General Humor

I Just Had to Share With This With Y’all

It's been an eventful weekend - including falling down a flight of stairs and ending up mildly concussed. In need ...

Was John Calvin a Murderer? And Other Hilarious Claims

"Whatchu talkin' bout Douglas?" Hold up, Gary Coleman...I'm being serious. Did John Calvin actually murder a man? Well, no he ...

I Preached My First Bible Study Today

...and boy, did I have a lot of fun!!! The Christian Fellowship down at college has a rota of speakers, ...

21st Century Reformation

Covenant Language and the Plan of Salvation – Charles Hodge

(Doug: At the moment, I’m reading a chapter a day through Hodge’s Systematic Theology. It’s an epic read and I’ve just gotten into his discussion of salvation or soteriology. I selected this section primarily because it came up in the chapter for today on the Covenant of Grace, but also because I found this particular [...]

Bible Study

Born to Believe – The Biblical Case for 1 John 5:1

It would seem 1 John 5:1 is following me.
First, T.C. Robinson took issue with Dr. Piper’s handling of that verse on his blog. Below is Dr. Piper’s take on this text (HT: T.C. Robinson and Dr. James White) -
Now, on T.C’s blog, I said I’d look into it since I’ve never really looked at 1 [...]

Book Reviews

Good News!!!!

That’s right – the second edition of the Potter’s Freedom has dropped!!! (Insert wild cheers here). I’ve been madly waiting for this to drop and now it has. I gave away my copy of the first edition, so I will bide my time and get the second edition eventually.
However, if you have the money and [...]

doctrines of grace

Why Reformed Theology?

I get asked this all the time - “Why leave Pentecostalism to become a Reformed Baptist?”
Well, allow the folks from the PuritanBoard to explain “Why Reformed?” [BTW join PuritanBoard - they're nice folks]:
The National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) has published its first major findings in Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives [...]