Monthly Archives: August 2005

He preached it in the garden Excellent thoughts from Pastor Ramsey! They inspired me to add some stuff to Theologia.

I remember hearing that a church changed its name from Westminster Prebyterian Church to Greenmeadow Presbyterian Church (or something like that) and thought this was some sort of evidence of some sort of “departure” from the Reformed faith. Looking back … Continue reading →

Mark and John comment on weekly communion. As far as boasting in particularities, that is rife in a hundred different ways in the PCA. Cool Kellerites, EmerGentlemen, WCFans, Reformed Catholics, etc. Remember, in Corinth, even saying “I am of Christ” … Continue reading →

…I bow my knees before the Father… So writes Paul in Ephesians 3.14. Are we Protestants known for doing this? Kind of odd: If a zealous Protestant talks about other traditions (Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglo-Catholic) and their practice of kneeling … Continue reading →

Here’s the final paragraph of three: Whether or not one agrees with Kuklick’s assessment of Hodge, his idea on what makes a Christian thinker long dead worth reading has some merit. Christians today don’t read every Christian writer from the … Continue reading →

Hebrews says that the blood of Christ speaks better than the blood of Abel. This is a contrast, but it is also a comparison. Abel’s blood also speaks, or at least has spoken. And this is precisely what Genesis 4 … Continue reading →

Cool! I wonder what J. C. Ryle would have thought about this.

Many thanks go to Rev. Phil Ryken for pointing us to a British Evangelical symposium defending the penal view of the atonement. Of special interest I thought, was I. Howard Marshall’s “The Theology of the Atonement” which makes good use … Continue reading →

So, A great post from David Wayne (who really is a jolly blogger, by the way) starts up a bunch of stuff on the web. (Before I go further I should mention I really liked the Dane’s comment, though I … Continue reading →

As far as I can tell, this has been my most talked about blog entry ever: The Big Lie Every time we Christians talk about our need to reach contemporary culture we are telling a lie to ourselves and others–a … Continue reading →