Warfield on Augustine (1): Augustine and Protestantism

As part of my Augustine project I am reading some of B.B. Warfield’s essays on Augustine, which are fascinating. Warfield is quite sympathetic to Augustine, seeking to defend him from much revisionist scholarship and show his greatness as both a theologian and Christian. In seeking to sketch the main streams of his thought and his contributions to [...]

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Ezekiel

The book of Ezekiel has been on my mind a lot these days, partly because I am reading through it in my devotions, and partly because I got to hear my pastor Paul Beck give a ministry seminar on this book a few weeks back. Some miscellaneous thoughts: 1) The metaphor of adultery for sin [...]

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Salvation and Ministry in II Corinthians 4

I’ve frequently thought in the past about how important it is for our identity to be rooted in Christ while we serve in ministry, so that our ministry does not become our functional sense of worth – for our salvation in Christ to be a greater force in our lives than our ministry on behalf [...]

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“Jesus is your Buddy” is not the Gospel

I spoke to the youth yesterday from Isaiah 36-37 on “Letting God be God over enemies.” We are going through a series in Isaiah called “Let God be God,” looking at God’s role in our daily lives over practical struggles such as sin, fear, enemies, emptiness, etc.  I started off my talk by telling the [...]

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