Archive for June, 2005

Enns Book Released

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

Inspiration and Incarnation, the much-awaited book from Professor Pete Enns of Westminster Philadelphia, is now out. It’s basically a summation of the course I just completed with him, in which he lays out his “incarnational analogy” of scripture that he sees as preserving a high view of the Bible without ignoring modern scholarship.
Here’s the publisher’s [...]

What Ridderbos Really Said (About Justification)

Friday, June 17th, 2005

Sorry for the sudden barage of posts in one day. I was fully awake at 5:30 this morning (the sun rises before 4:30 a.m. this time of year in northern Maine) and finally took some time to catch up on my beloved blog links.
Here’s another interesting one from Mark Horne: What Ridderbos Really Said.
Here’s [...]

Jesus Loves a Whore

Friday, June 17th, 2005

While on vacation here in Maine at my daughter Hannah’s house, I’ll confess I’ve become hooked on the DVD’s of the television series Gilmore Girls. Yes, I know it’s an extended chick flick, but a blog is supposed to be a confessional of one’s deepest sins and weaknesses, right? Maybe I’m just indulging after a [...]

Spurgeon on Church without Christ

Friday, June 17th, 2005

Quoted in the June 2005 “9news” e-letter from 9 Marks Ministries.
“I know what you would do, if some of us were fallen asleep, and the faithful ones buried if the Spirit of God were gone, you would say, ‘Well, we are still a large and influential congregation; we can afford to pay a talented minister, [...]

Reframing Paul: A Review

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

A recent post on an internet message board revealed that the writer had given up going to church. He listed as chief among the reasons his frustration with the inability of people in church to be “real.” Despite the preaching of the Gospel of grace and forgiveness, it became apparent to him that no one [...]

Yet Another Middle Way

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

Good while since my last post…we’ve “moved” up to northern Maine for three weeks with my daughter Hannah, her husband Phil, and two of our four grandchildren.
Here’s yet another very balanced Reformed approach to the NPP,, this one from a professor of New Testament at RTS Orlando:
Just when I hear knives being sharpened in anticipation [...]

Nasty Calvinism

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

Phil Johnson has put words to exactly what I’ve been feeling after a week of getting knocked around by Calvinist fundamentalists on various discussion boards.