I’ve just started reading the second volume of Dr. Nettles’s trilogy on the Baptists, and here’s an important word: “When the church has wielded the greatest amount of worldly power it has had the greatest tendency to corruption and impurity. When it has sought to pursue its mission apart from any worldly power, and has …
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The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World
Stephen J. Nichols has done it again! Following a number of helpful books along these lines, Nichols has once again provided a masterful summary that would benefit every Christian. This book gives a bird’s eye view of the whole Reformation (don’t be misled by the subtitle, it is about much more than just brother Martin). …
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Faithful unto Death with the Sacred Trust
We who steward the mysteries of God have been given a sacred trust, and some of us have been given the unspeakable privilege of learning to read the Bible in the languages in which it was written. Denny Burk gives a moving testimony to a godly man, now gone to glory, who was a faithful …
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The Problem with Penal Substitution
Set to appear in the “Forum” section of the next edition of SBJT. Posted here with the editor’s permission. “Mercy and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other” (Ps 85:10). The problem with penal substitutionary atonement isn’t the idea that God could be wrathful. Anyone who believes the Bible—and reads it—will …
Image Conference This Weekend
If you’re in the DFW area, perhaps you’ll be interested in this conference taking place this weekend. I’ll be leading a breakout session on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood on Friday night, and I’m the unlisted preacher for the Saturday morning general worship session. May the Lord use this conference mightily for his glory!
What Does Maturity Look Like?
Alex Chediak gives young men a good word here.
Prayer of the Month: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-25
1 Thessalonians 5:23 (ESV) Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. Brothers, pray for us.
Eric Redmond Joins the Blogroll
One of the great blessings of the blog-world is that it helps us find like-minded people. I am delighted to announce the new blog of Pastor Eric Redmond, Senior Pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Temple Hills, MD. Thabiti has interviewed Eric here, and you can check out Eric’s blog here. May the Lord use …
Telling God’s Story
I’ve only read the preface so far, but this new book from B&H looks exciting. The preface opens with a parable, of sorts, about someone taking a class on Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer. Instead of studying the whole story, individual episodes and themes from the book are focused on and analyzed. The student benefits greatly …
Free Christian Audio Book: The Reformed Pastor
Each month ChristianAudio is excited to give away one free audio book download. The books we give away are free for only one month. After that they are sold at the regular price. So make sure that you check back regularly and download these great Christian Classics for FREE! Use this coupon code – MAY2007 …
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Recent Martyrs
Stop whatever you are doing and go read this post on these three men: Ugur Yuksel Tilman Geske with his wife and three children Necati Aydin I have often heard John Piper say that the Muslim world will not be won without martyrs. May the Lord be pleased to use the testimony of these men …
PCA Study Report on Federal Vision
If you’ve heard of “Federal Vision, which is synonymous with “Auburn Avenue Theology,” this committee from the PCA: Committee Members: TE Paul Fowler, Chairman TE Grover Gunn, Secretary TE Ligon Duncan TE Sean Lucas RE Robert Mattes RE William Mueller RE John White.has done you a favor. They have carefully described Federal Vision, along with …
Wright on Substitution
In a previous post I wondered whether Wright includes the notion of God’s wrath being satisfied by Christ on the cross in his thinking about Penal Substitution. Several quotes have come to my attention that indicate that he has affirmed this idea in writing, so to my thinking he has answered that question. Here are …
The Northbrook Conference on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
Doug McHone will be live blogging The Northbrook Conference on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood with Randy Stinson beginning tonight. Watch Eric Schumacher’s blog, or check back here, for the audio.
N. T. Wright and Penal Substitution
N. T. Wright has written an essay in which he “strongly” affirms penal substitutionary atonement. Adrian Warnock has thoughts on how this relates to the theological controversy in the UK. Justin Taylor quotes important excerpts from an insightful review by D. A. Carson on one of Wright’s recent books. Wright claims to “strongly” affirm penal …
All Hail King Jesus: Revelation 19:11-21
On October 4, 2005, I preached on Revelation 19:11-21. I just found the sermon online here. May the Lord prosper his word!
N. T. Wright on C. S. Lewis
One great writer analyzes another, and light is shed on both. N. T. Wright reviews C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity. Enjoy! HT: JT
War and Peace in the Criswell Theological Review
Every issue of the reactivated Criswell Theological Review has been both timely and engaging. They’ve done it again with the latest issue on war and peace. Daryl Charles’s essay on Just War Theory is a helpful primer on both the biblical texts and the early fathers. Richard Land’s applications of these principles to the situations …
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Mohler on Motherhood
Here’s an excerpt from Dr. Mohler’s post, “Does Motherhood Mean Anything?” Iran scored a huge publicity coup in the capture and release of 15 British sailors and Royal Marines in recent days. Iran has played this game before, and is likely to play it again. The tactic puts the nation directly into the headlines around …