Three views on the atonement

Calvinist (Paul Helm)
Amyraldian (Michael Jensen)
Arminian (Ben Witherington)
Courtesy of Michael Bird at Euangelion

Ecclesia Reformanda

Today’s most exciting news is the launch of this new journal of British Reformed theology.
Ecclesia Reformanda is an exciting new journal for pastors, theological students, and scholars, that seeks to serve the Church in its ongoing reformation according to God’s Word. The journal is distinctively Reformed, with a contemporary cutting edge. It presents [...]

Confessionalism

One of the things that I was most shocked by during my time in the US was the prevalence of a certain kind of confessionalism (among some, but certainly not all or most of the people I met) which I had not previously encountered in the UK (which is not to say that it doesn’t [...]

Hmmm….

You know sometimes you read something and you can’t quite believe it says what you thought it says so you have to read it twice? This is from an article by a very youthful John Piper (originally written in 1976 for JETS, but now available on the Desiring God site) explaining why the grammatical-historical [...]

Happy Reformation Day!

36. Every truly repentant Christian has a right to full remission of penalty and guilt, even without letters of pardon.
37. Every true Christian, whether living or dead, has part in all the blessings of Christ and the Church; and this is granted him by God, even without letters of pardon.
Read the rest here.

Open evangelicals or radical reformers?

John Richardson has some typically forthright views on the subject here.

The atonement debate

I notice that the papers from the EA Symposium on the atonement from summer 2005 have finally been published. I haven’t read it but I have just skimmed through the contents list (see the sample pages here and I’m struck by both the omissions and the inclusions. Here are the chapters (one of [...]

Being single

Here’s a post I’ve been meaning to write for a while. I’m 34 and I’m single. And I’m happy. I have a lot of single friends who are not happy to be single. Some of them are very unhappy to be single. So here are my top tips for contentment [...]

Church Quiz!

Mark Meynell has posted a really interesting little quiz based on some statistics from the International Bulletin of Missionary Research. If you can guess the total number of Christian denominations in the world to within 1000 I’ll be seriously impressed!

Conventional Theology

It’s all happening this week!
Here in Dingwall, the Scottish Northern Convention kicked off last night with its Youth Rally. I didn’t go, but I plan to go this evening to hear Liam Goligher. Liam is doing the evening sessions and Martin Allen is giving daily Bible Readings in the mornings. The convention [...]