Regardless of how one pronounces it, a schism is a serious thing. The division of the Church into East and West, and the rift opened up between Wittenberg and Rome are some of the saddest realities in the Body of Christ. The ever stimulating Peter Leithart has a new blog post wherein he reviews Deep […]
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Sanctification and the Heidelberg Catechism, Part Two
July 21, 2014 
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Was Jonathan Edwards a Puritan?
July 20, 2014 0 Comments
Dr. Mark Jones has written this post at Reformation 21 about the proper historical limits of “Puritanism.” He argues that Jonathan Edwards lived far too late for the term to be applied to him in any historically meaningful way. It is debatable when exactly the Puritan movement came to an end, but its terminus ad […]
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What Is the Doctrine of “Republication?”
July 19, 2014 4 Comments
Over at Old Life, D.G. Hart has written this piece on the recently published book Merit and Moses by Andrew Elam, Robert Van Kooten, and Randall Bergquist (Wipf & Stock, 2014). As the subtitle indicates, the book is a critique of a relatively obscure and ambiguous doctrine known as “republication.” This doctrine has been around in some form or […]
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Erskine Board Calls Paul Kooistra as President.
July 18, 2014 0 Comments
According to this latest post at The Aquila Report, Erskine College’s board of trustees has elected Paul Kooistra as the school’s next president. Dr. Kooistra formerly served as president of Covenant Theological Seminary and president of Mission to the World. Erskine College belongs to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, a small, mostly rural conservative Presbyterian denomination. They […]
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Apologetics and the Role of Plausibility Structures
July 18, 2014 0 Comments
In this post on The Gospel Coalition, Joe Carter hits the nail on the head. Why is it that some people can be persuaded by arguments for God’s existence, while others will look at you as if you’re trying to prove the existence of Santa Claus? According to Carter, it all has to do with a […]
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Top 10 Posts of the Week (7/12/14 – 7/18/14)
July 18, 2014 0 Comments
This is the beginning of a new series, where we list and summarize the top 10 posts (in no particular order) we’ve found across the blogosphere for the week. If you find a blog post that you consider to be especially noteworthy, send it to us and we may include it on our list! Carl […]
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A Children’s Crusade?
July 18, 2014 3 Comments
Harry Monroe, Jr., a licentiate of North Texas Presbytery (PCA), has posted this piece on the current influx of unaccompanied children from Central America into the U.S. He is understandably cautious about the church allying itself to particular causes where Scripture is not explicit, but he encourages individual believers to arrive at well-informed positions rather […]
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