There are some who read the words ‘Humble Calvinism’ and think it an oxymoron, a phrase that contradicts itself, like ‘dry rain’ or ‘hot ice’. Rather, it should be a tautology, a phrase that repeats itself. On Pyromaniacs, among a group of year-end book reviews, Phil Johnson commends a new publication of ‘The Marrow Of …
I’ve been trying to keep links to material I found useful for growth in pastoral life together and publish them once a week. Calling them all ‘Pastoral Helps’ is kind of bland, but that’s what they are and it means I don’t have to think of a new title each week. Ray Ortlund has a …
Previous posts here and here. I’m not going to recite all the issues again, read the previous posts for background. These are a collection of statements that sort of summarise the issues that people have with the document. On Reformation 21 Ligon Duncan posts a statement observing that members of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals …
Interesting piece by John Dickson published by the Fairfax Press in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age. “Despite the sceptics, there is real truth in the story of Christmas” Dickson responds to historically based criticisms of the Christmas narrative: “Maybe the whole thing is a fable with no more credibility than Santa Claus. And, …
