"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" Yeats, The Second Coming Introduction: In order ...
That Spirit of Antichrist
Blunt Force Systematics
“Systematic theology is nothing more or less than remembering what the Bible says everywhere else when you come to study what it is saying here . . . No one systematic theology covers everything, and many of them get key features positively wrong—like a guy putting a jigsaw puzzle of a sailboat together, when he is working from the wrong box top, a picture of a lighthouse. By the end, he will be putting the pieces in with a mallet.”
Last Chance to Say Good Riddance to 2023
Letter to the Editor: I was wondering if you would comment on the Pope essentially establishing moral equivalence between blessing same sex relationships and what are called "irregular situations" ...
Have Yourself a Merry Little Postmill
The point this evening is not to load your Christmas down with any exegetical postmill work, which has been done elsewhere. This is just intended as a simple word of Christmas encouragement—I do not ...
As Prophet Bards Foretold 4
Veiled in Flesh the Godhead See: Sermon Video Introduction: We have emphasized in the past that the gospel consists of two aspects—the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The first ...
The Divide Is Elsewhere
“So I affirm the three uses of the law, but I deny that the law should be used as a hermeneutical principle, whether conjoined with the gospel or not. What the text is saying can be determined apart from a law/gospel hermeneutic. What the text means for me cannot be determined apart from law/gospel considerations.”
Two Bedside Manners
Best Kept in the History Books
“The curators of the Reformation Museum want everyone to stay behind the velvet ropes, to leave the old books on their shelves, and coo over the wax reproduction of John Knox confronting Mary Queen of Scots. Then everyone is given a brochure reminding everyone to not try this at home.”
Content Cluster Muster [12-21-23]
More on the Moscow Mood: A Couple Good Ones: More here . . . A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: Competence Declining In All Fields: The Voice of Experience: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Eric Christensen Featured Product: Flesh of My Flesh:This is a collection of some of my wedding homilies. The other volume is …
In No Way Possible
“Jesus Christ is a federal head, and consequently, it is not possible for anything He said or did to be withheld from His people. All that He did, whether positive obedience or obedient suffering, is imputed to us.”