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The Fractured Pastor and Multisite Churches

The pastor has been fractured today. I do not mean a particular pastor, particularly. Rather, what I have in mind is the office of the pastor itself. … Read more→

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A Lesson on Productive Writing

In an interview, Meinold Krauss asked Karl Rahner how he was able to achieve his vast bibliography (4000+ entries at his passing). Rahner responded:
You see, I’ve always gone to bed … Read more→

Adam and Eve and Christ and the Church

Any kind of pre-marital counseling worth its salt will use Eph 5:22-33 in the course of teaching on marriage, and there’s a specific aspect within that passage that I need … Read more→

Biblicism?

As I interact with Scripture’s relationship to how we should think and live, both within church walls and outside them, I frequently go back to two quotes that have helped … Read more→

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Reformed Forum States of America

I’m sort of a recovering stats junkie. I grew up obsessed with baseball statistics and college football rankings. If Yahoo! fantasy baseball would have existed when I was a child, … Read more→

Ferguson on Soteriological Models

Sinclair Ferguson in his lecture, “The Reformed Doctrine of Sonship,” helpfully points out that any soteriological model which sets itself up as useful has to stand a series of tests:

Is … Read more→

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Contest for Free 2011 Confessional Presbyterian Journal: We Have a Winner!

Congrats to Mr. R. Martin Snyder for winning a free copy of the Confessional Presbyterian Journal.

Mr. Snyder submitted a biographical essay on the life and death of Samuel Rutherford. … Read more→

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Scottish Sermons and the Westminster Assembly

Anyone interested in an living, pulsing and rich window into the life of the 17th century is in for a treat with this new edition of collected sermons. These … Read more→

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Is Christ Really There in the Old Testament?

For the answer, see these three fine resources:

“The Gospel and Redemptive-Historical Hermeneutics” by Lane G. Tipton in Confident of Better Things, eds. Muether and Olinger.

“For Our Sakes Also: … Read more→

Some Thoughts on Method and Argument

Take a look at the first paragraph of this post:

“In case any Reformed confessionalists actually wondered, Justin Taylor has made it official that he is a credo-baptist and by implication … Read more→