Crumbs from the Master's Table

Obama is not a Muslim. Let's get serious. But nor is he a Christian. Do not be deceived. He's a secularist through and through. His ...

Bridges on Owen: For luminous exposition, and powerful defense of Scriptural doctrine—for determined enforcement of practical obligations—...

Spurgeon on Owen: It is unnecessary to say that he is the prince of divines. To master his works is to be a profound theologian. Owen is s...

"The theologian, far from having a faith based on wish fulfillment, is rather employed (at least part-time) in the role of dragon-slaye...

Ferguson on the structure of John Owen's thought about the ministry of the Spirit of Christ to the believer: The Spirit brings us into...

Here's my present attempt at a definition that embraces the whole enterprise of theologizing. It aims at making clear that doing...

"Although theology treats of the same things with metaphysics, physics and ethics, yet the mode of considering is far different. It tre...

I recently finished reading through yet again the Gospel according to John, for something like the thirtieth time since I came first to know...

"If you do not die first, you will have time to do it. If you die before you it is done, you don't need to do it" (Bloom, Begi...

"If Nietzsche had not ended in imbecility, Nietzsheism would end in imbecility. Thinking in isolation and with pride ends in being an i...

How does “for you shall inherit all the nations!” function as a ground for God to arise and judge the earth in Ps. 82:8? The reasoning seems...

What is "doctrine"?  And, specifically, what is Christian doctrine? What follows are some orienting definitions from two of the mo...

If Kevin Vanhoozer is right (and I think he is) in saying—"The church is the place not only where the gospel is heard but also where it...

Vanhoozer: Local churches would do well to give an even greater role and prominence to the Lord's Supper, perhaps by celebrating it on...

The Atlantic recently published How Reliable Are Psychology Studies?  It's an illuminating article, well worth your time, with helpful a...

D. A. Carson: The emphasis of the Prologue, then, is on the revelation of the Word as the ultimate disclosure of God himself. That theme i...

Calvin: I call "piety" that reverence joined with love of God which the knowledge of his benefits induces. For until men recogni...

Vanhoozer: While the local church is a true church, it is not the whole church. It may feel like a blow to our ecclesial pride to admit it...

It is not unusual for (post)modern evangelicals to sound the alarms arm in arm with the secularists about the pending doom of creation if we...

A redemptive strategy for engaging readers and hearers is summed up in these six communication tasks: 1. Know the people with whom you are...

"We must recover the New Testament's vision for marriage as an aspect of discipleship and as a reflection of God's unbreakable...

"One of the most important ways disciples act out the reconciliation that is in Christ is by practicing marital fidelity" (Vanhooz...

I participated in a peaceful Planned Parenthood protest today in Aurora, IL, which was part of a  nationwide protest effort . It went well. ...

In John 9, we read of the healing of a man born blind. We also read of the opposition of the Jewish leadership to Jesus, and of the fear of ...

"Instead of asking how the text 'applies' to us in our day and age as if the important thing is to discover how the text relate...

This is why I read Jonathan Edwards: Whatever clear notions a man may have of the attributes of God, and doctrine of the trinity; the natu...

Have you ever read Mark 2:18–22 and scratched your head wondering what on earth Jesus is talking about? I have. Repeatedly. What do his illu...

Prof. Beale: It is generally acknowledged that Paul's introductory thanksgivings (and pray/blessing) contain the major themes to be de...

D. A. Carson: The wealth of possible backgrounds to the term logos in John’s Prologue suggests that the determining factor is not this or...

With the recent revelations and growing scandal vis-à-vis Planned Barrenhood, Doug Wilson  continues to write to keep the troops moving apac...

"The covenant is like a marriage: the blessing is communion, but the condition is faithfulness" (Vanhoozer, Faith Speaking Unders...

A covenant is a "relationship involving an oath-bound commitment" (Gentry and Wellum,  Kingdom through Covenant , 132).

"A covenant, in its normal sense, is an elected, as opposed to natural, relationship of obligation under oath" (Hugenberger, Marri...

Chesterton: What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled up...

Vanhoozer: To be a martyr is first and foremost to be a witness, one who indicates, in life or death, what is in Christ . Martyrdom is ind...

Frame: Each particular verse of Scripture has many contexts: the verses on either side, the book it is part of, the section of Scripture i...

"The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason" (G. K. Cheste...

"Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved" (G. K. Che...

“It is the task of doctrine to direct disciples to fill empty spaces and empty moments with redemptive speech and action. At its bes...

“The subject matter of theology should determine the methodological manner in which we approach it” (Vanhoozer, Faith Speaking Und...