James W. Alexander on the Pastor’s Personal Piety Many years ago, as part of my internship I was assigned a paper by J.W. Alexander (the son of Archibald Alexander, Old Princeton’s first professor) that made a profound impression upon...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Over the last ten years I have been involved with two Old School Presbyterian Church plants. During that time I was struck that while there is an endless stream of material being produced about how to plant (or create from an existing church)...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,Unfortunately, another South Korean medical missionary was killed by the Taliban this morning.The victim, "identified as 29 year-old Shim Sung-min was found about 50 miles from where the original group of 23...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
VII. ARE THESE SIGNS FOR TODAY? Restoration or Continuation? The historical problem with continuation. The signs ceased soon after the close of the Apostolic era. They did not continue. Rather these miraculous sign gifts, with the exception of a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Miraculous Gifts of the Spirit - Continuation, Restoration or Cessation? (pt.1) I. Extraordinary Spiritual Gifts and Their Purpose The Gifts: 1 Cor. 12:4-10; Romans 12:6 Their Purpose: Eph. 4:8-16, esp. 4:12 & 4:16 Three things should be...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A.A. Hodge on the Long-Term Effects of Removing Christ from Education In the 1870s the United States did not yet have the comprehensive system of public education that we now take for granted, and whether or not such a system was a good idea was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Our last blog entry discussed how Nicea met to settle doctrinal disputes, not to come up with a definitive list of the books of the bible. If Nicea did not meet to determine the books of the bible, the question is often asked at which council or...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Almost every Christian theologian and many a historian is rightly frustrated at the damage Dan Brown and his "Da Vinci Code" have done by creating a popular but totally inaccurate history of the development of the Bible in general and the NT canon...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Good News from the PCA GA Many of you will have heard that the PCA General Assembly was considering a study committee report condemning an aberrant form of theology know as “the Federal Vision” (FV) that has spread in certain sectors...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A little while ago, a good Baptist brother in Christ asked the following question: "what benefits did my children (whom were not baptized until they professed faith, ages 13 or 14 as I recall) not have that, say, one of your children have?" In...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
