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"In this world two things are essential: a healthy life and friendship..." - Augustine How do we develop our theology as Christians who take seriously the call to "grow in the grace and knowledge of our savior, Jesus Christ"? I've sometimes enjoyed hearing from others as to what makes them tick in...

The following article is part 4 in a series. Read part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 . Reformed Standards on the Human Nature of Christ The Reformed confess the same orthodox Christology. Here, for example, are Q&As 36 and 37 of the Westminster Larger Catechism: Q. 36. Who is the Mediator of the...

1. Selective Moralism? In the year 2006, Captain Joseph Rodriguez of Aurora, CO, a Christian, was dishonorably discharged from the Army after refusing to follow orders to deploy his company to Iraq, on the grounds that it was a Biblically unjust war. In 2007, Amy White of Evansville, IN, a...

I report the news. I don't engage in "discernment blogging." I am not an "internet theologian." I don't get "outraged" at cultural events and I don't "register concerns" about the latest controversies on the evangelical interweb. In the venerable tradition of Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and...

Most Americans have by now learned the name of Kim Davis, who as clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky has refused to issue marriage licenses to homosexual couples. Having been directed by a federal judge to issue such licenses on the grounds of the recent decision of the US Supreme Court, Davis was...

This is the third post in a twelve-part series on the current Christological confusion taking root in China's emerging Reformed community (see part 1 here and part 2 here ). The Question In his own words, the question is "whether Christ's human nature and his physical body were created or pre-...

The so-called pastor-scholar... This is a term I'm starting to feel a little suspicious about, especially if the words "pastor" and "scholar" are not going to be diluted regarding their meaning or compromised regarding the quality demanded of each "job". Why? Because the longer I remain in the...

I've known Carl for many years; I've seen his hairline recede and his waistband extend. We've worked together In his previous life as Minister, Seminary Professor and Writer. Of course those days are now gone and he's become the Christian Howard Stern. And now that he has his own show I don't hear...

I consider myself a "grace boy." That is, all the debates that have been on-going in Presbyterian and Reformed circles over sanctification over the past few years, I side with those who emphasize the indicative (who we are by virtue of our union with Christ) fueling the imperative (what we are to...

Paul Tripp felt it necessary to comment on the breakdown in the marriage between Tullian Tchvidjian and his wife, Kim. I understand that Tripp is a counselor with a lot of experience, and a sort of expert that many look to for advice and daily spiritual counsel. However, ever since the news broke...