[NOTE: To anyone who may have read an earlier version of this post--I had made some (I thought) oblique reference to a personal situation with a friend. I should not have included that in what really is a post about a general issue in evangelicalism. I apologize for any upset that may have caused. If [...]

First off, sorry for all the acronyms in the post title. Perhaps it is fitting, though, to use “insider” acronyms concerning an issue that, at the end of the day, really only involves a tiny corner patch in the midst of the vast acreage of God’s vineyard. If most or all of those acronyms mean [...]

Federal Vision theology, which was on almost no one’s radar screen before 2002, has erupted in the short time since into one of the biggest controversies in recent memory among conservative Presbyterian denominations. Because I constantly run across fellow seminarians and laypeople alike asking me what FV is all about, I provide the following relevant [...]

Since I poked some fun last week at the announcement of an ABC Nightline-sponsored debate on the existence of God, I feel somewhat obligated to link to the actual debate, now that ABC News has put it up online. The debate was between child actor Kirk Cameron and evangelist Ray Comfort on the one side [...]

From the Reformation21 blog (May 4, 2007), by Westminster Theological Seminary Professor of Historical Theology and Church History and Dean of Faculty Dr. Carl Trueman:
Phil’s blog got me thinking about the whole issue of women in Reformed and conservative evangelical circles in general. On the whole, I don’t think the church provides the [...]

A couple of issues back New Horizons, the official magazine of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (”We’re Tiny, So You Know We’re Orthodox!”) printed what in my opinion was one of the most virulent smears against Bishop N. T. Wright that I’ve seen in print. That’s saying a lot, because among the Truly Reformed, smearing Tom [...]

…for my classmates who will be facing presbyteries and ordination councils in the coming months:

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 [...]

I recently had the opportunity (on behalf of Westminster Bookstore) to talk with author Stephen Nichols about church history, writing, teaching, and his early life of crime. His latest book, The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World, earned high praise from Sinclair Ferguson and Michael Horton. When he is not filling [...]

My good friend super blogger David Wayne has posted a wonderful piece of sanity addressing the wacky way we tend to jack almost any issue up to Level Red on the Gospel Terrorism Meter. This might be good prep reading as we are in the midst of yet another wave of Justification Is What I [...]