Archive for October 2013
An Ordinary Pastor’s Five Favorite Biographies (Timothy Raymond)
For the last couple weeks, Justin Taylor has been highlighting selected scholars’ favorite biographies. While I do not consider myself in the same category as these esteemed individuals, Justin’s survey got me thinking. I’ve read my share of biographies in my life and wondered, “What would my top 5 biographies be?” After a couple of…
Read MoreOffering the Love of God to Our Children (Jessalyn Hutto)
“But I don’t know how to love!” The statement caught my husband and I off guard. We turned our eyes away from our frustrated four year old and stared at each other in disbelief. Sometimes the most profound statements have a way of simply slipping out of the mouths of children and this was one…
Read MoreThe King in His Beauty
Thomas R. Schreiner. The King in His Beauty: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013. –Review by Lucas Bradburn Few disciplines have helped me understand the Bible as well as biblical theology. I am still reeling from my first exposure to it years ago. My whole perception of…
Read MoreCreation & Re-Creation: Reflecting the Creator’s Glory
Just recently Ligonier ministries held their 2013 Fall Conference at Reformation Bible College on the theme, “Creation & Re-Creation: Reflecting the Creator’s Glory.” This conference focused on the role of beauty in the Christian life. Speakers included Sinclair Ferguson, Nathan Clark George, Andrew Peterson, R.C. Sproul Jr., and R.C. Sproul. Here are the videos of those…
Read MoreBarrett’s Book Notes: Christ in the OT, Gospel Transformation Bible, and lots of commentaries
Edmund P. Clowney. The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2013. P&R has just released the 25th anniversary edition of Clowney’s book, The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament. Clowney begins with Adam and works his way through the prophets showing how the Old Testament points to Christ.…
Read MoreCredo’s Cache
Each week we will be highlighting important resources. Check back each Friday to see what we have dug up for you. From this week’s cache: 1. Why Morality Belongs in the Public Square: By J.D. Greear – Dr. Greear notes that: “There is no enduring moral fortitude or intellectual consistency apart from the conviction that…
Read MoreJesus Christ My Savior (Fred Zaspel)
Ask you what inflames my soul, What consumes my passion whole? What inspires my longing heart? Who alone can zeal impart? Jesus Christ, my savior! Who can take my load of sin? Who can make me pure within? Who can bear the dreadful curse, Pay the price for sins perverse? Jesus Christ, my savior!…
Read More“We Believe in the Holy Spirit”: Revisiting the Deity of the Spirit (Matthew Barrett)
In a recent issue of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, Matthew Barrett has contributed an article entitled, “‘We Believe in the Holy Spirit’: Revisiting the Deity of the Spirit.” The journal has just made the article, along with a few others, available for download. Matthew Barrett (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Assistant…
Read MoreLimited Atonement — An interview with Lee Gatiss (part 2)
[Editor’s note: To read part 1 of this interview, click here.] I (Lucas Bradburn) had the pleasure recently of interviewing Lee Gatiss, Director of Church Society and Editor of The NIV Proclamation Bible (Hodder). Lee is also Review Editor of the journal Churchman, and Series Editor of The Reformed Evangelical Anglican Library. He has studied…
Read MoreLimited Atonement — An interview with Lee Gatiss (part 1)
I (Lucas Bradburn) had the pleasure recently of interviewing Lee Gatiss, Director of Church Society and Editor of The NIV Proclamation Bible (Hodder). Lee is also Review Editor of the journal Churchman, and Series Editor of The Reformed Evangelical Anglican Library. He has studied history and theology at Oxford, Cambridge, and Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia),…
Read More“Preparing the Way”–A Pastor’s Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark (Matthew Claridge)
Discipleship Ministry [Editor’s note: To read previous articles in this series on the gospel of Mark, click here.] We are seeing a natural progression here in the theological emphases of Mark. Biblical theology represents the big picture, God’s world of creation and redemption. We then zoom in on the gospel, which is the fulcrum or…
Read MoreCarl Trueman on John Owen
One of the greatest (some might argue the greatest) puritan theologians was John Owen. In this ten minute video Carl Trueman introduces us to Owen. We hope you will read Owen for yourself. If you are not sure where to start, here is a post that might help.
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