Archive for August, 2006
« Previous EntriesBook Review: The Binding of God, by Peter A. Lillback
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006Synopsis: Among Reformed Christians, there are few figures as respected as John Calvin, and few theological systems as revered as federal theology. Hence, it is not surprising that the question of Calvin’s influence on the development of federal theology has received considerable attention. In this extensive analysis of the covenant in Calvin’s thought, Peter A. […]
Book Review: The Lord Our Righteousness, by Obadiah Grew
Friday, August 25th, 2006Synopsis: The recent attack on the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to the sinner, by those who espouse a “New Perspective” on Paul’s doctrine of justification, demands of the Christian a solid grounding in the biblical witness of Christ, who is revealed to us in Jeremiah’s prophecy as “the Lord our righteousness”. This timely reprint of […]
Images of the Savior (11– His Sermon on the Mount)
Thursday, August 24th, 2006Matthew 5:1-3 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. When God redeemed Israel from Egypt, he was accomplishing in […]
Book Review: The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, by Vern Poythress
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006Synopsis: The books of the Pentateuch are among the most foundational for understanding the message and significance of the biblical story. They are also among the least understood. A clear, in-depth, and Christ-centered introduction to these books is, therefore, a pressing need. And The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses is admirably suited […]
Is Penal Substitution Biblical?
Friday, August 18th, 2006In all of our zeal to contend for every doctrine of the bible (as commendable as such an attitude is), we would do well to remember that only a relatively few doctrines are so vital for the purity of the gospel that, to deny them is, in essence, to corrupt the good news of salvation […]
Book Review: Biblical Theology, by John Owen
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006Synopsis: John Owen’s Biblical Theology is unique in that, in a very real sense, it stands at the head of the modern biblical-theological method of studying the scriptures. The comprehensiveness with which it treats of natural and special revelation, combined with the eminently practical exhortations with which it concludes, makes it well worth reading, not […]
A Brief Re-Telling of the Book of Revelation
Thursday, August 10th, 2006II Corinthians 4:17-18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things […]
Objection and Reply to “Images of the Savior”
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006I recently came across an objection to my series on the “Images of the Savior”, because they evinced, in the objector’s opinion, a Christology which was not sufficiently high. The seriousness of this charge induced me to write a reply in which I defend my original statements. The further consideration that, if this objector reads […]
Book Review: Salvation to the Ends of the Earth, by Kostenberger and O’Brien
Monday, August 7th, 2006A Biblical Theology of Christian Mission
Book Review: The Returning King, by Vern Poythress
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006Synopsis: The outstanding popularity of the Left Behind novels (and other eschatological fiction), and the widespread acceptance of an impending “secret rapture” of the Church, after which will transpire seven years of tribulation, have combined to make the book of Revelation an intricate schematic in which all but the most gifted scholar will lose his […]
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