It has been quite some time since I have presented at a Conference. This week (Oct. 21 – 23) I’ll be in NC at the Shepherd’s 360 Conference. I have been asked to give some of the breakout sessions and am presenting three talks and would appreciate some prayers that I do a good job. I believe I am also doing a podcast about the new book. Here are the presentations: …
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I don’t think it’s much of a secret, but the NT volume of The Words of the Covenant is now available to be purchased. So far the paperback and E-book versions are available, with a hardback version coming in a week or two, Lord willing. The release of The Words of the Covenant: Volume 2 – New Testament Continuation is the culmination of many years work. Now that it’s done there is the inevitable second-guessing; wishing perhaps I had said more about such and …
A Review of Harrison Perkins, Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction, Bellingham, WA., Lexham, 2024, 520 pages, Hardback. There is no shortage of books on Covenant Theology (CT). There is the big multi author compendium simply called Covenant Theology edited by Waters, Reid, and Muether. One of the contributors to that book is Richard Belcher, whose The Fulfillment of the Promises of God, which to my mind is the best introduction to CT on the market. Other introductions by Jonty Rhodes, Stephen Myers, R. …
Quite why I want to “stick my oar in” regarding the fall of Dr Steven J. Lawson I don’t know. I only know that I am very sad about it. And I know that some people are saying things with which I disagree. Here then, are my thoughts, written at no one’s request, for no other reason than I am bugged by it. Dr Steve Lawson was a very capable preacher and writer who I once heard speak on Expository …
I have received many inquiries about status of The Words of the Covenant: Volume Two – New Testament Continuation. I am in a position now to give some concrete information. The book has been edited and the indexes are done. Lord willing, it will be available in (probably) late October. Dr Peter Goeman at Sojourner Press has been working very hard to get the project across the line before the Shepherd’s 360 Conference at Shepherd’s Theological Seminary, Cary, N.C. on the 21st through …
This list of commentaries on Acts are the ones I think are the best for the Pastor and Bible Teacher. As for other works, I like Stanley Toussaint’s contribution in the Bible Knowledge Commentary. Richard B. Rackham’s old work is well worth getting if you can. James D. G. Dunn has a commentary on Acts, but I think his treatment in Beginning From Jerusalem is very helpful. Simon Kistemaker’s commentary is well done, as is the one by R.C.H. Lenski. Ajith Fernando’s …
This is an older article that I thought deserving of a repost. When one is associating a belief with the text of Scripture it is never wise to choose texts from obscure, debated or overly figurative portions of the Bible. Why go to a vision of Zechariah when you can go to an epistle of Paul for the same doctrine? When tying a doctrine concerning the Church to Scripture we find good men like F. Turretin running to the song …
Part Two I said at the end of the last post that we would be thinking about what God thinks of those who enter into covenants and fail to perform the words of those covenants. But I find am going to put that subject off until next time, until I am satisfied that I have driven home my point about the disingenuous god whose word is something of a mask; a mask behind which this god’s real intentions lurk. I …
Previous installment This reposts an essay from ten years or so ago. A Plea For Plain-Speaking I am considering this matter of plain speaking in theological discourse, and have noted my dislike of those views which put something in a such way that it is easy to mistake the intentions. We are used to being given the run-around by the Cults – for they deal in duplicity – but evangelical brothers and sisters can do this sort of thing too. …
PART ONE Continuing my personal assessment of the state of Dispensationalism, here are four more factors: 6. Lack of grounded, holistic Dispensationalist Systematics I referred to this above but it bears a little more investigation. Dispensational Systematic Theologies don’t exactly grow on trees. And this is unusual amid the general popularity of Systematic Theology in evangelical circles. Here are the major Dispensational works that I am aware of: Lewis Sperry Chafer (1947) – a large work with some excellent chapters. …
