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 …
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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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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 …
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’s Top Ten Christian Biographies
Here’s a great list of books to start chipping away at: Mohler’s Top Ten Christian Biographies.
An Open Letter to Susan Wise Bauer
Seeing the release of the first volume of Susan Wise Bauer’s History of the Ancient World prompted me to go back and read something she recently published in Books and Culture, which prompted me to leave the response below on her blog: Dear Susan, This comment is not related to the present post, sorry. Seeing …
Only One Way?
What if you could hear from the likes of David Wells, D. A. Carson, Philip Ryken, and Ligon Duncan on engaging an increasingly pluralistic and relativistic culture with the exclusive truth claims of Christianity? Here’s your opportunity! Praise God for Crossway’s commitment to the reproach of the cross. The table of contents is here, and …
God’s Indwelling Presence: Chapter 3 Online
What does the Old Testament have to say about the dwelling of God? Does it indicate that God indwelt members of the old covenant remnant? What about those figures in the OT that we read about having the Spirit? What about passages like Jeremiah 31 (law on the hearts) and Ezekiel 36 (“I will put …
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Where Is B&H Going? A Word from the Director of Academic Publishing
Some time back I linked to an interview with Dr. Ray Clendenen at B&H Academic. You can now read a personal, compelling, insightful statement from Ray on what he hopes B&H Academic will provide and why he has those hopes. As some publishing houses seem eager to follow liberal protestantism in the flight from the …
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The Faithful Preacher
The foreword from John Piper is here. You can browse the table of contents here. This book is a must read. Here’s a description, followed by some weighty commendations from the publisher’s website: The cliché is that those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them. But …
Calvin to a Fellow Pastor, and some good sermons on 1 Timothy
When John Calvin was exiled from Geneva in 1538, he wrote back to another Pastor still preaching in Geneva: Above all, do you seriously consider that you are engaged in the discharge of an office, which, as it excels every other, so it is the most dangerous of all, if you do apply yourself with …
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With One Voice, by Alex Chediak
Alex Chediak has done a great service for anyone seeking guidance on how to handle singleness, dating, and marriage for the glory of God. If you’re a parent thinking about how to guide your kids through the dating years or a single person navigating those waters, the one voice of this book speaks with sanity, …
Suffer Hardship . . . as a Good Soldier of Christ Jesus. . .
In these words of 2 Timothy 2:3 Paul exhorts Timothy to bear up under suffering for Christ the way that soldiers stand in battle. A beautiful picture of a soldier standing in battle is given today in the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal essay by Daniel Henninger, “The Real American Idol.” Henninger describes the Medal …
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Why Preach?
Here’s a great question that beatifully describes the Word given us to proclaim: What if you were led to believe, as profoundly as you believe yourself to exist, that God has spoken . . . that within the covers of the Bible there on your table, incarnate in the syllables of our own language, throbs …
Chosen for Life, by Sam Storms
One evening during my freshman year in college at the University of Arkansas, I asked my wise Sunday School teacher, “Do you believe in predestination?” He responded simply, “The word is in the Bible.” The word is in the Bible, but what does it mean and how does it work? If you or someone you …