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I've never been applauded after speaking which is no surprise to anyone. I know there are cultural differences but Mark's post makes a good point. I applaud him! Every conference I have ever been to has had mixed content. My view would be if you get one really good session at a conference you are...

Earlier this week, Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando was privileged to host Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. , Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Emeritus at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, for our annual Kistemaker Academic Lecture Series . The series provided an...

From Calvin, Institutes , 3.16.19 We see that our whole salvation and all its parts are comprehended in Christ. We should therefore take care not to derive the least portion of it from anywhere else. If we seek salvation, we are taught by the very name of Jesus that it is "of him." If we seek any...

Q. What is the sound of one hand clapping? A. A conference where people are more thankful for the message than praising the man who delivered the message. At a fairly large conference a few years ago, one speaker arrived with great fanfare - the guys on walkie talkies were intense. He was quickly...

Lee Gatiss has a helpful video on the Lord's Supper , you probably want to stick it on in the background as looking at his ugly mug close up and shameful advertising of his own books is pretty unbearable. However what he says is first rate. Over on 'Theology on the Go' Jonty Rhodes is interviewed...

Last weekend it was our privilege to have Jose De Segovia with us. Jose preached for our Presbytery, spoke at our adult Sunday School and preached for us on Sunday evening. It did our church family the world of good to have him with us. He is the minister of the Reformed Chruch in Madrid and does a...

In the past I've been hard on Australians, minimalism and biblical theology gone totally mad but there are times when you have to take your hat off to them. This is one of those occasions and I want to give kudos to the St Helen's guys for managing to keep a straight face most of the way through...

For an explanation of what follows, see the previously posted introduction to this series. Calvin discerned four basic claims in Rome's teaching on Scripture as discovered in the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent. The first claim was comprised in the opening sentence of the first decree of...

The American missionaries that I work with are the best; I wouldn't swap any of them. They've served us so well and helped us, strengthened our congregation and enabled us to reach people we wouldn't have been able to reach without them. The needs are enormous and millions are without the gospel;...

I intend to offer, over the next several weeks, a four part series on Calvin's response to Rome's doctrine of Scripture as discovered in the fourth session of the Council of Trent. It's my impression that very few Protestants today -- even the confessing kind -- have informed views on what Rome...