Bernard of Clairvaux and Mysticism
As the pages of On Loving God unfold, Bernard fully endorses reflecting on and contemplating the love of God.
Bernard represents a refreshing spring in the arid environs of medieval theology. It would be a few centuries yet until the Reformers would come along and be used by God to help the church find its way. But we can, like those Reformers, be appreciative of this medieval monk and his writings. One has... Continue Reading
A Case for Ruling Elder Prayer in Worship
Ruling elders are capable of public prayer, either through gifting, studied practice over years of service – or both.
There are some conservative Presbyterian churches that currently practice – with pleasing edification – ruling elder-led corporate prayer. In one such church, a ruling elder writes: “Prayer with and for the congregation is foundational for ministry, and corporate prayer led by the Ruling Elders who have come from among the congregation can help teach the... Continue Reading
The Useful Delusion of Christian Belief
My father fails to see that his love of the law is ungrounded (and therefore unfounded) as an atheist.
Steinrucken rejects the claims of “religionists”, even as he enjoys the world they have created. “The fact is, we secularists gain much from living in a world in which excesses are held in check by religion. Religion gives society a secure and orderly environment within which we secularists can safely play out our creativities. Free and... Continue Reading
A Record of B. B. Warfield’s Book Reviews
A table of information about each of 1268 book reviews by Benjamin B. Warfield published in the journals issued by Princeton Seminary.
It is appropriate that Warfield’s last review included criticism of naturalism given his life spent defending supernaturalism. In between these two reviews is a period of forty-one years during which Warfield evaluated a wide variety of books including subjects as varied as agriculture, ships, and children’s books, along with the biblical-theological-confessional titles one would expect.... Continue Reading
PCA Pastor Doug Kittredge Called Home to Glory
Kittredge served as Pastor of New Life in Christ PCA in Fredericksburg, VA for 49 years.
Doug began his pastoral ministry in Trenton, NJ at Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) from 1971-1975 before becoming the pastor of New Life in Christ Church (NLICC) in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1975, where he served faithfully until his death in 2024. Doug started NLICC as an unaffiliated church but steadily led the church into the... Continue Reading
Three Reasons Every Thoughtful Christian Should Read Wellum’s New ‘Systematic Theology’
Here you will find a reliable guide for doing theology in today’s context – a guide that uses the Bible’s theological framework and upholds the “Great Tradition.”
Wellum speaks candidly: “Scripture already gives us a specific theology and worldview, and our ‘making sense’ of it, that is, the constructive task of theology, must be true to the Bible’s own biblical-theological framework” (394). What is refreshing about this assertion is that Wellum doesn’t deny the existence of pre-existing frameworks. Rather, he contends that... Continue Reading
He Was a Kind Man
Despite all he did and all he was known for, it is the quality of kindness in the life of R.C. Sproul that is engraved for the ages.
One of the men we love and admire, a man who left his mark on so many of us, is not remembered first for his accomplishments, but for his character. His lasting legacy is not what he did, but who he was. What comes to mind when you think of R.C. Sproul? What do... Continue Reading
On Consenting to Others’ Sins
Augustine and fellowship with sinners.
For Augustine, it is consenting to sin that is corrupting. What does this mean? Well, we could think of it in basic terms through the contemporary language of “complicity.” Augustine uses the example of criminals, and we could again think of thieves. Even if we do not walk into the bank and hold up the... Continue Reading
David Bahnsen Challenges Our View of Work and Retirement
A review of “Full-Time: Work and The Meaning of Life”
God created man to first work, not to worship. Work was the beginning of his worship. Work must not be viewed as a utilitarian instrument (for example, a means to give more to the church), but work itself is a holy ministry toward others in that work is producing goods and services that provide for... Continue Reading
God’s Faithful Providences in Arkansas: An Addendum to the “Jonesboro 7” Series
Seven men disagreed with their Session on the selection of a pastor. The Session indicted and censured them, the MNA Committee tried to close the church. But God preserved a witness in Jonesboro.
Covenant Presbytery took up the Jonesboro matter again; this time with the hope of reconciliation between members of the Jonesboro congregation and the original Session. This is very good news. It would be a wonderful testimony if the Presbytery not only reconciled with the Jonesboro 7, but also with those who left the visible church... Continue Reading
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