Carl Trueman was speaking at a Banner of Truth Minister’s Conference in the last couple of years. In an offhanded (or what I took to be offhanded!), Trueman challenged ministers who might have a weak view of preaching to read…
Few figures in modern evangelicalism have had as profound an impact as Francis A. Schaeffer. A theologian, philosopher, pastor, and cultural critic, Schaeffer was a prophetic voice in the twentieth century, challenging the church to engage the world with both…
“What are rules or expectations you have or things you look for when it comes to dating or pursuing a relationship?” The phone sat silent for a minute. “So basically, you’re asking me for my list?” Guilty as charged. I…
by Stephen Unthank One of the more notable English delegates to the Synod of Dort, John Davenant, makes the observation that the Apostle Paul, when affixing his name to his office as Apostle, does so not only to remind his…
The apologetics of the early church sought to answer the questions of the period in biblical, logical, and clear ways. There were many within the early church who sought to defend the orthodox faith from threats within and without the…
“Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.” Here referencing the city of Geneva in his opening dedication to his Institutes of Elenctic Theology, Francis Turretin (1623-87) references Psalm 87:3 to describe the wonderful workings of God in the history of…
I was recently invited to an engagement party of a woman member and her fiancé. The father of the bride-to-be, the head of the home, whispered in my ears at the start of the gathering, “I was wondering if you…
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851-1921), who taught at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1887-1921, is arguably the greatest American biblical and theological scholar. While growing up on a Lexington, Kentucky cattle farm, Warfield was nurtured in the categories and content of the…
Wilhelmus à Brakel: A Systematic Theologian for the Common Person Introduction Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635–1711), a name revered in Reformed theology, holds a unique place among the great theologians of the Dutch Second Reformation, also known as the Nadere Reformatie.…
Robert Lewis Dabney and the Greatness of Old Southern Presbyterianism I’m a bit of a book collector. I love getting my hands on an old volume from some obscure theologian and basking in the riches of God’s goodness and grace,…
