Of Finger Cuffs and Black Holes: Barth on the Knowledge of God
For Karl Barth, there is a qualitative difference between God and man. They are two radically different beings which stand in an antithetical relation. God stands as krisis over and against man. God,...
View ArticleFree Give Away! The New Confessional Presbyterian Journal is here!
The new issue of the Confessional Presbyterian Journal is here! And here is your opportunity to get a free issue! But this will not be by grace, but by works! This is what I mean: All you have to do is...
View ArticleIs Christ Really There in the Old Testament?
For the answer, see these three fine resources: “The Gospel and Redemptive-Historical Hermeneutics” by Lane G. Tipton in Confident of Better Things, eds. Muether and Olinger. “For Our Sakes Also:...
View ArticleScottish Sermons and the Westminster Assembly
Anyone interested in an living, pulsing and rich window into the life of the 17th century is in for a treat with this new edition of collected sermons. These messages from God’s Word were delivered by...
View ArticleContest for Free 2011 Confessional Presbyterian Journal: We Have a Winner!
Congrats to Mr. R. Martin Snyder for winning a free copy of the Confessional Presbyterian Journal. Mr. Snyder submitted a biographical essay on the life and death of Samuel Rutherford. The end of the...
View ArticleVan Til and Barth
A helpful interaction with Christ the Center episodes on Barth and Van Til here. Thanks to Darren for an irenic response.
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Kevin DeYoung and the Evening Service
I am very thankful for Kevin DeYoung’s fine post on the evening service here. I have one small quibble, however. And that is the requirement of the evening service. He says its not biblically mandated....
View ArticleDavid VanDrunen on Subjective and Objective Morality
In his very fine piece Living in God’s Two Kingdoms, Dr. VanDrunen writes: Christians should always be distinguished from unbelievers subjectively: they do all things by faith in Christ and for his...
View ArticleBarth on the Imago Dei
Working through a stimulating discussion of the imago dei in Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics, III/1. Barth takes a decidedly different approach to what the image of God in man is from the tradition. In...
View ArticleThe Fractured Pastor and Multisite Churches
The pastor has been fractured today. I do not mean a particular pastor, particularly. Rather, what I have in mind is the office of the pastor itself. For example, it is all too common place – even in...
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