I’m engaged in an interesting little debate with our good friend Ros over at her I Have a Question blog. Ros is agreeing with James Jordan that women cannot be pastors in Christian churches because the office of pastor is the New Covenant equivalent of the Old Covenant priesthood. Since (according to Jordan, following Meredith [...]

Faith is one of those words I have struggled with for a long time. As a person of the Reformed persuasion, sola fide is supposed to be the cheer for my team (although I think sometimes semper fi would be better). But what is faith? Reformed theology tells us that you can’t be justified [...]

Sacred Journey, in recognition of the birthday of Michael Peter Van Gilst, Westminster Theological Seminary’s Student Association President-Elect Divinely Ordained Vicegerent, officially declares this
MICHAEL PETER VAN GILST DAY

From UJs Friday Night

In recognition of this auspicious day, for one day (and one day only), we hereby declare that Michael Peter Van Gilst is actually cooler than [...]

“From Calvin’s point of view, believing in the existence of God on the basis of rational argument is like believing in the existence of your spouse on the basis of the analogical argument for other minds - whimsical at best and not at all likely to delight the person concerned.” - Alvin Plantinga.

My friend and former WTS classmate Mike Vendsel is in the middle of a multi-part blog digest of Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.’s Resurrection and Redemption. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Purchase Resurrection and Redemption: A Study in Paul’s Soteriology

My every-so-often accumulation of “stuff” I find on the web:

When someone can recite Scripture like this, who needs a sermon? I would pay admission money just to hear this guy do the whole book of Hebrews. (Reposting this one because it was so good!)
For all you legions of Sam Boyd fans, introducing Sam Boyd Trivia!
Paul [...]

“I think if you let the match burn right down to your fingertips you get a better flame.” “Maybe your tobacco is too dry. Try adding some beer!” “Have you thought of giving up pipe smoking? Maybe you’d be more successful at something simpler, like nuclear physics.”
Our advice flowed as freely as Yuengling from a [...]

After any exam period, I usually like to take what I call a blow-off night, a night totally free from any seminary-related activities or studies. Even though I only had one midterm exam this semester, I decided why waste the tradition? So tonight my daughter Hannah and I finally went to see Amazing Grace.
A comedy [...]

I haven’t done a LOST post in quite some time, and can’t do a long one tonight because of a midterm exam tomorrow. However, I will say that if you are among those who gave up on LOST earlier this season, tonight proved that you were wrong to exit so soon!
My friend David Wayne AKA [...]

Our dear friend and beloved teacher Mike Kelly, Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary, recently gave a chapel talk on Joshua 11:1-9.
Joshua 11:1-9 depicts the final battle of the conquest campaign in the book of Joshua. This chapter presents the alliance of northern kings in familiar terms echoing other biblical narratives, [...]