Archive for July 2013
Is Calvinism good for the Church? (Burk Parsons)
From Ligonier’s 2010 National Conference: “Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of interest in the theology of John Calvin, but is this necessarily a good thing? Does Calvinism weaken and destroy churches as some contend? Is Reformed theology a hindrance to the church’s life and work? In this message, Rev. Burk Parsons will take a…
Read MoreKeep Christ at the Center (David Schrock)
Darrell Bock’s book Recovering the Real Lost Gospel: Reclaiming the Gospel as Good News advertises itself as a “biblical theology of the gospel” (2). Beginning with God’s promise to Abraham, he traces the good news of God from its seed form in the “gospel preached beforehand to Abraham” (Gal. 3:8) to the fullness of the…
Read MoreESV Bible Translators Debate One Word
If you do not have a copy of the ESV Study Bible, we highly recommend it. Here is a description to get you started: The ESV Study Bible was created to help people understand the Bible in a deeper way—to understand the timeless truth of God’s Word as a powerful, compelling, life-changing reality. To accomplish…
Read MoreRecommended Resources on Assurance for Tenderhearted Souls
Call it “melancholy”, call it spiritual depression, call it excessively introspective, Bible-believing Christians have always recognized the category of the tenderhearted soul. This is the true believer who is nonetheless overly anxious, almost obsessive, about his spiritual state. Everybody around him will quickly identify him as a godly Christian, but for whatever reason, he can’t…
Read More“My Experience” – The subtle undertaker of sola scriptura (Matthew Barrett)
Two recent pieces in Christianity Today this past spring have caught my attention. The first is an article Mark Galli wrote called, “Rob Bell’s ‘Ginormous’ Mirror,” and the second is an interview by Mark Galli with William Paul Young, author of The Schack, called “The Love Shack.” While there is much we could discuss concerning…
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