Archive for August 2018
Hymns as Poems
Of the nearly sixty books that I have published, the one that I have most relished producing is an anthology of forty classic hymns presented as devotional poems and accompanied…
Read MoreBook Review: The Gospel According to God
Shortly after my conversion, I was introduced to the writings and sermons of John MacArthur. I’m deeply grateful for the ways the Lord used his ministry to keep me from…
Read MoreThe NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible
The 2015 NIV Zondervan Study Bible has been repackaged as the NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible. With over 20,000 verse-by-verse study notes, comprehensive book introductions, 25 articles on key themes of…
Read MoreOn Its Own Terms: Rightly Reading Scripture, Part 2
A correct reading of Scripture demands that we do so “on its own terms.” In a previous post, I began to develop the Bible’s “own terms” by first thinking through…
Read MoreIt’s Not Enough to Have Your Sins Forgiven: Why the Imputation of Christ’s Righteousness Is Essential
When the reformer Martin Luther was first confronted by Paul’s phrase “the righteousness of God” in Romans 3, he was overwhelmed and lost all hope. He knew he couldn’t match…
Read MoreClarifying Scripture’s Perspicuity: A Look at the New Testament
The perspicuity or clarity of Scripture is affirmed by the hundreds of New Testament references and allusions to the Old Testament. Jesus believed “Moses and all the Prophets” (Lk 24:27)…
Read MoreOn Its Own Terms: Rightly Reading Scripture, Part 1
Paul’s exhortation to Timothy—“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of…
Read MoreWhy Pastors Should Engage Mastricht’s Theoretical-Practical Theology
I have been warmly commending, Peter van Mastricht’s Theoretico-Practica Theologia for a decade. However, students have wondered whether my promises that someone was translating it into English were empty. Now…
Read MoreNew podcast episode with David Bentley Hart: The Classical God and the Insanity of Atheism, Part 2
Is western atheism a novel movement? How has the atheism of today misunderstood the metaphysics of the doctrine of God? Is the classical understanding of God articulated by Eastern and…
Read MoreThe Classical God and the Insanity of Atheism, Part 2
Is western atheism a novel movement? How has the atheism of today misunderstood the metaphysics of the doctrine of God? Is the classical understanding of God articulated by Eastern and…
Read MoreNew podcast episode with David Bentley Hart: The Classical God and the Insanity of Atheism, Part 1
Is western atheism a novel movement? How has the atheism of today misunderstood the metaphysics of the doctrine of God? Is the classical understanding of God articulated by Eastern and…
Read MoreThe Classical God and the Insanity of Atheism, Part 1
Is western atheism a novel movement? How has the atheism of today misunderstood the metaphysics of the doctrine of God? Is the classical understanding of God articulated by Eastern and…
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