Dr. Steve Jeffrey has written a guest post over at Kuyperian Commentary entitled, “A Biblical Case for Classical Education.” Here he addresses certain misunderstandings concerning classical Christian education—misunderstandings that usually come from Christians themselves. For example, many Christians struggle to see the value of an education model that comes from the so-called “Dark Ages”—a period of history […]
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Roman Catholic Ecumenism: Let the Evangelicals Speak
July 25, 2014 
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Leonardo De Chirico has posted this piece on The Gospel Coalition, reflecting on the recent joint statement of Italian evangelicals living in the shadow of the Vatican. These evangelicals reaffirmed their commitment to the teachings of Scripture over against any extra-biblical dogmas. They hold to the agency and mediation of Christ alone for salvation, they reject the […]
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Top 10 Posts of the Week (7/19/14 – 7/25/14)
July 25, 2014 0 Comments
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 1 Comment
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: […]
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Repentance and Restoration
July 23, 2014 1 Comment
I’ve been thinking a lot about repentance these days. I question the seasons I encounter as my life changes. Sometimes my repentance comes daily, other times the weeks go by so fast I find myself in the pew again on Sunday morning beginning our corporate time of worship, “Okay, Lord, seven days just flew by!” […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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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, […]
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