Become Like Children
Small children play at a park. A boy’s voice breaks into the festivity with a wildly unpopular declaration, “We can only play soccer on the field, not around the playground…
David Garner
Saving Faith, Pt 2: Trust in God’s Word
Saving Faith, as we considered in part 1, is a gift of God. It comes from him. Though we exercise that faith, the privilege and power of its exercise draw…
Saving Faith – A Gift of God
Evangelicals uniformly acknowledge the necessity of faith. But what actually is this faith we affirm? Or to put it more personally, what changes in the one who lacks saving…
Uncreating Adam: Part Two
This article is part two of a two-part series. Read part one here. Marriage, History and Theology With magisterial grace, the Bible weds Christian theology to the male/female distinctions in…
Uncreating Adam: Part One
Living Theology As creatures made in God’s image (imago Dei), we finitely reflect the Triune God. We are not God, but his image bearers. We are not part of him,…
A Sanctified Syllogism
God has a Grand Plan Larger than life itself, Paul’s God is a big God. The God of the prophets and apostles, in fact, created life. Creator and Redeemer, he…
Jesus is Head of the Churches
Head of the Church Jesus is Head of the Church. He is Head of his Church. This we believe. This we confess. And yet how quickly this we dismiss! Honestly,…
Theological Fidelity: An Interview
The following interview is from Tabletalk Magazine and was published online at Ligonier.org. It is reproduced here with permission. Tabletalk: How did God call you to become a seminary professor,…
Vos 121
Worth Reading Very little writing warrants reading more than once. Less still deserves numerous readings. An exclusive group of writings rises to the level of “must read once a year”…
Consent of All the Parts, Scope of the Whole
Glorious Symphony The Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF) paints Scripture’s beauty with its own eloquent verbal strokes: “the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, the majesty of…
Fruition
The Covenant Many in evangelical and even reformed churches lack appreciation for the biblical concept of covenant, finding it obscure and even arcane. The irony is stark. What many perceive…
Truth and Idolatry: Call Discontent What It Is
This article is the fourth and final piece in a four-part series entitled “Truth and Idolatry.” Read part 1, “I Am Not an Idol Worshiper,” part 2, “Call the Gospel…