Theological Fragments – 01.27.2017 Post Script on No Little Women Review Yesterday I posted a review of No Little Women by Aimee Byrd. This book is, in my estimation, a very important book for our time. This is because women have suffered significantly at the hand of the church....
As many of you know, the primary purpose for this blog over the past few years has been to review and discuss books. That said, I thought I might try to bring back the Theological Fragments feature in 2017 so there is more than just book reviews here. I...
Theological Fragments – 04.27.2016 Last week at Meet the Puritans Joel Beeke introduced a new series of posts with a post called Assurance of Salvation . In the post he affirms the experiential knowledge that we have as Christians and yet issues a warning to be wary of its deceptions. He urges us...
Dewey Roberts wrote an excellent post called Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, and the Federal Vision in which he rightfully defines Federal Vision as ” . . . a scheme of salvation by works, both moral and ceremonial, set within the framework of a conditional covenant that depends on the covenant faithfulness and perseverance of...
Theological Fragments – 04.15.16 Earlier this week Joseph Franks wrote a piece picked up by The Aquila Report called Perspective is Everything in which he urged us to keep an eternal perspective on our current political climate. I really appreciated what he said and how he said it. Sometimes...
Christian Living Thank you to reader Serena K. for posting this on Facebook. I wouldn’t have seen it otherwise. . . Paul Maxwell wrote an article for Desiring God that every Christian should read. It addresses those who have a sexual history and are either preparing to share it...
Christian Living Over at The Blazing Center, Mark Altrogge posted a wonderful little piece on doing small things for God. It’s a good reminder that we don’t need to seek after the big things that will make a splash or bring us glory here in this life. We should...
Christian Living Last week Christina Fox wrote a wonderful blog post at The Christward Collective on the Palms of lament. I’ve been convicted lately on how much I neglect the Psalms in my life. Many Christians today no longer sing the Psalms at church and if they do, it...
Christian Living Garrett Kell wrote a piece over at the Gospel Coalition entitled Finding Forgiveness After my Abortion. In it he shares the gospel proclamation in which Christ was crushed for our sins so that we don’t stand condemned. I think you will enjoy reading this. As Christians we...
Theology Over at the Reformed Reader, Shane Lems wrote this timely article on the long standing distinction in Reformed theology between Law and Gospel. I appreciate his contribution to the dialogue because he clarifies that this is not something new, but is in fact the reformed position. We have...