Somehow I made it all this distance without ever reading Abraham Kuyper’s original lecture on sphere sovereignty. That deficiency I have now corrected and, having just completed it, there is nothing I want to do so much as stand here on my office chair and sing a hymn. Here is one gem is that is …
Turretin on One of His Grumpy Days
In one of his central misunderstandings, N.T. Wright says that “it makes no sense whatever to say that the judge imputes, imparts, bequeaths, conveys, or otherwise transfers his righteousness to either the plantiff or the defendant. Righteousness is not an object, a substance or a gas that can be passed across the courtroom.” In the …
Why a Writer Should Want to be a Dragonfly
As mentioned before, Nate is on a multi-day blog tour. The first visit was at Mundie Moms , and the second at Books4yourkids . And this morning he writes about the life-cycle of a writer here.
10 Reasons Why Sarah Palin is Formidable
I haven’t posted on politics for a bit, and I thought I needed to jot down just a few things about Sarah Palin. She is a genuinely interesting figure, and so I thought I should mention ten reasons why I believe she is formidable. 1. She makes all the right people on the left go …
Peter’s Second Three-Fold Denial
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Food and Drink #2 “On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they …
Why Real Faith Believes
D.A. Carson is next up, and he takes on N.T. Wright’s views on “faith” and “faithfulness.” He begins by acknowledging that the Greek word pistis can legitimately be translated either way. As Carson notes, this is universally acknowledged, but I want to ask a question that can be derived from that simple fact. If the …
Just the Right Amount of Me
Last night I had the privilege of participating in a good discussion about “food issues” with a number of men. That discussion was wide-ranging, so there will be no attempt to reproduce it here. But it did jog me in a couple of areas, and you are about to read the results of that. First, …
Poor Richard’s Journal
Nate is on what they call a “blog tour.” He will be on a different blog every day for the next six days, and the first one can be found here . It contains some material not found in the triology (a first installment of Richard’s notes on his own attempts at cupboards adventure), and …
The Bridezilla Blunder
“The wedding is simply a doorway into the house of the marriage. There is no problem with “decorating” this doorway — the practice of adorned brides and plenty of wine for the guests is certainly biblical — so the parents of the bride should fee free to spend some money and have a joyful wedding. …
Inescapable Imputation
The next article in Tabletalk, by Thomas Schreiner, is the best one thus far. Schreiner advances his argument carefully, and does so without yelling “Great is the Diana of Geneva.” Moreover, the argument he advances exposes the glaring problem with Wright’s treatment of imputation. That problem is that Wright treats it as a problem between …