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Paul Helm has a great essay on how Charles Hodge and B. B. Warfield recommended that Christian scholars handle difficult Bible passages and various controversies. Click here: Helm's Deep: Analysis Extra: 'The Phenomena'.Logos is bringing out a twenty-volume set of Warfield's works. This set (Libronix) includes the ten-volume "works" and ten other separate publications, including Counterfeit Miracles, Plan of Salvation and Faith and Life. This should be very helpful. Click here: B. B. Warfield Collection (20 Vols.)A noted Islamic cleric has ruled tha... [read more]
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I recently received an email from someone (Mike Swope) asking what I thought was a great question. Since B. B. Warfield is such an important theologian, and such a prolific writer (on the order of a Barth, or an Aquinas), where should someone begin if they wish to become more familiar with the Lion of Princeton?I can answer this in one of two ways. First, there would be my list of favorite Warfield pieces. This would include a number of things "off the beaten path" so to speak (some of my favorites are more technical or obscure book reviews and journal articles).... [read more]
add to discussionGreat to hear Pastor Todd Wilken and his producer Jeff Schwarz live again. Be sure to listen to the very moving first hour of their return! Click here: Issues, Etc. Radio ProgramBelieve it or not, Muslims planning to convert the decadent West to Islam, have what they think is a sure fire plan--"mut 'ah", that is multiple wives (up to four). According to Mahdi Unite Muslims (MUM), when Westerners discover that they can have multiple wives (legally) under Islam, they'll convert in droves. Hmmm . . . Not sure sure that Western women will be thrilled with thi... [read more]
add to discussionWelcome back, Todd and Jeff! You can hear them here: Click here: Issues, Etc. Radio Program
add to discussion"It should never be forgotten that the faith that is the condition of justification, is the faith that works by love. It is the faith through and by which Christ sanctifies the soul. A sanctifying faith unites the believer to Christ as his justification; but be it always remembered, that no faith receives Christ as a justification, that does not receive him as a sanctification, to reign within the heart. We have seen that repentance, as well as faith, is a condition of justification. We shall see that perseverance in obedience to the end of life is also a condition of justification."Leave y... [read more]
add to discussionPart One –The Legacy of B. B. Warfield (Note: This is the first in a new series on B. B. Warfield, taken from my Ph.D. dissertation, "The Lion of Princeton")_____________ During his thirty-four year reign as the ranking theologian at Princeton Theological Seminary, Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851-1921) exerted tremendous influence upon much of American Presbyterianism. With his lucid pen and his passion to defend the Westminster Standards, there was little doubt about where Warfield stood on most every subject he addressed.Even some eighty ... [read more]
add to discussionSince the Netherlands has a reputation for its progressive secularism, it is a surprise that so many in that nation are expecting the apocalypse to occur in 2012. Could it be that the Dutch are reading Tim LaHaye? Of course not. The secular Dutch are freaked out by a prediction regarding the end of the world found in the Mayan calendar. And secularists think Christians are foolish? Click here: Many Dutch prepare for 2012 apocalypse - UPI.comIs it just me, or do both of these guys need to be smacked upside the head? Obama twists Scripture--giving us the c... [read more]
add to discussionHere's yet another sad sign of the evangelical decline. An amazing 57% of those who attend evangelical churches now say they believe that adherents of non-Christian religions might also be saved. The more people anchor their faith in the subjective (religious experience), the less likely they are to see evangelical Christianity as a truth claim. Some of us are hardly surprised by this news. Saddened, yes. But not surprised. Click here: Religious Americans: My faith isn't the only way (OneNewsNow.com)The PCUSA continues to lose members--some 57,000 last y... [read more]
add to discussion"The Word of God Himself . . . assumed humanity that we might become God."Please leave your guess in the comments section below. Please no google searches or cheating.
add to discussionGot a chance to worship this Lord's Day at the Coram Deo URC in Denver. The pastor is my old friend, Rev. Carl Heuss. If you live in the greater Denver area, Coram Deo meets at the Denver Christian School in Centennial. There are a number of folk here who are White Horse Inn listeners, and two of the current elders were members @ Christ Reformed in Anaheim. If you are new to the Reformed faith and looking for a good church where you can ask questions and find a sympathetic ear, this is the place for you. If you want more information, you can email Rev. He... [read more]
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