Nate has had a good couple of days. First there was this review of his forthcoming book Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl in Publishers’ Weekly. For what it’s worth, I agree with the review. I have linked it to the Thomas Nelson page, but the book should be up at Amazon any day now. Here’s the …
Straight Up the Middle
“The boldness of the apostolic preaching can be seen first in its directness, and second in its being challenging or confrontational” (Wagner, Tongues Aflame, p. 71).
Which Is Where We Get Stoned Goobers
“Romantic claptrap invests intoxication by opiates with a philosophical significance beyond mere self-indulgence . . . It elevates feeling and intuition above knowledge and thought in the pantheon of human desiderata. It invests the personal pettiness of addiction with the aura of titanic and tormenting struggles against mighty forces, while at the same time implying …
A Neglected Courtship Protocol
“Talking to a young woman’s father is not the same thing as staking a claim, or establishing dibbies” (Her Hand in Marriage, p.63).
How to Understand the Gospel/Romans 20
INTRODUCTION: Thus far in Romans we have learned of our universal plight in Adam, whether or not we are Jews or Gentiles (1-3). We have also learned of the universal salvation for the human race that has been accomplished in the second Adam (4-5), the salvation that was promised for the world through father Abraham. …
Weak Faith is Real Faith
Book 3/Chapter 2 Faith that struggles (section 17) 1. If faith is essentially certain, then what must we explain in the believer’s experience? 2. Who does Calvin use as a prime example of this? The believer’s conflict (section 18) 1. How does this variation arise within us? 2. What does this imperfect faith do? Weak …
My Little Plug
Wilson Review from Collision Movie on Vimeo.
Getting Up Early and Working Hard
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 167 “He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough” (Prov. 28:19) Proverbs are given so that we might know what is generally true. They are not intended …
Slicing It Lengthwise
Just a quick response to Lane’s latest, and then we can continue to move on through Venema’s book. I believe that the issues Lane raises here are really worth pursuing, and I hope we do that as our discussion proceeds. Lane says that baptism belongs to the administration of the covenant of grace because it …
Real Faith
Book 3/Chapter 2 Different uses of the word faith (section 13) 1. What must we understand about the meaning of the word faith? 2. Does the Bible use the word in ways that allows the reprobate to have “faith”? Higher faith (section 14) 1. Does faith comprehend what it knows? Certainty by faith (section 15) …