This article is quite telling about the current situation in the PCUSA.
From what I gather from the article is that the conservatives in the PCUSA are pro-Israel and the … Read more→
Archive for February, 2010
On Writing Well
The following is from William Zinsser’s classic On Writing Well. Â His comments can just as easily be applied to preaching.
[T]he secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to … Read more→
A Treasure on 1 Peter
Leonard Goppelt wrote a gem of a commentary on 1 Peter. Â I’ve been studying it as I prepare to exhort on the amazingly redemptively-historical 1 Pet 1:10-12. Â Here is a … Read more→
12 Steps to Productivity
I’m not a big fan of 12 step programs, but I’ll except Web Work Daily who have posted a very helpful plan for increasing productivity. Â These tips should prove useful … Read more→
Zagat for Churches
ChurchRater is a controversial new website that acts as a Yelp or Zagat for churches. Â Here is how ChurchRater describes their purpose.
Every Sunday close to 350,000 churches open their doors to … Read more→
A Scot at Work
Here’s a quote to chew on regarding the ethics of labor.
… we can [...] be quite sure that a great many of our economic ills arise from our failure to … Read more→
Vos on Cross-Transfer
I just invented a new Kline-esque term in “cross-transfer,” but I trust it gets at the point of what Vos is saying in The Pauline Eschatology on p. 48.
The … Read more→
Christ the Center of Soteriology
When expressed in terms of the model of a chain of causes and effects, the traditional ordo salutis runs the danger of displacing Christ from the central place in soteriology. … Read more→
A Rose by any Other Name…
In 1938, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (then known as the Presbyterian Church in the USA) lost a court case against the PCUSA and was forced to change their name. Â Here … Read more→
Fundamentalist vs. Calvinist
Machen once said
I never call myself a “Fundamentalist.” Â There is indeed, no inherent objection to the term; and if the disjunction is between “Fundamentalism” and “Modernism,” then I am willing … Read more→