That the glory of the Lord might cover the dry land as the waters cover the sea
Encounters with Biblical Theology. By John J. Collins. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005, 243 pp., $22.00. John J. Collins of Yale (not to be confused with C. John Collins of Covenant Seminary) is a believer. He believes in historical criticism (22). He believes in Troeltsch (12). He believes in archeology (5). He believes that the Israelite conquest …
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If you’re in Houston, it would be a joy to see you this weekend at Baptist Church of the Redeemer. Here’s the schedule: Friday, March 27, 2009: 7:00–9:00pm Session I: Revelation 7:1-17, The Sealing of the Servants of God Session II: Revelation 8:1-13, Trumpeting the End of the World Saturday, March 28, 2009: 9:00am–12:00pm Session …
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Dumisani Theological Institute in South Africa is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. I only know of this school because of my friend Alistair Wilson, who teaches there. Alistair also serves as the New Testament book review editor for Themelios, so if you’re sympathetic with the aims of The Gospel Coalition, you have a friend …
Ministers of the Gospel should be calling people to faith in Christ and repentance from sin. We are stewards of the mysteries of God, charged to preach the word, and given the good news of a way to be reconciled to God through faith in Christ and the power of the Spirit. Christ has died …
Some talented folks out at Biola–this is hysterical: Thanks to Justin Taylor for sending this to me.
This year’s Crossway Lecture at ETS was presented by G. K. Beale. Beale argued that Inerrancy is not a scholastic theological deduction made by interpreters of the Bible, but rather that it is an exegetical observation of a theological deduction that at least one biblical author has already made within the text of the Bible itself. …
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If I wasn’t with my family for Thanksgiving, I probably wouldn’t have known this had even happened. But here we are and we’ve watched a football game (I’m a hypocrite!). What a finish! The Hogs beat the Tigers. My brother tells me this makes two years in a row, Denny.
Michael Haykin has reviewed Francis Beckwith’s book Return to Rome. One of the reasons I think that the ETS needs to do what Denny Burk and Ray Van Neste are proposing is to help people like Beckwith understand that the founders of the society did not mean to welcome “evangelical” Roman Catholics. The proposed amendment …
I’m on board with what my friends Denny Burk and Ray Van Neste are trying to do. I think doctrinal boundaries are beneficial for those within them and for those outside of them. The doctrinal boundary markers being proposed are hardly restrictive. What evangelical couldn’t sign the Tyndale Fellowship statement? This seems to me to …
This article quotes Mark Dever as follows: working to reduce the number of abortions misses the point: “It’s like saying, ‘Let’s work to make sure they kill fewer Jews in the concentration camps this year,”‘ said the Rev. Mark Dever, a pastor in Washington D.C. HT: DLP
Denny Burk has the details on a resolution passed this week by the Kentucky Batpist state Convention on the need to protect the unborn. For the full resolution, see Denny’s post. Here’s the bottom line: WHEREAS, some religious leaders in the United States have called for churches to move beyond the abortion discussion so that …
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There was a time when the elites of the United States of America thought it beneficial for the country as a whole for black people to be enslaved. There were economic advantages. It was convenient (for the slaveholders). It was accepted as normal in the society. Then some people began to object. They objected that …
Denny Burk has the details on the new Boyce College Diablogue, which you’ll want to add to your reader. He also alerts us to a significant interaction with Scot McKnight’s new book, The Blue Parakeet, by Thomas R. Schreiner. Check it out.
Justin Taylor indicates he has some friends posting on their reactions to the election. I commend to you the thoughts of our mutual friend, Eric Redmond: A Guest Post by Eric C. Redmond Eric C. Redmond is the author of Where Are All the Brothers? Straight Answers to Men’s Questions About the Church (Crossway, 2008). He most …
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Piper posts two follow up comments on the election: Why a Women Shouldn’t Run for Vice President, but Wise People May Still Vote for Her and A Prayer for the Election. Denny Burk quotes the USA Today on how crucial the next president is for the future of Roe v Wade–one justice tips the balance of power. …
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Courageous. Inspiring. Prophetic. On point. Go listen here. Dr. Moore knocked it out of the park today for the glory of God. The abortion thing is about much more than American politics, so if you don’t want to be confronted with the spiritual realities and worldview issues at stake, don’t bother with this sermon. If …
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Anyone interested in Francis Schaeffer won’t want to miss Colin Duriez’s Francis Schaeffer: An Authentic Life. For a preview, you can check out the interview Crossway did with Duriez in the “Book Report.” Nor will you want to miss Mark Dever’s interview with Os Guinness, where Guinness talks about Schaeffer and his impact. Fascinating stuff.
G. K. Chesterton’s 1908 book, Orthodoxy, is profoundly relevant to our day. The arguments that he explodes are still around, waiting for people to read this book and have the nonsense they think is rational thought made into smithereens. Here is a quote that seems appropriate for the current political scene: It is true that …
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My colleague at SBTS, Charles Halton, will be speaking at Ohio Northern University on “The Laws of Hammurabi and Western Civilization.” He outlines his presentation here. Hopefully there will be an mp3 of this presentation posted, and if I hear of one I’ll be certain to link to it. If you’re in or near Ada, …
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Those of you who may be near the University of Wisconsin-Madison won’t want to miss Dr. Peter Gentry’s lecture on Monday night, “The Great Code: Greek Bible and the Humanities.” Dr. Gentry is editing two volumes in the Goettingen Septuagint Series: Ecclesiastes and Proverbs. He translated Ecclesaistes and Lamentations for the New English Translation of …
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