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Jim Cassidy, Jeff Waddington, and Camden Bucey were joined by Lane Keister for the Castle Church podcast this week that focused on the Federal Vision. This is a helpful introduction to the issues and they give some bibliographic leads on their website. Read the rest of this entry »
Pastor Tim Blackmon writes:
Good morning,
I hope this finds you well. I just finished Covenant, Justification and Pastoral Ministry and was blown away by your chapter on Law and Gospel. In 13 years of pastoral ministry, I’ve not seen this emphasized and I’ve personally paid scant attention to this most crucial distinction. Just wanted to say thanks for work well done!
Tim
Tim Blackmon
Pastor
River Rock Church (CRC)
1145 Sibley Street
Folsom, CA 95630
Thanks Tim!
Seminary student Simon writes to ask about how to choose where to serve upon graduation. Read the rest of this entry »
For the moment there is a pause in the saga at our sister school in Philadelphia (WTS/Phila). As you probably know, the board voted to suspend Peter Enns and they will consider how and whether to proceed further. One element of the current situation in Philadelphia was the threatened student protest/strike. I haven’t heard whether such happened but I see that the board is holding a meeting next Tuesday with the student body. This sort of meeting is fraught with possibilities and not all of them are happy.
I do not profess to know all (or even many) of the details of the current situation, but as a former Academic Dean and having been through similar crises in a sister seminary I don’t think that I have to know all the particulars to make the comments that follow. Read the rest of this entry »
According to Stefan at The Confessionalist.
Martin Downes is beginning a series on idols that cause pastors to stumble. There are three great idols that all ministers must tear down daily cast into the fire for scrap: buildings, bodies, and budgets. Read the rest of this entry »
In his brilliant work, Christianity and Liberalism (1923), J. Gresham Machen called for the “liberals” (many of whom could just as aptly be called broad evangelicals) to be honest about their views and to leave the Presbyterian Church. Thirteen years later, it was Machen who was unceremoniously tossed out via a kangaroo ecclesiastical court. Read the rest of this entry »
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