Bob Mattes, one of the members of the PCA committee, has written his only Wilson post. He is limiting himself to just one because I am not in the PCA. In his post he makes four basic points. One is that I created the CREC in my own theonomic image rather than join a denomination …
As Stacked As . . .
Since a volunteer competition is breaking out already, let’s put them all in one place. I may have missed some in the gathering, and so if I did just add them again in the comments section. And if any new ones occur to you, please add them as well. I think we could have at …
Greasing the Skids with an Holy Unction
Greenbaggins has raised the spilt milk issue, and is wondering whether my repeated raising of the stacked committee issue is worthwhile, now that the vote has gone down. But before I answer this, now that we are on the subject again, let me just say that the committee was as stacked as a Campbell soup …
The Rev. Rick James
Just so you know . . . In any controversy, it is always easy to move on to the next thing. And the next thing can be the next argument, the next bone of contention, the next chapter, the next dust up, the next round, and so on. When this happens, all the participants move …
Like Some Blonde in a Tight Dress
Three quick responses to the latest at Greenbaggins. The first is that when I denied the equal ultimacy of gospel and law, Lane responded with this: One important point here is the relationship of law and grace in the mind of God. Wilson says that he doesn’t buy the equal ultimacy of law and grace. …
The Death of Moses
As we come to the end of the book of Deuteronomy, we see the final blessing given to Moses—a glorious view of the promised land. And we are invited to look at God’s larger purposes, as Moses did, by faith. “And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to …
Defining Our Days
Most of us learned in high school that nature abhors a vacuum. When a vacuum is created, it takes concerted effort to keep it a vacuum because nothing always tends to fill up with something. The principle is unexceptionable, but we can still be surprised from time to time at the ways in which the …
Tread Upon the High Places
Despite the dire warnings God has given Israel through Moses, He does not leave them without a blessing. And we know that in the time of the new covenant, these blessings come to full fruition for God’s final Israel, the Christian church. “And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the …
No Appeal to Scripture
My (hopefully helpful) interactions with Greenbaggins continue apace. This segment includes his response to a recent post of mine (on Eck’s argument against Luther), as well as our continued interaction as he works his way through my book, “Reformed” Is Not Enough. This should not have to be too long a post because I think …
A Ripping Good Adventure Yarn
A few weeks ago, Christianity Today reviewed Leepike Ridge in their print edition. They have now put that review on the front page of their web site here. And in other related news, the July/August edition of The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (published by Johns Hopkins) reviewed Nate’s book and gave it …