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James K. A. Smith has an interesting post at CT: Teaching a Calvinist to Dance. In this post he says he longs for a “ a kind of “Pentecostalized” Reformed spirituality.” Read the rest of this entry »

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David asks,

How are we to preform church discipline to believers (for their own spiritual good) when they are not members of our congregation or can simply start going to the church down the block? Read the rest of this entry »

The fourth vow of membership taken in most confessional Reformed churches says:

Fourth, do you promise to submit to the government of the church and also, if you should become delinquent either in doctrine or in life, to submit to its admonition and discipline? Read the rest of this entry »

One of the biggest developments of the modern era of sports is the rise of the “free agent.” Under “free agency” an athlete is bound to a team only for a short period at the end of which he becomes a “free agent” and a sort of commodity on the open market in a given league. As a result most players move about freely during their careers playing for several teams. Free agency has been with us long enough that it is now a significant question as to which uniform a player will wear when he enters the hall of fame. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m talking about the morning devotions from WSC. The seminary just uploaded two new messages that are available for free at iTunes here. The RSS feed is here. This week there are messages from Bob Godfrey and Bryan Estelle. I  just heard an amazing message on Matthew 27:45-50 by Hywel Jones that was part of his series on the words from the cross. I guarantee you that 20 minutes with Hywel is time well spent. As I always tell the students, “Boys, that’s preaching.” It really is.

One of the great academic questions surrounding British Reformed theology is the definition of “Puritan.” Some scholars have despaired of being able to define it and its use is highly problematic. It is so because it is so frequently used to describe such a wide variety of people, ideas, and movements. Read the rest of this entry »