Okay, then. My previous post gave away the fact that I have been reading Not Reformed At All by Robbins and Gerety. Just three comments. First, I have read up through page 63 with that curious sense of fascination that one has while watching slow motion videotape of helicopter crashes. Second, why is it that …
As Reformed As I Wanna Be
In their recent book, Not Reformed At All, John Robbins and Sean Gerety ask the following, somewhat rhetorically. “Is Wilson suggesting that because parents are Christians, their baptized children also are Christians?” No, not at all. Baptism is not necessary. The unbaptized children of Christians are Christians. That’s why we baptize them. But I do …
First One Father, Then Another
Regeneration means becoming the seed of another—ultimately, having one family tree and then acquiring another. My father used to be Adam and now he is the second Adam. My father used to be the devil and now he is Abraham. A creature being summoned into being ex nihilo is being created. We might say he …
Starting With Generation
Before talking about regeneration, we have to remember the importance of generation. Out of the five points of Calvinism, three of them have to do with the decrees of God. “Total depravity” has to do with this morning’s newspaper (the record of man in the past), and is not one of the secret things hidden …
Holiness Off the Bay
You thunderheads from off the bay, give glory to God. You mighty ones, give glory and strength. You black mountains of water, give glory to Him. Come to shore worshiping, in the beauty of holiness, in thunderhead holiness. The voice of the Lord is on the waters the God of glory thunders — echo …
The Boy Who Complained About the Food
Once there was a little boy who turned into a Grumble. He didn’t mean to, but he did. He never liked the food his mother would prepare for the family, so he would always fuss with it, and fuss at it. Most of the time he would say something about it, but even when he …
Take, and Grow
We feed our children so that they might grow up. God feeds us for the same reason—we are His children, and He is growing us up into maturity. This Table is therefore one of the central instruments to resist one of the great idols of our age—that of calculated immaturity. In fashion, in music, in …
Noogie News
An insightful friend has written to me in order to inquire what happens when the devil gives you a noogie. Does it leave a mark? Well, now, we are starting to get into some of the deeper levels of Reformed theology here, and I am hesitant to say too much all at one time. Suffice …
How About a Law Against Erotic Retardation?
Dear visionaries, Susan objects to a law that requires women to keep a top on but does not require the same thing of men. “A law intended from the outset to be selectively enforced” will clearly in the minds of some lead to tyrannical despotism. Since one of the things we have learned in this …
Foundation of Rest
Our gracious heavenly Father, we thank You for the arrival of yet another Lord’s Day. You are the God of heaven and earth, the God of earth and sea, the God of days and weeks. We honor You as the one who created the entire universe in six literal days, and we honor You as …