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  • Critique of Introducing Covenant Theology

    Overall, I am in some ways sympathetic to the project Michael Horton is attempting in Introducing Covenant Theology. I would say I like the idea of it all, but he leaves many questions unanswered. I would consider myself Reformed in my theological leanings, or you could use the word Calvinist(ic) if you wanted to. However,…

  • The Author of Evil Reconsidered

    Recently, as you might have gathered from the blog, I read through Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities. Up until now, my understanding of Arminianism was only filtered through its critics and as Olson points out, that should never be the case (pg. 13). I saw Olson’s argument in the book as a whole as dealing…

  • Weekend Reading

    Here’s some weekend reading for your perusal: Douglas Wilson both on the hedges of intimacy and on technology as wealth and how we can use and not abuse it. Gerald Hiestand over at First Things on why pastors should be setting the theological agenda and not professors. Or, what’s wrong with theology today. Adam Carrington briefly…

  • New Year’s Roundup/Music Monday

    John Piper was on a 8 month leave of absence until the beginning of this year. Now that he is back in action, here are his thoughts on what he learned during the break. On a related note, here is the Resurgence article on the 8 godly precedents set by his sabbatical. Since it is…

  • Theological Identity Crisis (B)

    Yesterday’s post was originally intended to be a stand alone, but once I got into it, there was more than a single post could contain. To recap briefly, I tried to argue that depending on how you qualify your understanding of TULIP, you may actually be more of an Arminian than a Calvinist. This is…

  • Theological Identity Crisis (A)

    Let’s try a little thought experiment shall we? Many people I know who are interested in theology would classify themselves as Calvinists. They do not all have the same theological convictions, but for the most part they would agree with TULIP: Total Depravity Unconditional Election Limited Atonement Irresistible Grace Perseverance of the Saints This acronym of…

  • The Deep Things of God: How The Trinity Changes Everything

    Fred Sanders, The Deep Things of God: How The Trinity Changes Everything. Wheaton: Crossway, August 2010. 256 pp. Paperback, $18.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Ever since my second semester here at DTS, I’ve been avidly interested in good reading on the Trinity. That was the semester I took Trinitarianism with Dr. Horrell and what would…

  • Book of the Week: Doctrine of the Word of God

    As Justin Taylor noted last week, in the words of J.I. Packer, this book is both magisterial and indispensible as a quality recent work on the doctrine of Scripture. John Frame’s The Doctrine of the Word of God is the 4th and last book in his Theology of Lordship series. It is also probably the…

  • Understanding A Car Crash

    Let’s start with a question: Should we start a parent murdering ministry? This may seem like an extremely odd, severely misguided question. So, let’s fill it out with some context… It comes from a point in yesterday’s sermon at The Village Church that Matt Chandler was illustrating. The point being that arguing from pure pragmatics is…

  • Need to Read 10.15.10

    An interesting answer to the question: What does Lady Gaga mean? Very little, argues Camille Paglia. But that’s precisely the sort of cultural icon this generation relates to. Gaga=flashy lights, bright colors, pleasing sounds, funky beats, shocking vaudeville clips, “what is she wearing?” hyperlink viral fodder, and bits and pieces of politics thrown in for…