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  • The Person of Christ

    [This post is part of The Christian Faith series] This chapter starts the 4th section of Michael Horton’s The Christian Faith titled, appropriately, God Who Rescues. It is the first of three chapters on Christology and Soteriology. As I read through the chapter, I didn’t find anything particularly egregious, which made me feel uncertain. I couldn’t tell if…

  • Westminster Sale

    Westminster is offering 50% on Thriving At College until April 8th. That makes its final price $7.50 for the time being. Pretty good deal if you ask me. Click through for more info on this book, but it’s got an impressive list of endorsers: Russell Moore Al Mohler Tedd Tripp Leland Ryken Jerry Bridges Douglas…

  • The Nature and Fall of Man

    [This post is part of The Christian Faith series] I skipped over chapters 10-11 of The Christian Faith. I might come back to them, but I don’t remember there being anything necessary to point out. Berkhof I think handles the material on providence and creation better than Horton, but Horton is at least a little more readable.…

  • Notes on the Weekend

    In case you missed it, I missed posting an “in case you missed it” on Friday. Mainly, this was because I was busy with getting a paper ready that I presented at the Southwest Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. That, and I placed a priority on reading out by the pool (it was…

  • Who Said It?

    “We are distinctly a Presbyterian institution. Out of the 14 men who are now enrolled on our faculty, 11 of them are loyal Presbyterians. Our theology as well as the interpretation of Scripture in every department is strictly Calvinistic, far more so than the usual denominational seminary  is today whether it be North or South.”…

  • In Case You Missed It

    Japan was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami earlier today. Beyond our prayers for continued rescue and rebuilding, I’m sure we’ll soon start seeing ways to help out financially. Back when the last major tsunami hit southeast Asia, John Piper had some helpful words to say which more or less still apply. T. C.…

  • In Case You Missed It

    There was a firestorm around Rob Bell’s video trailer for Love Wins. I suggested it was a genius marketing plan. Others agreed somewhat with this sentiment. Kevin DeYoung pointed out that questions do communicate and that the video, while mostly interrogative, still was intent on making a point. He also has some great advice for anyone…

  • False Teaching vs False Teachers

    As sort of a continuation of Monday’s post, I thought I’d offer just a couple of thoughts on the distinction between heresy and a false teaching, as well as heresy and heretic. Technically speaking, one who is a pastor of a non-denominational church can’t really be a heretic, since the standard is going against the…

  • The Decrees of God

    [This post is part of The Christian Faith series] I thought in light of some of the buzz about Horton’s The Christian Faith replacing Berkhof’s Systematic Theology, it might actually be helpful to pick up a copy of Berkhof to make comparisons. Having done so, I’ve now got a reputable single volume Reformed systematic theology useful for…

  • In Case You Missed It

    Here are my posts from this: A shift in the blog to chronicling what’s actually going on in my life The problems we run into by throwing word like “biblical” around A two part critique of Michael Horton’s chapter on the Trinity in The Christian Faith (one, two) A quick how-to guide for those wondering…