A Truly Good Deal on an Exceptionally Good Series of Books
The New Studies in Biblical Theology series has the equivalent of a conservative Protestant imprimatur: “Edited by D.A. Carson.” (A J.I. Packer blurb was the going imprimatur, but he became a little too profligate with it [see no. 7 here] and we had to pick a new standard.) WTS Books is now offering a really fantastic deal on the whole set and on individual volumes: 50% off if you buy 5 or more; 52% off if you buy the whole set. The books I’ve read are both excellent: Dominion and Dynasty: A...
ST vs BT
I saved this little quote in my draft folder for some time, and when I pulled it out again I forgot where I got it. It sounded like John Frame, and I did a Google Books search for it fully expecting to see Frame’s Doctrine of the Word of God come up. But no, it was Vos. Interesting. Read and learn. The difference between biblical and systematic theology is not that “one would be more closely bound to the Scriptures than the other. In this they are wholly alike. Nor does the difference lie in...
Edwards on Church Music, the Ordinances, and our Affections
The “sacraments” or “ordinances” of baptism and the Lord’s Supper are, in part, little pieces of art: miniature dramas that highlight precious truths. They are parallel in a significant way to church music, as Jonathan Edwards explains in his classic book, The Religious Affections, The duty of singing praises to God seems to be appointed wholly to excite and express religious affections. No other reason can be assigned why we should express ourselves to God in verse rather than in prose, and...
That’s Why They Call it Pop
Very interesting! Does anybody in New York listen to classical music? The closest we got was Sinatra! (Or Terry Gross, I suppose.) HT: Jason Kottke HT: Alan Jacobs
Another Problematic KJV Rendering
“The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.” All modern translations render that last phrase with another word: “who suppress the truth.” In contemporary English, to “hold the truth” means to believe it, to establish it as a tenet for oneself. “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” The Greek word translated hold (κατέχω) means exactly that in 1 Cor 15. “I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I...