Theology and Such
The Historical Jesus Goes To University Though I agree with J. Gresham Machen that McGrath’s form of liberal/progressive Christianity is “another religion”, I still applaud McGrath’s recent post for showing that scholars across the board recognize Jesus as an historical person.
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.
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:…