Theology

Great Hodge Quote

Regeneration secures right knowledge as well as right feeling; and right feeling is not the effect of right knowledge, nor is right knowledge the effect of right feeling. The two are inseparable effects of a work which affects the whole soul." —Cornelius Van Til...

A Biblical Theology of Garment Tassels

A Jewish man in Israel with tassels on his shirt, a yarmulke, and prominent payot (ringlets of hair). © Mark L. Ward, Jr., 2010. I was just studying Numbers 15 for my church's Sunday School, and I came across this little paragraph: Tassels on Garments The Lord said to...

Paul: The Reepicheep of Christian Evangelism

I do love Paul's personality. Bold and persuasive but full of tender affection—and a Reepicheep streak! When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together...

The Flip Side

Duncan Johnson made a valid comment on a recent post. The Internet may be an opiate for the people, but that's not the whole story. So here's something on the flip side. I recently attended a large evangelical-ish church while on vacation (and limited by snow from...

Awesome Buy!

I simply don't know how this guy at Rejoice Christian Software does it. The John Frame Theology Collection for $60 instead of $220! I am so tempted... SO tempted! But I own most of these books already, I'm going to have to guess that a lot of those articles are...

Barack Obama is God’s Servant for My Good

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way (1 Tim 2:1–2). In obedience to...

Found It!

I have looked fruitlessly for this quotation a number of times, and I finally just stumbled across it: It is not biblical to say that the only virtues God can require of me are the ones that I am good enough to perform. If I am so bad that I can’t delight in what is...

Charles Hodge on Free Will

I've read a good number of pages on the nature of the human will recently, and little has been as helpful on free will as Charle's Hodge's brief summary in his Systematic Theology. He speaks of three views of the will: necessity, contingency, and certainty. I won't go...

The Fear of Aslan

I just wrote a little section in my dissertation on the fear of the Lord. Proverbs 1:7 reads, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” Fear (יִרְאָה) in this verse is certainly used often in the phrases “fear of God” or “fear of the Lord,” but it is also...