Note: Part I of this review introduced the book and covered pages 1-26.
Part II covered pages 27-52. Part III covered all of the third section of the book (pp. 53-78).

4 - The Order of Salvation and Eschatology - II
In this final section of By Faith, Not by Sight, Dr. Gaffin turns to justification. As he [...]

Note: Part I of this review introduced the book and covered pages 1-26.
Part II covered pages 27-52.
3 - The Order of Salvation and Eschatology - I
In the remaining two sections of the book Dr. Gaffin explores the implications of what he has proposed as the “center” of Paul’s theology in the first two parts: the [...]

Note: Part I of this review introduced the book and covered pages 1-26.
In pages 26-30, under the heading “According to the Scriptures,” Gaffin introduces the eschatological, “already/not yet” schema that is key to his conceptualization of justification. Working from Galatians 1:4 and Ephesians 1:21, he posits a “two-age” construction of all of history: “this age” [...]

Note: This review begins with the introduction I had previously written, here slightly modified.
Westminster Bookstore has received the first copies of what is surely our most anticipated book of the year: By Faith, Not by Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation by Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., head of the systematic theology department at [...]

While I fear that we’re drawn to what abandons us, and to what seems most likely to abandon us, in the end I believe we’re defined by what embraces us. - J. R. Moehringer
This summer I’ve spent some time reading stories. I still have been reading theology, of course, but I’ve made an effort to [...]

Westminster Bookstore just received the first copies of what is surely our most anticipated book of the year: By Faith, Not by Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation by Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., head of the systematic theology department at Westminster Theological Seminary. I am in the process of reading the book now, [...]

Disclaimer: I wish to state that I have no personal stake in any horse in the current clamor within conservative Reformed circles over the so-called Federal Vision (aka Perilous-Threat-to-The-Gospel-Du-Jour).
Just before leaving on vacation I picked up a copy of the much-anticipated book The Federal Vision and Covenant Theology: A Comparative Analysis by Guy Prentice Waters. [...]

The other day a friend let me know that he had read Mark Strom’s Reframing Paul: Conversations in Grace and Community, something he had been meaning to do since reading my review first published here in June of 2005. Going back tonight and rereading that review myself has reminded me of just how earth-moving that [...]

Some might see the title of this post and say, “About time he admitted it.” However, in this case the precipice in question is not the edge of Reformed orthodoxy but rather The Precipice eZine, an “an online Christian resource for dialogue, interaction and opinion about current affairs and the ongoing societal shift from the [...]

At long last here is my review of Common Grounds: Conversations About Things that Matter Most by Glenn Lucke and Ben Young (written for Westminster Bookstore www.wtsbooks.com):
“Too often Christian apologetics might be right, it may win arguments and debates, but it’s not humble. Often the effect is to lose the person even if you’ve won [...]