(Yes, it’s been almost two years since Part 1 but a lot has happened in the past two years which makes finishing this three-part series more opportune now than it was back in 2010. And so in the twin interests of getting more writing done on the blog and fulfilling my promise to my brother [...]

Theology has fallen on bad times. In one sense, it always has. The image of the guy with an insanely long beard, surrounded by books, looking like my guy here… …is just not appealing to us. It’s too cerebral, too based on the brain, too intellectual. “Christianity is not intellectual, it’s faith, the heart, the [...]

As you may gather when you read this blog, I am unashamedly Reformed in my theology. I fully affirm the teaching of the Second London Baptist Confession, commonly called the 1689 Baptist Confession and its five main areas of assent with classic Christian theology (you can listen to Greg Nichols’ fine lecture on this subject, [...]

This post was written late last night in commemoration of Reformation Day 2011. Realising I attached an hour’s worth of video, I figured it would be better to post this in the afternoon when folks could benefit b It’s 10:20pm on Reformation Day. October 31, 2011. 494 years after Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to [...]

As a confessing Reformed Baptist, I fully affirm its teaching regarding the three use of the laws. The Reformer Reader explains what the three uses are: When the Reformed and Lutheran scholastics talked about God’s moral law (lex moralis), they taught that there are three basic uses of the law (usus legis).  They are: 1) [...]

If you’re familiar with the reformed blogosphere, you’ll no doubt be familiar with the big discussions that have happened in recent months regarding the relationship between justification and sanctification. As I read the material and hear the discussions, I will admit that I’ve not been at ease with the conclusions reached. Thankfully, I am not [...]

Just some thoughts…

November 6th, 2010 – I received an email from Greg Gordon, author of what you are about to read, and founder of SermonIndex, letting me know that there had been a revision of the 95 Theses and that one could now view them at http://95moderntheses.wordpress.com/ Pray about sharing these with others and sharing each theses [...]

Any written document must be interpreted if it is to be understood. The United States of America has nine highly skilled individuals whose daily task is to interpret the Constitution. They comprise the Supreme Court of the land. To interpret the Bible is a far more solemn task than to interpret the U.S. Constitution. It [...]

I like to play basketball – even though at the current time I’m still recovering from an injury and shouldn’t even be thinking of the court right now. One thing I learnt playing basketball against people who could wipe the floor with me was to not hate the player, but to hate the game (I’m [...]