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Exclusive Psalmody Resources
Jonathan Mattul at Presbyterian Pastures has republished a letter from Pastor Rob McCurley that provides a useful guide to some excellent resources on the issue of Exclusive Psalmody. (link) To God be the Glory!
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He Descended Into Hell
Recently, an article by Pastor Hyde, published as: “In Defense of the Descendit: A Confessional Response to Contemporary Critics of Christ’s Descent into Hell” (The Confessional Presbyterian 3 (2007) 104–117) has come to my attention. (link to article) I enjoyed the article, which provides a Reformed rebuttal both to criticisms (from well-meaning but ill-informed Reformed…
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Genuine Christian Apostasy Debate
I’m pleased to announce that a debate between J.C. Thibodaux and myself on the topic of the Perseverance of the Saints. JCT will be the affirmative in the debate, affirming a resolution that denies that the doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints is consistent with Scripture. I will be the negative, defending PotS as…
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Apologetics in the Information Age – a Response to Mark Shea
I’ve posted a new article at the Team Apologian blog. The general topic is the relevance and importance of apologetics. In some sense it is meta-apologetics – a defense of a defense of the faith. Here’s the first paragraph: The printing press revolutionized apologetics. Suddenly it became possible for books to be widely disseminated with…
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Further Response to FreeGrace – Exegesis Defended Against Assertion
FreeGrace has provided some further comments, which I will respond to below. FreeGrace: “Your comment that the “all” fits perfectly with “all kinds” surprises me. I thought you had more academic training than to think that. If you want the “all” to mean only “all kinds of”, then Paul isn’t really saying that everyone in…
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Jonathan Edwards Resources
Hopefully, many of you will be as excited as I was to see this helpful catalog of Jonathan Edwards Resources, provided by Ryan Martin at the blog Immoderate. (link) I cannot emphasize his disclaimer enough: “Google should not be used as a substitute for your careful reading and study of these materials in their complete…
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Response to FreeGrace – Unlimited Atonement in Romans?
A Non-Calvinist who uses the screen name FreeGrace recently resent me a question he had sent a while back, and which I had hoped to answer more quickly. FreeGrace: “I recently discovered a phrase by Paul that I believe is clearly indicative of unlimited atonement, though not specifically mentioning it. It is Rom 3:32-25.” Here…
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Team Apologian
As many of my blog readers already know, I’ve been inducted as a member of the Team Apologian at the blog of Alpha & Omega Ministries. I look forward to doing my best to try to contribute to that blog. At the same time, I think it worthwhile to provide a couple of caveats. a)…
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New Pictet Book Available (French Only)
Google Books has recently (as far as I know) added Histoire de l’Eglise et du monde (History of the Church and of the World) by Benedict Pictet to their collection of books. Those who are Reformed and read French will presumably be thankful to be able to add it to their collections. (link) -Turretinfan To…
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Justice and Mercy Compared
It is sometimes stated that permitting a criminal to go unpunished is wrong, and is actually worse than the crime the criminal did. I distinguish. a) It is worse when done by a judge.b) It is not worse when done by a victim. We can see this by considering that it is mercy not to…