First of all, Merry Christmas! Earlier in the day I began looking through an online hymnal for some Christmas hymns to use for devotion. What I found were hundreds of songs written to express the human affection of the Incarnation of the Eternal Son. I want to pass along the blessings to you (those that are not connected with me yet on Facebook). Read how humans have reworded ...
As mentioned in the thread Discussing The Manhattan Declaration, I posted an article by Dave Doran on CRN. If you click through you will find a link to the article where Doran writes about his recent experience with J.I. Packer's book Rediscovering Holiness, particularly the afterword “Holiness in the Dark: The Case of Mother Teresa.” Doran provides some critical commentary regarding Packer's affirmation of Mother Theresa as a ...
I have been hesitant to post on the Manhattan Declaration since James White (here and here) and John MacArthur (here) have already said, in perhaps better words than I could have, that which I would have if I did. My first impression, which is that it should have been presented as a political document rather than a theological one, has been the recurring rationale behind my reading of ...
In light of the recent controversy over the critical review by John Frame of Michael Horton’s book, Christless Christianity (The Alternative Gospel of the American Church), I would like to weigh in on the matter by offering some critical commentary of my own on some of the many issues raised in Frame’s review. I will not make it through the entire review in this post, for Frame has ...
October 2009 has started with a bang! On the 2nd, Rick Phillips wrote a very thoughtful critique of Tim Keller's latest statements that seem to affirm both Willow Creek and the emerging churches. Phillips asks, What about gospel clarity? On the 7th, professor R. Scott Clark followed up on Phillips' critique questioning the validity of Triperspectivalism (appealed to by Tim Keller but popularized, if not invented, by John ...
Rick Phillips asks "a serious question: Did one of the founders of the Gospel Coalition (of which I, like many of us at Ref 21, am a member) really just suggest that gospel clarity is non-essential to a church?" Phillips writes, I do not think that Tim Keller meant to say that gospel clarity is non-essential. I think that having just spoken at a massive Willow Creek conference, enjoying the ...
A must-read article (PDF) by Daniel Chew, author of Driven Away by Purpose. Daniel submitted this article for the CREDO 500 blog conference. To download the article visit Daniel's Place. This is a great link to send anyone caught up in the Purpose Driven movement. Here is an excerpt: If we are Christians, we are to truly believe the Scriptures from which we may have life (Ps. 119:93; Jn. 6:63, ...
James Sundquist, author of Who's Driving the Purpose Driven Church?, has recently posted the audio and video/powerpoint presentation of his talk at the Southwest Radio Ministries Conference. If you know anyone caught-up in the Purpose Driven movement this is a good link to send them. Pt. 1: Is [Rick] Warren a False Teacher, and Is 40 Days the Answer? Pt. 2: Who's Driving the Purpose Driven Church? More from James Sundquist: Open ...
Former Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, and founder of Westminster Theological Seminary, J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937), wrote Christianity and Liberalism (1923), a classic treatment on the age old controversy between orthodox Christianity according to the Bible and Liberalism. Although Machen's refutation was written nearly a century ago, since he began with Scripture, stuck to it, and refuted that which contradicted it on the basis of ...
The Trinity Foundation has just published Clark and His Critics, Volume 7 of The Works of Gordon Haddon Clark. Clark and His Critics combines The Philosophy of Gordon H. Clark (aka the Festschrift) edited by Ronald Nash and Clark Speaks from the Grave. The hardback is $29.95, and the paperback is $21.95. BUT - with this new volume in the Signature Series The Trinity Foundation is also offering ...
Daniel Chew, a dear Reformed brother of mine in Singapore, draws an interesting parallel between New Calvinism and New Evangelicalism, the movement New Calvinism emerged from. Chew notes how one of New Evangelicalism's characteristic traits (being positive) has not been on the list of items needing reform by New Calvinists and as a result has crossed over into the New Calvinist movement becoming a characteristic trait shared with ...
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