Wednesday @ Westminster: What’s in a Name?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” (“Romeo and Juliet,” II, ii, 1–2) Juliet expressed her love for…
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John Owen on Delighting in Worship
Like me, many young reformers of my generation and even younger came out of a myriad of non-Reformed but evangelical churches into a Reformed church. Recall the struggles. One of…
The Necessity of a Human Mediator
We really have a crazy-sounding religion. We confess that God exists as one, yet three. Totally irrational! We confess that one of those three, the Son, became a human by…
October’s Free Resource
In 2016, every two months (Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct, Dec) we will be producing a Meet the Puritans Resource, which you will be able to find linked under Our Resources. These…
Wednesday @ Westminster: The Necessity of a Divine Mediator
“No offence, but Muslims love Jesus as much as Christians do.” On December 19, 2001, this is how John Casey, a Cambridge scholar, entitled an article in the Telegraph on…
Book Giveaway Winner and New Giveaway
First off, congratulations to Scott P. of Aubrey, Texas, who has won a copy of To the Ends of the Earth: Calvin’s Missional Vision and Legacy (Crossway). Now for the next…
Wednesday @ Westminster: How Did God Become Man?
“Jesus Christ is the sum and quintessence of the gospel; the wonder of angels; the joy and triumph of saints” (Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity, 161). He is, as…
The Two Parts of Seminary Education
Quick. What should be the two constituent parts of a Reformed theological education? Theology and exegesis? Philosophy and theology? Systematic and practical theology? Good guesses. Having just participated in examinations…
Wednesday @ Westminster: The Mediator of the Covenant of Grace
Although the Westminster Assembly did not choose to use the text of the Apostles’ Creed and to exposit its individual articles within its two catechisms, the Larger Catechism still follows…
Nisbet on Motivations for Holiness
Since you’re reading this online post, you’re no doubt aware that in the broader Reformed theological world there has been discussion of the issue of holiness in the recent past.…
Book Giveaway Winners and New Giveaway
The winner of Theodore Beza’s A Clear and Simple Treatise on the Lord’s Supper is Ike H. of Ronceverte, WV. Congrats! And now our next giveaway comes from our friends at…
Wednesday @ Westminster: One Bible, Two Testaments
For many of us who have discovered the Reformed expression of the Christian faith after years in other traditions, “covenant theology” was one of the most eye-opening facets of it.…