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  • Already/Not Yet Graduate

    One day, I will have a semi-normal graduation experience. But not today. After busting it for 4 years, I am participating the commencement exercises at what my map app calls “The Baptodome.” Yes, in a technical sense I graduate today from Dallas Theological Seminary. In a non-technical sense, I will graduate August 5th. It has…

  • Union With Christ

    [This post is part of The Christian Faith series] Now that the semester has come to an end, it’s time to resume working through Horton’s The Christian Faith. First off, I think Horton does well to cover union with Christ first, and then turn to justification. Calvin would be proud, as would interestingly, N. T. Wright. But…

  • Kind of Like Memento

    This could be my last full day of class. My Friday class doesn’t have an attendance policy, so if I skip it, this morning was my last formal class here at DTS. I thought it would be a good idea to reflect on my journey somewhat, but in a slightly non-traditional way. In talking about…

  • Good Friday, Christian Conferences, Blog Makeovers

    For Good Friday (and for Easter), I would recommend reading the following: The -ations of the cross 6 things Christ accomplished in his death Since when did bunnies have eggs? Why did Jesus have to die? 5 suggestions for observing Good Friday Holy Week: What happened on Good Friday? Unrelated to this weekend, but still highly important to think…

  • In Case You Missed It, I Got an Award

    Much has been happening here around the seminary. My semester is speeding right up to the end. Last week though, I was awarded the Rollin Thomas Chafer Award in Apologetics for the best paper submitted in that field. I was a bit surprised since I haven’t submitted any papers on that recently (nor have I…

  • Rediscovering the Church Fathers

    Paperback: 176pgs Publisher: Crossway (March 2, 2011) Westminster Amazon Monergism Bible School (and maybe some general readers) Prophetic explorations of selected church fathers’ theology [You’re reading this review of Rediscovering the Church Fathers because I asked Crossway for a review copy and they said yes!] Overview In some ways, I might not be the best person to offer…

  • The Ordo Salutis

    [This post is part of The Christian Faith series] And so now we come to section five of Michael Horton’s The Christian Faith. Having actually finished the book at this point, I will say the second half of the book (chapters 14-29) is much stronger and well developed than the first part. In a way this is…

  • In Case You Missed It

    I’ve now uploaded all 4 Perspectivalism and the Movies posts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 I also made some more headway working through Michael Horton’s The Christian Faith. Tim Challies new book The Next Story released on Tuesday and Cruciform Press has some great books available. Also, just today, I uploaded a…

  • The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ

    [This post is part of The Christian Faith series] Finally, we have reached something of a midway point in Michael Horton’s The Christian Faith. I plan to stretch out the posts on here a bit longer, and give shorter posts rather than the longer clusters we are having to do for class. Partially because I’m slammed with…

  • In Case You Missed It

    Friday was a busy day, we had friends come in town to go to Passion over in Ft. Worth. So, the weekend came and went and the roundup comes on Sunday night instead of Friday. Speaking of Friday, Rebecca Black analyzes the lyrics to her viral video, while Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Conan O’Brien…