I am pleased to introduce a guest post of sorts from my friend, Jack Bradley. He collected some relevant quotes (think: Leithart trial) from Leonard Vander Zee, Christ, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Here they are: “In ordinary language the two words sign and symbol are used nearly interchangeably. In fact, they have quite different …
The Lady is a Welterweight
The Siouxlands Presbytery of the PCA has found Greg Lawrence not guilty of the Federal Vision charges brought against him. You can read more about it here. In related news, the Northwest Presbytery of the PCA has found Peter Leithart not guilty of the Federal Vision charges brought against him. You can read more about …
Active Obedience and Bounce Rates
“Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again” (John 12:27-28). If you will bear with me …
Like Annie Oakley Doing Trick Shots
The Bayly brothers have rendered us yet another service through this analysis of the contemporary politics of the PCA. I wanted to take a moment to register my agreement with the post generally, and to add a few riffs of my own. Here and there I might demur slightly, hopefully without simpering. Out of all …
Banner of Truth Weighs In
“The ordinances are called the ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption, because the Lord hath not wholly limited and bound up himself unto his ordinances; for he can in an extraordinary way bring some out of a state of nature into a state of grace; as Paul, who was converted …
That Leaves No Remainder
Faith is the sole instrument by which a person may receive the blessing of Christ’s righteousness imputed to him. Now when we say “sole instrument” we do not mean that no other instruments are involved, but that no other instruments are involved in the way that faith is. Faith is the capstone of all instruments, …
Full Report
I mentioned the other day that the Missouri Presbytery of the PCA has cleared Jeff Meyers of all the doctrinal allegations that had been made against him. For those interested in pursuing it, the full report is available here.
Some Heartening FV News
Our friend Jeff Meyers has been cleared on all counts by the Missouri Presbytery. Six doctrinal allegations had been made against him, and he was exonerated across the board. You can read more about it here.
More to Theology Than Admiring the Cape
I have made a great theological discovery. It’s a really hot one, worthy, it seems to me, of an honorary Th.D. or something like that. We have many worthy seminaries in a position to grant this honor, and so once I have published it here in just a few minutes, I will wait a couple …
Hermeneutical Funny Business
So here are some true facts in a skewed narrative. The author of this report, Stephen Welch, is lamenting the demise of Knox Theological Seminary, his alma mater. Allow me to provide a bit more perspective. Back in the heyday of Knox being more to the writer’s liking, he wants to say there was no …