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→
Archive for the ‘Miscellany’ Category
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→
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→
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→
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→
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→
