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Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton
Article by June 2012
W. Andrew Hoffecker, Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton (P&R Publishing, 2011), 460pp.IntroductionOne hardly needs to say that having two biographies on the same historical figure published within the same year (2011) invites comparison between the two works. Of course, an... continue
Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe
Article by February 2012
Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears, Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe (Crossway Publishers, 464 p). One of the tricky things with writing book reviews is not repeating what other reviewers have already said. A very fine article has already been... continue


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What John the Baptist Teaches us About the Gospel
Preaching through John's gospel, I have paused to meditate upon the person and work of John the Baptist. Here was one who came as a "witness, to bear witness about the Light" (Jn 1:6). Consistently (1:7, 14, 20) we are told that the Baptist was not the Light but a witness to the Light.
Preaching through John's gospel, I have paused to meditate upon the person and work of John the Baptist. Here was one who came as a "witness, to bear witness about the Light" (Jn 1:6). Consistently (1:7, 14, 20) we are told that the Baptist was not the Light but a witness to the Light.
Doubting on Your Part Does Not Constitute a Crisis of Faith on Mine
One of the amusing things I have noticed in the last twelve months or so has been a shift in the rhetoric used by members of the older generation (40 plus) surrounding what twenty- and thirty-somethings will believe. Five years...
One of the amusing things I have noticed in the last twelve months or so has been a shift in the rhetoric used by members of the older generation (40 plus) surrounding what twenty- and thirty-somethings will believe. Five years...












