How can we weave church history effectively into our preaching of the Gospel?
Church History
Calvin’s Complex Ecumenism
With “catholicity” resurgent among Reformed Christians, John Calvin’s ecumenism demands a closer examination.
You Are Whom You Admire: Admiration as Formation in the Christian Life
In seeking an answer to how we achieve deep and lasting Christian formation, modern Protestants have often operated by Francis Bacon’s famous precept: “knowledge is power.”
“Generous Self-Illusions”: Reformed Protestants and the French Revolution
The lessons and warnings of Reformed Protestants during the French Revolution.
Of Devils and Advocates: The Meaning of Native Graves
Some recent Roman Catholic takes draw all the wrong lessons from this national crime.
A Man for Our Time: A Review of “Bavinck: A Critical Biography” by James Eglinton
At last, a worthy biography of the first confessional Reformed theologian to have truly grappled with modernity.
Hemmingsen on Mark 7
It is significant that Christ not only healed a man, but that, in order for the man to be healed, others had to bring him to Christ.
Inhabiting the Places of Promise: Martin Luther’s Teaching on the Three Institutions
A focus on Luther’s “two kingdoms” theology often neglects his views on the “three estates” of church, household, and state.
Our Daily Bread: Hemmingsen on Grateful Faith
Hemmingsen’s discussion contains a salutary reminder that we are to receive God’s good created gifts with gratitude and acknowledgment. If we do not, we are robbing God.
Calling upon the Lord: Herman Bavinck on the Creatureliness of Prayer
Bavinck nudges the novice towards seeing prayer as built upon and expressing the order of being. When Christians pray, they do so by the Spirit; the very act that manifests our creatureliness is achieved only in relation to the Spirit’s enabling presence.