Posted in Bibllical Reflections, Personal Thoughts, Reformed Theology, Theology on Nov 7th, 2007 2 Comments »
I must admit, when I used to think about the doctrine of election, I wasn’t overtly thrilled of teaching this aspect of Scripture. When people would ask me about predestination, I would answer, “Well, that’s a weighty subject that probably couldn’t be discussed well in the time that we have, but here are just [...]
Posted in The Church, Theology on Sep 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Phil Newton’s book is not long but it is definitely helpful those thinking about making the change from congregational governance to elder governance. Even though the book is written from a Baptist perspective, it really is insightful for anyone thinking about this issue. He spends the first two parts of the book addressing [...]
Posted in Theology on Sep 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
It’s humbling to read John Owen’s The Glory of Christ. First, I couldn’t imagine having John Owen as a pastor. His wisdom and breadth of understanding the Bible is literally otherworldly. His understanding of life and death are almost incomparable. Furthermore, his view on the glory of Christ truly is incomparable. [...]
Posted in Reformed Theology, Theology on Sep 1st, 2007 No Comments »
I think R. C. Sproul has an insightful thought on this subject:
R. C. Sproul in The Truth of the Cross (pp. 140-142) on four-point Calvinists:
There are a host of folks who call themselves four-point Calvinist because they can’t swallow the doctrine of limited atonement. Sometimes they say, “I’m not a Calvinist and I’m not an [...]
Posted in Theology on Aug 10th, 2007 No Comments »
For a much more in depth argument FOR paedobaptism, Vern Poythress (Westminster Theological Seminary) has written two articles that would be worth your reading:
Indifferentism and Rigorism in the Church: With Implications for Baptizing Small Children
and
Linking Small Children with Infants in the Theology of Baptizing
(HT: Between Two Worlds)
Posted in The Church, Theology on Aug 9th, 2007 7 Comments »
For those who have been going to Wellspring and have taken our membership, some might wonder why we don’t re-baptize those who have been only been baptized as infants. Well, Wayne Grudem and John Piper have recently taken up this issue with Grudem changing his position in an updated version of his Sytemtatic Theology [...]
Posted in Theology on Jul 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
J. I. Packer, in an article entitled, “Penal Substitution Revisited,” writes:
As I grow old, I want to tell everyone who will listen: ‘I am so thankful for the penal substitutionary death of Christ. No hope without it.’
Penal substitution is no mere corollary to the Gospel. It is the heart of the Gospel. And [...]
Posted in Theology on Jun 30th, 2007 1 Comment »
No. I remember when AOL first came out back in the 2400k days, I was in a Christian AOL chat room and a Mormon came to visit. We began a conversation and at first I didn’t know he was a Mormon. But he eventually helped me unveiled his identity as a “LDS [...]
Posted in Reformed Theology, Theology on Jun 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Tim Challies has a good post that describes the pitfalls of hyper-Calvinism. Hyper-Calvinism is ultimately an unbilbical understanding of God’s Word and falls far short of what is meant by the doctrines of grace. Here are TC’s five characteristics of a hyper-Calvinist:
1. Denies that the gospel call applies to all [...]
Posted in Personal Thoughts, Roman Catholicism, Theology on May 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Francis Beckwith, currently a Professor at Baylor University and president of the ETS (Evangelical Theological Society) has recently converted to Roman Catholicism. You can read about his conversion hereand commentary on it by Carl Trueman.
