Three Answers to the Application Question
I am reading Putting the Truth to Work: The Theory and Practice of Biblical Application by Dan Doriani. After just the introduction and first chapter, I am impressed. He has put his finger on questions I have asked; he then asked and answered them better than I ever could. Here's a summary of one of his key sections. He outlines three views on whether a theory of application--the subject of his book--is truly necessary. View 1. Application is Subjective, Expressing Our Spirituality This view...
Salvation at Yale
Last summer I took a course at Yale Divinity School’s Jonathan Edwards Center on Edwards’ Religious Affections. I enjoyed it very much. This summer I’m considering taking another course there. I was looking through the course offerings, and I came across this: I gather that the instructor takes a position somewhat different from my own, which wouldn’t be all bad. I’m sure I would have much to learn from him. But what struck me was a little word in the middle of the last paragraph, a brand new...
Should a Minister Be a “dumme dogge”?
When James I of Scotland acceded to the throne of England in 1603, the Puritans saw their chance to start anew. Ossified Queen Elizabeth was dead; perhaps James would complete the Reformation she did not allow to be finished. Perhaps Catholic accretions could finally be rooted out of the English church. Adam Nicolson tells what happened and makes an interesting observation: A sudden electric current ran through the English shires. The Puritans arranged public debates on the question of the...
Beautiful Royal Wedding Music, Contemporary Choral
I very much enjoyed this part of the wedding.
Free Greenville-Area Accordance Seminar May 14
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