

The Trials of Theology
I’m not going to write a full review of this one. Let me just say that it’s a must-read for […]
Read moreI’m not going to write a full review of this one. Let me just say that it’s a must-read for […]
Read moreOkay, one last cool thing about this book (Teaching and Preaching the Word) before I write a review. Chapter 12 […]
Read moreReading Teaching and Preaching the Word: Studies in Dogmatics and Homiletics is like re-reading my dogmatics notes from seminary — […]
Read moreThe other day I attended a reception to commemorate the retirement of Dr. N. H. Gootjes, my seminary dogmatics professor. […]
Read more“Bernard’s admonition is worth remembering: ‘The name of Jesus is not only light but also food; it is also oil, […]
Read moreI believe it was C.S. Lewis who promoted the reading of old books and authors; something to the effect that […]
Read more“Dear friar George, Learn to know Christ as the crucified one. Learn to rejoice in him and to despair of […]
Read moreSomewhere before or during my undergrad years, I came across the thesis of Max Weber that Protestantism spawned capitalism. Others […]
Read moreI’m reading Jean-Marc Berthoud’s little book on Pierre Viret. It’s an exciting look at an often-neglected Reformer. Viret was one […]
Read more“God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than of any other slackers. If you are thinking of becoming a Christian, […]
Read moreJ. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism is one of the most important books of the last century. It is still […]
Read moreI have found Michael Horton’s Too Good to be True [now published as A Place for Weakness] to be an […]
Read moreI’m continuing to read and enjoy Herman J. Selderhuis’ Calvin’s Theology of the Psalms. In a section on “Prayer as […]
Read moreDuring this awful time matters finally came to such a pass that rationalistic preachers, to counteract the idea that […]
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