The Grace Debate
The holiness of God is meant to motivate us. We are to be holy because God is holy (Lev 11:44ff; 1 Pet 1:15,16). His holiness is an incentive for our …
The Lord’s Supper
Each Wednesday evening at Trinity College in Bristol, England, we observed Holy Communion. While walking down the old stone steps on the way to the chapel for that service, one …
The Five Points of Calvinism
The subjects of “Calvinism,” “Puritanism,” “predestination,” and “election” do not have happy associations in the popular mind. Hear these terms and the mind imagines colorless landscapes, black suits and black …
Scotland, Psalms & The Garden of Good & Evil
I would like to go on now to illustrate the devout and dogged national character of old Scotland in a more anecdotal fashion by peaking at Scottish Psalm-singing. The distinctive …
Preaching Grace
It comes as a surprise to us that central gospel doctrines are at risk today among the most theologically conservative of Protestants. It is a development that many of us …