Are We Together? A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism by R.C. Sproul Sproul begins his book with utter clarity: in the debate between Roman Catholicism and evangelical, Reformation Protestantism, the gospel itself is at stake. It takes him just a page and half to...
Theology
Review: Why Do We Baptize Infants?
Why Do We Baptize Infants? by Bryan Chapell My rating: 2 of 5 stars A Baptist can't give three stars to a book, even a good one, arguing for infant baptism. But if all I were evaluating was clarity and brevity, Chapell might actually get four stars. His thesis is...
Kevin Bauder on Love and Worship
Worship can be summed up in a single word: love. What else could love mean except to recognize the ultimate value of a thing, to delight and take pleasure in it, and to give one’s self to it in loyal trust? To worship a thing is to love it. Consequently, it is neither...
The Artistic Theologian
Check Out The Artistic Theologian, a new journal put together in part by my friend Scott Aniol and, in its first issue, featuring articles by Scott, Kevin Bauder, and T. David Gordon. I was given the opportunity to submit a review to its inaugural volume.
The Secularist’s Religion
Unbelief is not described in Scripture as absence of belief, but as mis-directed belief. Religion ... is man’s ineradicable situation. —H. Evan Runner
Announcing Bible Truths B: The Story of the Old Testament
A Christ-Centered Bible Bryan Chapell helped revolutionize my thinking about the Old Testament when I read his Christ-Centered Preaching for a required expository preaching course in seminary. He came up with a great way to name—and spot—the problem of moralism in...
Stanley Fish Interviews Dinesh D’Souza, President of Evangelical Kings College
Stanley Fish interviews Dinesh D'Souza: S.F.: Some readers characterized the King’s College, of which you are the president, as “barely above correspondence level,” a place where little science except creationist science is taught, a venue for the promotion of...
Vote for Me!
Today I opened the New York Times to find a little article by Notre Dame philosophy prof Gary Gutting on "What Work Is Really For." At the beginning of his piece, I read, We applaud people for their work ethic, judge our economy by its productivity and even honor work...
Calvin on “You must be born again”
By the term born again He means not the amendment of a part but the renewal of the whole nature. Hence it follows that there is nothing in us that is not defective.
Check Out the New Frame-Poythress Site!
I've received a lot of benefit from the works of John Frame and Vern Poythress, so when I noticed that their site design was sending out a 1996 vibe, I e-mailed their webmaster and offered my services. The result is finally up! Check it out! There are tons of great...
The Dwarfs Are for the Dwarfs: Stanley Fish the Pragmatic Presuppositionalist
Two weeks ago I had the privilege of presenting a paper on Stanley Fish—here's a recording—to a group of well-trained Bible professors with whom I had warm fellowship: the Bible Faculty Leadership Summit. They welcomed this newbie graciously and gave me good advice...
Great Little Anecdote from Bob Bell
My old Hebrew prof Bob Bell just told this story: he was speaking to a Jehovah's Witness (who denies Christ's deity), and Bell was arguing that "at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow" indicates that Jesus is Yahweh. Jesus' name means "Yahweh saves," and if the...