Concise Theology is what might be called a Reformed and evangelical survey of what author J.I. Packer deemed "the permanent essentials of Christianity." Theology for the purpose of this text is defined as "first the activity of thinking and speaking about God, and second the product of that activity... theology is for doxology and devotion - … Continue reading Book Review: Concise Theology – By J.I. Packer
This book begins with a simple undeniable statement: "People are not all alike. They do not always notice the same thing even when they are looking at the same object. This commonplace observation has some profound implications for the way in which we do theology." It is the implications of this fact for the interpretation … Continue reading Book Review: Symphonic Theology – By Vern S. Poythress
The topic of predestination is one of those topics within Christian discussion which is both unavoidable and greatly controversial, and here in his book Chosen By God R.C. Sproul takes on the task of explaining and providing a Biblical account of salvation and the role that the choice of God plays in this. Predestination as … Continue reading Book Review: Chosen By God – By R.C. Sproul
In his Preface to Romans, Martin Luther makes the statement that "If we do not choose goodness freely, we do not keep God's law from the heart... Granted that, in appearance and conduct, you observe the law, owing to your fear of punishment or hope of reward, yet you do nothing from free choice and out of love … Continue reading Martin Luther on Faith & Works
In honour of Kevin DeYoung be appointed as the Chancellor's Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at RTS, it's worthwhile to reflect on some of his work. While DeYoung hasn't written many books, those books he has written are incredibly timely, and Just Do Something is no exception. When you look around the church today, … Continue reading Book Review: Just Do Something – Kevin DeYoung
" Wherefore, there is no difference in the internal meaning, from which the whole power and peculiar nature of the sacrament is to be estimated. The only difference which remains is in the external ceremony, which is the least part of it, the chief part consisting in the promise and the thing signified. Hence we … Continue reading John Calvin on Infant Baptism
AJourney in Grace follows the progression of a young pastor as he is confronted with the question "Are You a Calvinist?" Not knowing the answer to the question, he goes out to discover whether or not he is. In his endeavor he is aided by fellow pastors, his friends, his professors and his fiance, as … Continue reading Book Review: A Journey in Grace – By Richard P. Belcher
In the realm of Christian eschatology there are three primary schools of thought: premillennialism, postmillennialism, and amillennialism (with dispensational premillennialism serving as a sort of fourth). In this short pamphlet (at ~56 pgs I hesitate to call it more than that) author Duane Garner makes his case regarding the issue. The argument being presented in … Continue reading Book Review: Why The End Is Not Near – By Duane Garner
In the realm of thought the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of scholasticism, in the realm of politics a time of guilds and the roots of nationalism, in the realm of religion a time of monastic reform, and in the realm of expression it was a time of the Gothic, in painting, sculpture, and primarily … Continue reading Gothic Cathedrals & Medieval Symbolism
In the wake of the Enlightenment it became more and more clear as people began to try and doubt everything that there was to doubt, that eventually one runs into a dilemma, either to doubt their-self away or to posit some first principles, some axiom, some presupposition. We have become more and more self-aware from … Continue reading Book Review: The Universe Next Door – By James W. Sire
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