Normally I would file comments on the Steve Wilkins deal under Auburn Avenue Stuff. Why not? It’s the name of his church, after all. But there is another aspect of this, and so I want to make just a few comments about this thing under “A Justice Primer.” This is not an allegation of personal …
Audio Auburn Stuff
The audio of Steve Wilkins’s examination are now available. Session 1 is here, and session 2 is right next to it. Three feet over we have session 3, and then, in the blue binding, we have session 4. I hope to post a few further comments on this whole subject a little bit later.
Hot Providence
After much waiting and anticipation, the copies of Hot Providence came in last night. You can get them through Canon Press here. It still says pre-order on the page, but they are in fact here and ready to ship. You can also have a peek inside if you like. A hearty well-done to Luke and …
Doctrines on a Page
Let us never overlook the obvious. The Lord feeds His people. He does not call out a people from the world in order to let them starve. His grace is all-sufficient, and He loves to feed us in remarkable ways, and in remarkable places. The wilderness is no barrier for Him—water flows from the Rock, …
How Water Means
We serve the living God, and we are to be characterized by that same life, the life which He has imparted to us. This is the basic division in Scripture—life and death. The division is not between those who know the passwords and those who do not. The division is not between those who go …
Incarnation and Metaphor
“Indeed, the central and defining event in Christianity, the Incarnation of the invisible God in visible man was, like creation and all other metaphor, God’s act of making part of Himself available to the understanding of man . . . In Baxter’s prose, then, we find the theological rationale for the figures that constitute so …
The Hollow People
“Since style, surfaces, and group identity are so important in contemporary life, postmodern society is highly geared towards fashion. The postmodern social scene is preoccupied with what’s ‘in’ and what’s ‘out.’ Being on the cutting edge becomes an obsession. Fashion, of course, must be in a state of constant chance. Otherwise it cannot serve its …
Boast Not Against the Branches
“The church at Rome has many ancient glories, but what does it have the Jerusalem did not have? . . . Now in response to this, Rome would maintain that she is far more than just a particular church in a particular city, that she is not just a branch on the tree, but rather …
The Sacred Lie
“Of all the revelatory details offered by the Book of Job, the most extraordinary remains the counterpoint of the two perspectives, made possible by the dialogue format; it resembles a theatrical production, the object of which is not catharsis but the disappearance of all catharsis . . . the author manipulates these correspondences too skillfully …
Steve Wilkins and the PCA
Here is the ecclesiastical situation with Steve Wilkins as I currently understand it. As a result of the Auburn Avenue controversy, Lousiania Presbytery of the PCA was asked to look into Steve’s orthodoxy, which they did by means of a committee. And, given his orthodoxy, it is not surprising that they cleared him. But the …