If we hear a word enough, we think we know what it means. We live in a Christian sub-culture that has strongly emphasized the need to be “born again.” Without denying this need for regeneration at all, we still have to place the reality of this in a biblical context, lest we turn it into …
Personal Antithesis
Many theological problems are created by turning certain issues into theological problems. As Yogi Berra might have said. One of the central sticking issues in the Federal Vision stuff is the question of personal regeneration. But this is only a problem because we are dealing with it on the blackboard, as a theological problem involving …
Beyond the Five Solas
It is important for us to consider recent events in our town and around the country in the light of God’s Word. The Lord has been very kind to us thus far, but part of our responsibility is to understand His kindness, and not just to receive it. The Lord has given us the great …
Well, At Least Somebody Understood Us
I finally got around to reading Joseph Minich’s paper on the Federal Vision and the New Perspective on Paul. Maybe you heard about it too. I ran it off when it first came out, and then after that I threw it in my briefcase and hauled it around for a while (trying to earn me …
You Have Heard It Said . . .
This morning at our men’s prayer meeting, I mentioned a story I had recently read (somewhere) about N.T. Wright and death-beds. I didn’t buy the story, but it came up somehow and we were talking about it. One of the men there tracked this down, and because I read the story somewhere in email or …
Saluting the Uniform
Tim Enloe and I are continuing our conversation. Not much of an exciting conversation, because I agree with what he has posted here. But he does raise a question worth considering. “Pastor Wilson has said in his earlier post that the solution to abusive lay discussions is not a simple gag order. I agree, and …
Presbyterians and Presbyterians Together
I would like to direct your attention to an important statement here. A group called Presbyterians and Presbyterians Together has drafted a statement, and they are inviting you to attach your signature to it. I would strongly encourage the same thing. The importance of this can hardly be overstated. This is not an abandonment of …
Our Educated Fog-Mongers
A week or so ago, I posted something on laymen and Scripture here. I invited Tim Enloe to respond, which he has now done here. To this, let me add just a few additional comments. I agree with the drift of Tim’s comments, and share his loathing of egalitarianism. And I agree that the fact …
Doctrinally Bilingual
I have come to a conclusion. I have been in the midst of doctrinal fraci (what’s the plural of fracus?) because I am bilingual. I speak both TR and FV. When I talk with others who are bilingual, we get along famously, and I feel like peace is going to break out across the Reformed …
Denying the Cat
So let us talk about Mark Twain and the problem of evil. Twain was a fool on this subject, albeit a talented one. But even though his folly is evident on every page of his “Letters from Earth,” his ability to grasp and follow the argument exceeds the ability of most superficial Christians. In this …