The late R.C. Sproul had a great impact upon my life and through his influence, I was led by the Lord to leave parachurch ministry and go to seminary to study to become a pastor. Additionally, many in the church I serve have been touched by him as well through the resources available from Ligonier Ministries. Teaching series like “The Holiness of…
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Our friends at the Reformed Forum are discussing the classic book, Christianity and Liberalism, by J. Gresham Machen, which was published 100 years ago this year. The book stands out for its clear and concise way of comparing and contrasting the historic Christian faith with the liberal theology that arose in Germany in the late 1800s and made its way to our…
Our friends at the Reformed Forum are reviewing the very important book, Christianity and Liberalism, written by J. Gresham Machen. In this podcast Camden Bucey, Danny Olinger, and Machen scholar, D.G. Hart, discuss chapter two of this work. Below is the introduction to the podcast as posted by the Reformed Forum: This is the 100th anniversary of the publication of J. Gresham…
Dr. Robert Godfrey, former president of Westminster Seminary in California, and current fellow at Ligonier Ministries, has written a very helpful article about recognizing whether a church is faithful or not. His article is based upon the theology of the Protestant Reformation, particularly the thinking of the Reformed and Lutheran traditions. Here is a sampling: Among the Reformed churches, eventually three marks…
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the classic book, Christianity and Liberalism, published in 1923. The book was written by J. Gresham Machen, a professor of New Testament and Greek at Princeton Theological Seminary. The book was written to counter the effects of “modernist” interpretation of Christianity. In so doing he argued persuasively that modernism was not in line with the…
The Protestant Reformation is traced to October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door of Wittenberg, Germany. He intended to enter into a scholarly debate with his fellow monks about church practice as compared to the teaching of Scripture. Unbeknownst to Luther, the 95 Theses were taken down, reprinted in German, and distributed widely. This began a…
As a young Christian I was starved for a historical grounding of our faith. After college I read J.I. Packer’s book, Knowing God, with a group of singles from my church. Somewhere in there the Westminster Confession of Faith was mentioned and a seed was planted in my mind. Years later, while on staff of Cru, we found ourselves living in the…
One of the trends in the evangelical church during the last decade or so has been the elastic use of the word “reformed.” What I mean is that the word identified a particular stream of the Protestant Reformation that produced creeds and confessions to articulate its beliefs: The Westminster Standards, The Three Forms of Unity (Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession, and the Canons…
This summer I have been preaching a series of sermons on the Canons of Dort, in recognition of the 400th anniversary of their publication. Yesterday I preached a sermon entitled Corruption and Conversion, I. I spent quite a bit of time exploring the nature of the human will from the perspective of Adam before The Fall, Adam after the Fall, The Experience…
Each Sunday I observe what does on around me. On my way to the church I notice how few cars are on the road. While at church I see people out for a walk and cars on the road heading to the grocery store or to a restaurant for breakfast. In church I see those who are not paying attention, and on…