Not a bad day for a rookie. Thanks to Maj Chad Van Someren (call sign “Smack”) for taking time to give me a tour of the flight simulator, ready room, “barn,” and the flight line of the VMFAT 101 Sharpshooters at MCAS . . . Continue reading →
May 2008 Archive
2008 MA (Historical Theology) Defenses
Commencement week excitement continues. Justin Ryals and Travis Baker defended their MA theses last night in the chapel of Westminster Seminary California. Justin won the coin toss and elected to defend his thesis first. He argued that “C. S. Lewis’ …definition of . . . Continue reading →
Hywel Jones on Preaching Sola Fide
Excerpts from Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry at Creed or Chaos.
The Marrow On Law And Gospel
Now, the law is a doctrine partly known by nature, teaching us that there is a God, and what God is, and what he requires us to do, binding all reasonable creatures to perfect obedience, both internal and external, promising the favour . . . Continue reading →
New: Nicotine Theological Journal vol 12.2
The latest NTJ is out. This issue focuses on the controversy over the doctrine of Scripture at WTS/P. The NTJ is sponsored by the Old Life Theological Society and published quarterly (sort of) and edited by that redoubtable duo of Orthodox Presbyterians, . . . Continue reading →
A Friendly Response to Bruce McCormack
Here is the first post in this series. Here is Bruce’s response to that post. Hi Bruce, Thanks for your thoughtful responses to my questions. Judging by your responses I think I was not clear enough in a few places.
2008 MA (Historical Theology) Thesis Defenses
You are heartily invited to to join the faculty, friends of Westminster Seminary California, and others to hear two candidates for the degree Master of Arts (Historical Theology) will defend their theses.
New: WSC News Comes to You
Stay up-to-date with Westminster Seminary California via a subscription. If you use a reader already you don’t need me to explain this to you. Just follow the link and click on the icon for your reader. If you don’t have a reader . . . Continue reading →
Synopsis of Collinson's Elizabethan Puritan Movement
At the Conventicle. –Don’t just read this fine synopsis, however. Read Collinson for yourself.
Attn Top 40 Radio Fans: WLS Rewind is Back
Details here.
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower
Maybe it’s because I’m marking essays, but this essay in the Atlantic rings true. American education has been in trouble for 50 years and things aren’t improving (HT: MIke O’ Connor).
Antony Flew's "Conversion" to Theism
I’m a little late but somewhere in the welter of links I found this fascinating account of Flew’s relationship with a couple of evangelicals and some young atheists and others.
The Rejection of Errors (2): The Antithesis and Eschatology
In the first post in this series I connected the Rejection of Errors adopted at the Synod of Dort (1619) with the Reformed doctrine of “antithesis” between belief and unbelief. To put that doctrine in some context I offered a brief overview . . . Continue reading →
Las Vegas URC worship services beginning June 1
If you live in the Las Vegas area, please come join the LV URC church plant for Sunday afternoon worship services beginning June 1 on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV).
Princeton Lecturing WTS/P on the Confessions? (updated)
One sign that we’ve entered a strange new time is that a Princeton Seminary prof has written an essay in order to instruct WTS/P faculty about the meaning of the Definition of Chalcedon as understood by the Westminster Confession.
Back on the Table Again
Martin Downes has been blogging the renewed controversy over the inerrancy of God’s Word. This is a discussion that many have not wanted to have for a long time. When I started seminary in 1984 the sounds of the last “Battle for the Bible” . . . Continue reading →
What Would Calvin Do?
What to do if one finds oneself in a congregation that didn’t observe consistently the Regulative Principle of Worship (—the short definition: In stated services, the congregation observes only those elements required by God’s Word as prescribed by God’s Word; see Heidelberg . . . Continue reading →
The Rejection of Errors (1): A Brief History of the Antithesis
Part two of this series is here. ___ Kim Riddlebarger is working his way through the Canons of Dort. He’s covering the Rejection of Errors. The RE was the Synod of Dort’s way of re-asserting the anthesis between the Reformed faith and . . . Continue reading →
There's a "Stooge" Channel on the Web
In between marking term papers, I’m Listening to Dennis Miller’s podcast and he mentioned that there is a Stooge channel on the web. Sure enough there is! Now I’ll never get any work done.
You're Not "Graduating Seminary"
Not according to Mignon Fogarty, of the “Grammar Girl” podcast. Apparently most people don’t know how to use the verb “to graduate” correctly.