This is the second post in our series, “Top 10 Posts of the Week,” where we pick ten posts (in no particular order) from across the blogosphere for special recognition. If you come across a post that you think should make our list, let us know! Joe Carter, “The FAQs: Persecution of Christians in Iraq,” The Gospel […]
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Paul and the Faithfulness of God: A Review
July 24, 2014 
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At Reformation 21, New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole has written a review of N.T. Wright’s massive new volume, Paul and the Faithfulness of God (Fortress, 2013). Considering that the book itself is about 1,600 pages, Gathercole has done a remarkable job of distilling Wright’s main ideas in relatively little space. Gathercole says that the main thesis of PFG is: […]
Continue reading Dr. Doug Green Affirmed by New Life Presbyterian Church Session
July 23, 2014 5 Comments
On his blog The Ecclesial Calvinist, Dr. Bill Evans of Erskine College has just posted a statement issued by the session of New Life Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Glenside, Pennsylvania, unanimously affirming the confessional orthodoxy of one of its Ruling Elders, Dr. Doug Green (the statement is also available on New Life’s website). Dr. Green—under whom I briefly had […]
Continue readingI Cry, But Thou Hearest Not, by Abraham Kuyper
July 23, 2014 0 Comments
9. I Cry, But Thou Hearest Not To get no answer! when we stand at a closed door and it is not opened, makes us feel anxious. We then knock harder and harder, and when this brings no response, we call louder and louder; and when still no sound is heard, and there comes no […]
Continue reading Athanasius and the Scope of the Story
July 22, 2014 0 Comments
Over at Spiritual Friendship, my friend Kyle Keating has written this post on the theology of St. Athanasius, 4th-century bishop of Alexandria and chief opponent of the heretic Arius. The gist: our framework for morality must be grounded in the overall storyline of Scripture. If we hold to any ethic—and in this case any ethic departing […]
Continue reading “Was Bonhoeffer Gay?” And Other Adventures in Missing the Point
July 22, 2014 0 Comments
Trevin Wax has posted this review on The Gospel Coalition on the subject of a new biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer called Strange Glory by Deckle Edge (Knopf, 2014). In this biography, Edge suggests that Bonhoeffer may have been gay (even though he died a virgin), and experienced sexual attraction toward his close friend Eberhard Bethge. The gist of Wax’s […]
Continue reading The Looming Genocide of Iraqi Christians?
July 22, 2014 2 Comments
As has been reported by Christianity Today, the terrorist group ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) has issued an ultimatum to the Christian residents of the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul: convert to Islam, pay the jizya (tax on non-Muslims), or face the sword. The tax is too much for many of these believers to afford, […]
Continue reading Sanctification and the Heidelberg Catechism, Part Two
July 21, 2014 0 Comments
Jon Payne has now written his second post on sanctification and the Heidelberg Catechism (HC) at Reformation 21. In his first post (to which I responded here), he discussed the variety of motivations for Christian obedience, which extend beyond mere gratitude for our justification (as important as that is). Now, he takes up the subjects of […]
Continue reading Michael Bird’s Advice to Younger Scholars
July 21, 2014 0 Comments
On his blog Euangelion, as well as on Zondervan’s blog Koinonia, there’s a short Youtube video of Dr. Michael Bird offering advice to young theologians. He gives three basic tips: 1) don’t be a man-pleaser, 2) work in the primary languages and sources, and 3) take measures to keep your work spiritually fresh. The video is available […]
Continue reading Radical(ly Normal)
July 21, 2014 0 Comments
Shane Lems has written this book review on The Reformed Reader (HT: The Aquila Report). The book happens to be authored by a close friend of mine, Josh Kelley, who pastored the church I attended while living in Mt. Vernon, Washington (my hometown). As a matter of fact, I had the privilege of helping Josh with the editorial process for this book. […]
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