’ in prayer in His shekhinah glory, then He is capable of incarnation. But in the midst of all of this he spends…
Robert Lewis Dabney, “The Bible its Own Witness”
Two reasons I am a Calvinist: “When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.” (Acts 13:48) “A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening:…
Comparing Mormon Jesus with the True Jesus