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Last evening's post was flagged by the Turkish police . Apparently, it was deemed unsafe for the little ears. I'm not quite sure why. But I do have a guess. Perhaps the worry was that I was repeating the antinomian error that many (myself included) have observed in recent days. A charitable reading...

Jesus is the "agent" of salvation. Faith is the "instrument" of salvation. We must not confuse the two. Jesus is the agent who accomplishes all saving graces for us and in us. Jesus "saves," "justifies," "sanctifies," and "glorifies" his people in fulfillment of his Father's sovereign purpose and...

Frank Turk received his MA in Literature in English from St. Bonaventure University, and years later became a Christian in the basement of his parents' house one night while contemplating suicide. He's married to a woman who's much smarter than him, has two kids who are way more compliant than he...

Offline eighteen days and Trueman vanishes from the site, Turk takes on Jones's and Levy's presbyterianism, and I miss " Deviant Calvinism week ." Conspiracy theorists (and perhaps certain biblical theology practitioners) might discern a theme, but enough about what everyone else is discussing. I...

People who have an excellent understanding of the Scriptures really impress me. If there's one thing I detest, besides Manchester United, it's Bible studies or theological discussions where the Scriptures function like the crumbs in a bag of chips: you get to them only if you're desperate. As...

"The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose" (NASB). It is not entirely obvious who the parties ("sons of God" and "daughters of men") to the historical event (or rather historical crime, cf. Gen. 6.3) thus described in Gen...

I was privileged today to have lunch with a Republican US Senator at a small gathering of evangelical pastors. It was quite enjoyable to interact with a politician who has absolutely no fears of losing his election and therefore is willing to say what he really thinks. I would sum up his message...

This is not about Mark Driscoll, though it is prompted by a few notes being sounded (not by him, as far as I am aware) with regard to his resignation letter, and the circumstances surrounding it. First, pastoral qualification is never merely a matter of apparent giftedness and effectiveness. It has...

While doing my MA in historical and dogmatic theology I had a very neat (i.e., narrow) understanding of the Reformed tradition. I typically thought in these categories: Reformed versus Arminian; Reformed versus Socinian; Reformed versus Roman Catholicism; etc. But as I moved into my PhD studies I...

For those who are able to attend, Dr. Carl Truman will be speaking on the vital subject of "The Doctrine of Scripture." All the information for the conference which is taking place November 3-4 can be found here: http://scrbpc.org Schedule - order, title, and other speakers here: http://scrbpc.org/...