Archive for June 2013
The Excellency of Christ and the Christian Life (Matthew Barrett)
The great Puritan theologian John Owen does not often give us insight into his personal life. He is more like Calvin than Luther, often expositing the text of Scripture but rarely talking about himself in the process. However, if you read Owen carefully, there are places where he lets us see behind the curtain. What…
Read MoreThe Quest for the Trinity – Interview with Stephen R. Holmes
In his new book, The Quest for the Trinity: The Doctrine of God in Scripture, History and Modernity, Stephen R. Holmes explains the complex and controversial history of this crucial doctrine of the Christian faith. Holmes, Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at University of St. Andrews, was interviewed by Matthew Claridge, Credo Magazine editor and…
Read MoreJohn Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion
John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 vols.) are now 20% off at Westminster Bookstore! Here are several short videos of several Westminster scholars explaining who Calvin was and how he has influenced their thinking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPa-PLS9zCM&list=PL8A93F4B776B0CD39 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGlONs8khxA&list=PL8A93F4B776B0CD39 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A98_3aCiT_A&list=PL8A93F4B776B0CD39
Read MoreBook Notes: Reformed Theology, Suffering, and Christology (Matthew Barrett)
Kelly M. Kapic and Wesley Vander Lugt. Pocket Dictionary of the Reformed Tradition. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013. Here is a little dictionary that will help beginners navigate their way through Reformed theology and the theologians that have defined its heritage. For example, here are a variety of entries: Latin terms, such as…
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