Our Father and God, You have established Your Church as a royal priesthood in this world, and so we intercede for the nations of men now, confessing on their behalf so that the grace of Your forgiveness will soon be extended to them all. Father, we would love to be able to ask You to …
Check It, As They Say, Out
Nancy just linked to Santa Cruz Books, and I thought I should the same. Here is a note from Diane at SCB. Christmas is right around the corner and I am having a Christmas Sale for friends. I specialize in C.S.Lewis and friends first editions (Tolkien, Charles Williams, and G.K. Chesterton) with some Wodehouse for …
Sacramental Glue
Book 4/Chapter 15 A token of allegiance (section 13) 1. What other purpose does baptism serve? Surest rule (section 14) 1. What is the surest rule of the sacraments? 2. If we have faith, do we have mere appearance only? Not weakening (section 15) 1. Is it Calvin’s intent to weaken the force of water …
The President of Baptism
Book 4/Chapter 15 John’s baptism (section 7) 1. Does Calvin make any fundamental distinction between John’s baptism and Christian baptism? The president of baptism (section 8) 1. Who presides over baptism, whoever it is that administers it? Our Exodus (section 9) 1. Who is drowned in our baptism? Original sin (section 10) 1. For Calvin, …
Much More From Canon
The tapes from the Sexual Orthodoxy conference are now available from Canon. And, don’t forget, they are still in the midst of another crazy sale. The other night I went through the list of what they are selling, and there are some good deals going down. Don’t say I didn’t tell you about it. Don’t …
Great is Diana of Grand Rapids!
The board of Calvin College has instructed the faculty there that they are required to refrain from promoting sodomy. The first thing to note is that I was astonished that somebody associated with Calvin actually took a stand on something like this. But there you go. Let’s pray the board holds out. The second thing …
Twilight Two
My second installment on Twilight is now up at Credenda.
The Virtue of Baptism
Book 4/Chapter 15 Baptism and forgiveness (section 1) 1. What are we received into by means of baptism? 2. What are we supposed to understand from our baptism? 3. Is baptism a mere token or mark? Virtue in the water (section 2) 1. Why does baptism keep us from trusting in mere water? 2. What …
A Book Lover’s Bender
Canon Press has got another big sale, starting tomorrow. They had another great sale a few months ago, but that one was too far away from Christmas for you to justify shopping with stockings full of sound theology in mind. But now, here comes another sale, with superb deals yet again. Time for all you …
And Hearing By the Word of God/Romans 39
INTRODUCTION: In this portion of Romans, we start to see the intersection of two realities—decretal realities and covenantal realities. This will come to full flower in the next chapter, but we see it begin here. God is utterly sovereign, and rightly understood, this means that when He chooses to use created instruments to accomplish His …