A Legacy of Shame: Luther and the Jews

Article by   August 2010
Some years ago I was standing at a pedestrian crossing in the town of Echterdingen, near Stuttgart in Germany. It was a Sunday morning. The crossing light was at red. I looked quickly left and right, there was no car... continue

A Classical Analysis of Puritan Preaching

Article by   August 2010
INTRODUCTIONReformed Christians are indebted to the Puritans for a variety of reasons, not the least of which for their contribution to preaching.  In many ways, Puritan preaching was the very heartbeat of the Puritan movement.  It would be no exaggeration... continue

The Crowd Is Untruth

Article by   July 2010
The great Danish theologian and philosopher, Sǿren Kierkegaard, is probably best known in Christian circles for his haunting reflections upon God's command to Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac.  While I am guessing many of us would question the theology... continue

A God-Centered Understanding of Sin

Article by   June 2010
The most important truth about sin is the one least recognized in our day. It is this: all sin is primarily sin against God. Where sin is understood as merely a moral concept rather than mainly a religious one,[1]  where... continue

In Memoriam, James Montgomery Boice (1938-2000)

Article by   June 2010
June 15 marks the tenth anniversary of the death of James Montgomery Boice, who was for thirty-two years the pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, the dean of Reformed pastor-scholars in his generation, and my beloved pastor.  The enduring... continue

Preaching to People?

Article by   June 2010
Relatively early in my preaching career I had the opportunity to preach the opening sermon at a conference.  The main conference speaker was a man that I consider to be one of the finest preachers of our times.  After hearing... continue

Against the Tide

Article by   June 2010
Miroslav Volf is a distinguished scholar. He is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale Divinity School and he is the director of the Yale Centre for Faith and Culture. His theological trajectory includes being the son... continue

Augustine and Pastoral Theology

Article by   June 2010
Augustine is read widely in the secular academy as a philosopher foundational to understanding the development of western civilization and for his relevance in the modern disciplines of literature, psychology, politics, ethics and aesthetics.  One gets the feeling however that... continue

Is The Thickness of Two Short Planks A Forgotten Divine Attribute?

Article by   May 2010
None of the systematic theologies I own include `being as thick as two short planks' in their treatments of the divine attributes; but it appears that there is a trend today to rectify this neglected aspect of God's being.  ... continue

Whither or Wither?

Article by   May 2010
The Trials and Tribulations of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchThe Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPC) is one of the smaller and lesser known Presbyterian bodies in North America.  With a stated membership of around thirty-five thousand, the ARPC is one... continue

Exposition and Sufficiency

Article by   May 2010
Under-Powered PreachersLast year a member of my congregation gave my wife and me tickets to the U2 concert in Boston.  The seats were amazing, and the concert was even better.  Bono and company did not disappoint.  But almost equally incredible... continue

Adam and Eve

Article by   May 2010
[The following article is taken from the book, Should Christians Embrace Evolution? (ed. Norman Nevin and published by IVP -UK, 2009).  The book it to be published soon in the USA by P & R. Permission to republish was kindly... continue

Against All Gods

Article by   April 2010
To twist a line from a church father, "What does Richard Dawkins have to do with Tertullian?" Or, to put it another way, "What do the Church fathers and new atheists have in common?" Answer: they ask the right questions.... continue

Wheaton Conference Report

Article by   April 2010
For the first time in a number of years I decided to attend the Wheaton Theology Conference. This year's conference title--"Jesus, Paul and the People of God: A Theological Dialogue with N. T. Wright"--obviously proved enticing to many. continue

Basic Christian: The Inside Story of John Stott

Article by   April 2010
Basic Christian: The Story of John StottBy Roger Steer288 pIVP (March 2010)Political writer and social commentator David Brooks once wrote of John Stott (quoting Michael Cromartie of the Ethics and Public Policy Center), "if evangelicals could elect a pope, Stott... continue

J.I. Packer and the Evangelical Future

Article by   April 2010
Festschrift, like schadenfreude and blitz, is reckoned to be an untranslatable German word. The OED has a go, however: a festschrift is 'a collection of writings presented to a scholar to mark an occasion in his life'. This leaves a certain amount of elasticity. Nowadays the person honoured may himself present a paper in his own festschrift. And - wait for it - the one honoured besides appearing in it himself may have planned the volume, as John Frame recently did his. continue

Johnny Cash's American VI: Ain't No Grave An Appreciation

Article by   April 2010
A friend of mine recently asked me when I was going to get back to writing on church history. You've done the Christianity and culture thing with the Jesus book and the blues book, when are you getting back to church history? continue

An Unmessianic Sense of Non-Destiny

Article by   April 2010
For many men of a certain age, the mid-life crisis is just that: a mid-life crisis, a time for despairing that youth, good looks and perhaps hair have gone, never to return. For me, however, the experience has been pretty positive so far: not only have I been able to hand on my old banger of car to my oldest son (thus making myself the greatest dad in the world), but I've also broken with my lifelong habit of driving pieces of junk until they disintegrate and purchased an inexpensive but decent sports car. continue

Life on the Cultic Fringe

Article by   April 2010
The recent comments by Professor Bruce Waltke, to the effect that Christianity risks becoming a cult, or at least being perceived as a cult, unless it embraces evolution, have provoked a storm of comment, pro and con.  I do not... continue

Shifting Sands at Erskine

Article by   March 2010
While the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Synod, a confessional evangelical Presbyterian denomination, has worked for some years to gently turn around its increasingly secularized Erskine college, the reality of difference between the denomination's and the former board and present administration's... continue
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