The Thin Idol (Or: The Idolatry of Being Thin)
In our superficial culture where outward appearance is everything, it’s easy for us to become obsessed with our looks.
Because Elyse Fitzpatrick understands these struggles, she wrote Love to Eat, Hate to Eat. This isn’t a Christian dieting or Christian exercise book. Instead, it’s a Bible-filled guide on following Christ without being enslaved to diet, exercise, weight, or size. I’m not quite finished with the book, but so far I really appreciate it because... Continue Reading
Older, Restful, and Reforming
We recently saw the 10-year anniversary of Collin Hansen‘s landmark Christianity Today article “Young, Restless, Reformed," which became a book with the same title
“I also think, ten years later, the younger members of our tribe seem less restless than we did when we started. For all the flack the millennials take in the wider culture, the millennials I meet in the gospel-centered tribe seem more mature, more settled.” I never set out to “join a movement.” I... Continue Reading
The Church Here and There (Turretin)
Christ’s church exists in a twofold state: on earth, and in heaven.
In Reformed theology there are various ways to describe Christ’s church. One of the descriptions is to distinguish between the church militant and the church triumphant. This is not to say there are two churches. It is simply a way to explain the state or degree of Christ’s church. Christ’s church exists in a twofold... Continue Reading
Lloyd-Jones on Van Til on Barth
A review by Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Cornelius Van Til’s “Christianity and Barthianism”
It is difficult to over-estimate the value of this book at the present time. It shows clearly why the Barthian teaching has been so ineffective in the life of the church. It has been an intellectualist movement which has led men to preach about the Word rather than preach the Word. It has been going... Continue Reading
Mortification and Vivification
Without the Spirit of God, there would be neither mortification nor vivification in the life of the believer.
Both mortification and vivification are the work of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s life. As Paul states, “If you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live” (Rom. 8:13; see also Rom. 8:4; Gal. 5:16-25;... Continue Reading
History Taken Out Of God’s Hands: Middle Knowledge
"In the theory of middle knowledge, that is precisely the case with God. God looks on, while humans decide."
Not everyone agrees with this view. Some people say that it detracts from human freedom, so they speak of God’s middle knowledge. That is, although God knows all the possibilities of what might happen in the future, his decree depends on man’s choices and actions. In this view, God decreed that which he foresaw would... Continue Reading
‘Hillsong’ Casts a Secular Lens on an Evangelical Band
It took only one Hillsong service for Mr. Warren. 43, to overcome his knee-jerk prejudice
Mr. Wagner acknowledged that Hillsong risked being criticized for participating, but said the documentary “fits right into the church’s M.O.,” which includes the evangelist knack for “being right at the forefront of using every kind of media possible to bring God to the secular popular consciousness.” Michael John Warren, the director of MTV documentaries... Continue Reading
A Classic Book on an Evangelical History and Theology of Renewal
Tim Keller says that if you read this book, you’ll say that you now know where he got all his material
I read this book multiple times in the 1980s. Though I’ve not reread it since, I still cite from memory many significant Lovelace insights: “characteristic flesh,” “the sanctification gap,” “n-step sanctification,” “the need for a tuned and adapted form of nouthetic counseling.” There is not another book quite like Richard Lovelace’s The Dynamics of... Continue Reading
Book Review: The End of White Christian America
Has White Christian America lost its cultural and political influence?
One good thing about White Christian America’s declining political clout is that evangelicals can return to the biblical obligation of making disciples, rather than making political ones. Yet there is some very noticeable but subdued cheerfulness by Jones for the end of White Christian America and one gets the sense that he’s not alone in... Continue Reading
The Unfinished Reformation (Review)
Is the Reformation over? This question is going to be asked over and over again as we approach 2017
“The book’s main emphasis is a detailed examination of the key similarities and differences between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. In the broadest terms, these differences relate to matters of authority and salvation—who or what is the ultimate source of authority for Christians, and how can people be saved.” Is the Reformation over? This question... Continue Reading
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