Christianity and Liberalism
J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism is one of the most important books of the last century. It is still […]
Read moreJ. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism is one of the most important books of the last century. It is still […]
Read more“God will not deny his grace to those who do what lies within them.” True or false? This was a […]
Read moreIt’s been an interesting week here with lots of lively discussion. Yesterday my colleague Bill DeJong weighed in with his […]
Read moreI’m continuing to read and enjoy Herman J. Selderhuis’ Calvin’s Theology of the Psalms. In a section on “Prayer as […]
Read moreYesterday I described various views regarding the Liberation that happened in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands in 1944. In […]
Read moreIn the comments on a previous post, somebody wrote that the ecclesiastical Liberation of 1944 was not just about being […]
Read moreDuring this awful time matters finally came to such a pass that rationalistic preachers, to counteract the idea that […]
Read moreI’ve just posted my (longish) review of James Payton’s new book, Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings. You can […]
Read moreThe sacraments were designed by God to strengthen our faith in Jesus Christ. As we go through life, we experience […]
Read moreToday is my first day back after a few weeks of summer vacation — and it was a good one. […]
Read moreIn his little work on Spiritual Desertion, Gisbertus Voetius mentioned the case of Francis Spira as an example of those […]
Read moreI’m currently reading Spiritual Desertion by Gisbertus Voetius and Johannes Hoornbeeck. This seventeenth-century work includes a helpful historical introduction by […]
Read moreThis week I’m spending some time going through R. B. Kuiper’s 1926 book, As To Being Reformed. It’s worthwhile because […]
Read more“Of late it has become customary in Christian Reformed circles to speak of Synodical interpretations of the Confessions, and these […]
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