Norman Shepherd has played a significant role in my life. When I came into the Reformed orbit, people recommended Shepherd to me as being helpful on covenant theology. I read his material, and I thought it was very helpful. I thought it could help bring together my Wesleyan background with Calvinism. Eventually, I met Norman [...]
Archive for April 2010
Norman Shepherd and Johannes Piscator on the Structure of Justification
Friday, April 30, 2010Letter From Missouri Presbytery to the Signatories of the Letter of Concern
Tuesday, April 27, 2010Missouri Presbytery Presbyterian Church in America Rev. Ron Lutjens, Moderator 416 Fairlawn Avenue Webster Groves, MO 63119 314-962-6196 April 27, 2010 Walt Cook 161 W. Pine St Spearfish, SD 57783-8633 Dear brothers in the Lord, Greetings to you in the name of our crucified and risen Savior. We received your letter concerning Jeff Meyers via [...]
Baptism in the Westminster Standards vs. The Federal Vision (Part 7)
Wednesday, April 21, 2010Phil Derksen, a member of Black Hills Community Church, in Rapid City, SD (PCA, Presbytery of the Siouxlands), has written this excellent series of articles on the Federal Vision’s misreading of the Westminster Standards. Phil demonstrates that the context of the document itself and the writings of the authors of the Westminster Standards demonstrate clearly [...]
A Review of Wright’s Lecture at Redeemer
Wednesday, April 21, 2010I found this post on Feeding on Christ. It is a review of Wright’s lecture by someone who attended the lecture at Redeemer yesterday. Kenneth Kang-Hui, a ruling elder in the PCA in New York City, has given us a very helpful analysis of N.T. Wright’s recent lecture at Redeemer Presbyterian Church’s Center for Faith [...]
The Problem with Federal Vision Theology is the Theology
Saturday, April 17, 2010The Reformation not only re-discovered the Gospel. It re-discovered the law. Rome wanted to reduce the law to make it easier for the average man, since their justification and acceptance with God depended on good works. The real result was that justification was primarily about saying a few prayers, contributing to the Church, and kissing [...]
Baptism in the Westminster Standards vs. The Federal Vision (Part 6)
Friday, April 16, 2010Phil Derksen, a member of Black Hills Community Church, in Rapid City, SD (PCA, Presbytery of the Siouxlands), has written this excellent series of articles on the Federal Vision’s misreading of the Westminster Standards. Phil demonstrates that the context of the document itself and the writings of the authors of the Westminster Standards demonstrate clearly [...]
Is this your Strategic Plan for the PCA?
Wednesday, April 14, 2010The cooperative ministries committee of the PCA has produced its so-called Strategic Plan. You can read it here. You can read a summary here. I’ve talked to a lot of people in the PCA, and I’ve never really heard anything like this as the vision for the PCA. What do you think? Does this match [...]
Baptism in the Westminster Standards vs. The Federal Vision (Part 5)
Tuesday, April 13, 2010Phil Derksen, a member of Black Hills Community Church, in Rapid City, SD (PCA, Presbytery of the Siouxlands), has written this excellent series of articles on the Federal Vision’s misreading of the Westminster Standards. Phil demonstrates that the context of the document itself and the writings of the authors of the Westminster Standards demonstrate clearly [...]
A Brief Account of the Development of the Covenant of Works Doctrine in Reformed Theology
Thursday, April 8, 2010The way that some people tell the story of law and Gospel and the covenant of works in the history of the Reformed Church, you might think that the Reformed Church was just a mass of confusion and debate on these points. According to their story, the only people who had a clearly defined doctrine [...]
Baptism in the Westminster Standards vs. The Federal Vision (Part 4)
Monday, April 5, 2010Phil Derksen, a member of Black Hills Community Church, in Rapid City, SD (PCA, Presbytery of the Siouxlands), has written this excellent series of articles on the Federal Vision’s misreading of the Westminster Standards. Phil demonstrates that the context of the document itself and the writings of the authors of the Westminster Standards demonstrate clearly [...]
Baptism in the Westminster Standards vs. The Federal Vision (Part 3)
Saturday, April 3, 2010Phil Derksen, a member of Black Hills Community Church, in Rapid City, SD (PCA, Presbytery of the Siouxlands), has written this excellent series of articles on the Federal Vision’s misreading of the Westminster Standards. Phil demonstrates that the context of the document itself and the writings of the authors of the Westminster Standards demonstrate clearly [...]
Meyers Responds to a Letter of Concern to MP
Friday, April 2, 2010Several men including myself wrote a letter of concern to the Missouri Presbytery concerning Jeffrey Meyers, a signer of the Joint Federal Vision Profession and moderator of the Biblical Horizons group. You can read the full letter here. TE Meyers has responded to this letter of concern, and I thought it might be appropriate to [...]
Alexander on the Importance of Justification
Friday, April 2, 2010Archibald Alexander was one of the great Princeton theologians. I haven’t heard much discussion on his little book on justification by faith alone, but it is excellent. It is only about 50 pages, but it hits on all the key issues in a very clear way. I thought I would reproduce a couple chapters on [...]