Calvinists and Armenians
Update (11/17/2020): This post is a joke. I deleted a few comments from people who didn't catch the two major misspellings—because I didn't want to embarrass them; I honestly didn't expect to "fool" people! I forgot that some people are reading this post on other devices, even Kindles, and don't have the easy ability to follow the links. At the risk of ruining the joke before you even get to see it, I very frequently see people misspell "Arminianism" and "Arminian"—even people who really,...
New Book—Bibliology for Beginners: What Does the Bible Say about the Bible?
Bibliology for Beginners: What Does the Bible Say about the Bible? by Mark WardI've just released a very short book on bibliology that is not intended to break new ground but rather to help beginners step firmly onto biblical ground. I wrote it at the request of a local church—nycgrace.org, pastored by my respected friend Tim Richmond—which has diligently produced a series of discipleship books for its urban, multi-ethnic congregation.In the book I talk about revelation (general, special, and...
Bavinck: A Critical Biography by James Eglinton
Bavinck: A Critical Biography My rating: 5 of 5 starsHerman Bavinck's fame as a theologian has been steadily growing in my circles—especially since the Dutch Translation Society began putting out his Reformed Dogmatics in English in 2003. All four volumes sit proudly on my own shelves along with the first volume of his Reformed Ethics.I like to know the stories and circumstances of my theologians. I like to know what concerns drove them, what conversations they found themselves in. And this...
Help Me Help You
This blog has shifted over time to reflect the interests of its proprietor. I use it as much as a "weblog"—a journal of my own thoughts, a means of forming those thoughts—as I do anything else. I search my own blog all the time for quotes and illustrations to use in other writing. But I want to serve you, my readers (one of whom told me years ago that the "both of you readers" joke is old, so I won't use it here). So tell me what you want me to talk about. What brings you here? Are you okay...
Honesty and Dishonesty; Inerrancy and Errancy
An ex-evangelical acquaintance of mine recently posted a link to an academic journal article critiquing inerrantist biblical scholars. It contained this paragraph: Well, turnabout is fair play, especially with insufferably tendentious arguments. (I'm sorry: I believe in graciousness, I do, but there's got to be some room for "hating…with perfect hatred" those who hate God a la Psalm 139:22. My blood boils when I see supercilious ex-evangelical patronization of those like me who still ardently...