God in the Foreign Court
During the last two weekends of August, I preached from two chapters in Daniel at the wonderful congregation of Restoration Arlington, pastored by
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Review: Heal Us, Emmanuel
I have a review of Heal Us, Emmanuel over at TGC. This recent anthology explores the history and dynamics of race in the church and offers a
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Chesterton and the Kingdom of God
From his 1922 book, What I Saw in America (Hodder & Stoughton), The devil can quote Scripture for his purpose; and the text of
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Resisting the Talisman View of Salvation
The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published a piece last Saturday entitled, “What Religion Would Jesus Belong To?” which was really a review
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Conviction and Consolation in the Gospel
Throughout the Bible, God’s unified work of redemption includes both an element of conviction and an element of consolation, and the gospel of Jesus
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False Faith and False Confidence
Is it possible to honor the idea of God, even Jesus himself, without actually honoring what he says about himself in the Scriptures?
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Speaking Others’ Words After Them
I am just wrapping up grading papers from the spring semester, which brings to mind the quarterly question of proper citation of other peoples
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Charge to Class of 2016
Here is my charge to the RTS Washington class of 2016 on the occasion of its commencement May . It is adapted from
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John Frame’s response to Three Modes of Christian Formation
I have had some back and forth over email with my friend and colleague John Frame about my previous post on three modes
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Three Modes of Christian Formation: Experience, Doctrine, and Liturgy
A year ago I attended a conference at Georgetown University in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Vatican II council. The conference, entitled
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