Introduction: So Kevin DeYoung set off a national conversation with this article. When his article dropped, I was in the middle of wrapping up my November posts, and so a response had to wait ...
My Rejoinder to Kevin DeYoung
By Prophet Bards Foretold: Places/Part 1
Sermon Video Introduction: What we are going to do in this season of Advent is take a closer look at a number of the Old Testament prophecies concerning the birth of the Messiah. We are going ...
Effectual Means of Salvation
“Now a central part of the FV critique of the broader Reformed world is that we have accommodated ourselves too much with the American baptistic tradition, and this has affected how we read our confessional standards (which do not represent such an accommodation). For example, a number of our critics think they have put distance between themselves and the baptists (as they have, some) by saying that the sacraments are means of grace. But they hasten to add that this is always sanctifying grace. The language of salvation is inappropriate here. The problem with this is that the Westminster Catechisms both ask how is it that the two sacraments are effectual means of salvation. And so I say in this title [“Reformed” Is Not Enough] that you are not necessarily in the confessional tradition just because you call yourself ‘Reformed.’ That is what it meant.”
Nice of Him to Check
Eastward, Ho
“I set out for Geneva (and have been settling in here for almost twenty years now), but a bunch of American friends think that I moved to Rome. They can’t tell the difference between Rome and Geneva because both of them are across a lot of water and are way east of Kentucky.”
Content Cluster Muster [11-30-23]
New Employee at the Fed: Open Roads, in Color: As per usual, more here. A Song I Really Like for Some Reason: Um . . .: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Vladamir Volegov A Possible Church Plant in East Tennessee?: A note from some friends . . . A Rocky Top Remnant? IntroductionWe live in interesting times. …
Yeah. Don’t Get It.
“How am I put right with God? By grace through faith. How do I earn money to feed my family? By grace through faith. How do I keep the weeds down on my three acres? By grace through faith. How do I see answered prayers? By grace through faith. There is nothing whatever that any obedient creature can ever do, in this world or in any other, in this generation or any other, in this covenant or any other, that is not done by efficacious grace appropriated by living faith. Ever. Period. For this doctrine of mine, I am sometimes accused of trying to undermine the doctrine of sola fide, which I don’t quite understand either.”
Mud Fence Ugly
Introduction: It is commonplace for traditionalists to describe the well-balanced life as built on the foundation stones of truth, goodness, and beauty. This structural support seems intuitive ...
Letters As November Fades to Black
Letter to the Editor: I must thank you for your work in Collision—your debates helped persuade a Hitchens fan into Christianity. Do you have any advice on learning how to initiate and handle ...
Grace Before the Fall
“Numerous Reformed theologians, from the Reformation down to the present, have seen God’s covenantal dealings with Adam as essentially gracious. It would be tedious to list them all, but I can if I need to.”