Category Archives: autobio

31
May

A switch flipped over in my head

I notice when I was blogging in 2000, my posts, for all their flaws, were much more personal. I’m afraid controversy has changed my stance. Also, the results of controversy: I was a lot more confident about my personal future … Continue reading →

Posted in Calvinist's Progress, Eschatology, Postmillennialism, What's going on | 1 Comment
28
Mar

I think this actually describes the Reformed presence on the Web from 1995 to 2010

The original idea of the site was to gather a diverse group of writers and guest contributors who would then write about the “intersection of theology and life”. This could find its expression in art, poetry, prose, meditation, short fiction, … Continue reading →

Posted in autobio, offsite | 1 Comment
21
Feb

What I thought I had done

In seminary I worked several “menial” jobs to make ends meet. I was a bell hop, security guard, and wore a few other hats. I did all this while being a full time student and while we had our first … Continue reading →

Posted in autobio, Wisdom | 1 Comment
18
Feb

A note about listening to Proverbs umpteen times in a few weeks

I often read the Bible with the expectation that I will be able to construct arguments from new data points that are drawn to my attention. Listening to Proverbs over and over again hasn’t worked that way. But it changes … Continue reading →

Posted in autobio, Wisdom | 1 Comment
7
Sep

Can’t thank you enough

Mark Horne » Blog Archive » A long long time ago. I didn’t expect the encouraging comments I received here and I want to express publicly that they mean a great deal to me.  I actually can forget amid the … Continue reading →

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2
Sep

The Gospel of the New Covenant (from something I wrote in 1996)

The New Testament describes a covenant made between Jesus Christ and His people. That covenant is conditional.[5] Those who persevere in this covenant by continued faith, repentance, the means of Grace and all other ordinances will be confirmed as children … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible & Theology, Calvinist's Progress | 2 Comments
31
Aug

A long long time ago

A defense of paedobaptism contra Greg Welty. I wrote this in 1996 during my second year of seminary. Recently a Reformed baptist thanked me for helping him become Presbyterian and reminded me of this paper. I wrote it to defend … Continue reading →

Posted in autobio, Bible & Theology | 3 Comments
3
May

First Amazon order ever

Monday Meme – Science and Tech – The Atlantic. Our first order ever was a set of Narnia books for my brother’s Christmas gift and the following for Calvin, who was three (and maybe also for Nevin, who was two). … Continue reading →

Posted in autobio | 3 Comments
26
Apr

RePost: A paragraph that changed the course of my theology and soteriology

J. I Packer, A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life, p. 155. The final element in the Puritan development of the doctrine of justification was to safeguard it against mis-statement within the Puritan camp. Chapter XI … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible & Theology, Calvinist's Progress | 3 Comments
22
Apr

Why I joined the PCA (NAPARC)

I wasn’t born into the PCA, but I moved there from another Evangelical tradition.  Why? Well, some of it had to do with a strong belief that God foreordains all things including who mercifully inherits eternal life and who justly … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible & Theology, Calvinist's Progress | 4 Comments