My new book, The Grand Old Doc, Articles on the Thought of Gordon H. Clark has been printed and I’ve received the first box of 40 of them from the publisher, the Trinity Foundation. They will be available there, trinityfoundation.org, sometime after Thanksgiving. UPDATE: NOW AVAILABLE HERE I’m very thankful for all who assisted …
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The Apostate, My Search for Truth, by Dr. Mark Christian, Fidelis Publishing, 2022, 306pp. Mark Christian grew up in Egypt as a devout Muslim. Of course, he wasn’t Mark Christian at the time. His name was Mohamed. And like his father before him, he was dedicated to the most rigorous practice of Islam. Even more, …
I’ve been continuing research on what I call “Meeker’s Meeting House,” an overlooked late 18th Presbyterian church in Wantage, New Jersey near the New York border. Recently in this research I found church records (minutes of the Presbytery of New York, and the Presbyterian Church General Assembly) noting preachers being sent to “Wantage” for supply …
Hey friends and readers of my blog, A colleague of mine has told me that having his sermons on Sermonaudio.com has been of benefit to his church and to many others outside of the church. Would you like me to have my sermons recorded and available there as well? There are two issues that need …
The Old Faith a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past, by Paul J. Gutacker, Oxford University Press, 2023, 247 pp. Paul Gutacker writes against the stereotype (from Phillip Schaff, etc.) of American Protestants as ignorant or uninterested in history. His thesis is that American Protestants – though usually dedicated to the tenant of …
I had an excellent time at the 86th General Synod of the Bible Presbyterian Church held this year in Greeneville, TN. This year’s theme was Biblical Revival, although with an unchecked typo, all of the programs, t-shirts, etc. said “Biblical Revivial.” Rev. Carl Van der Merwe of the host church, Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church of …
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Substitutionary atonement is the doctrine that Jesus Christ suffered and died on the cross for the sake of his chosen people; that he was the substitute, taking upon himself the penalty they deserve and giving them his righteousness. As the sacrifice of the passover lamb was a substitute for the people, so Jesus, being the …
I recently gave a sermon on the virtue of gentleness. And this provided an opportunity to bring up an idea that has been developing in my mind for some time. I call it “The Quiet Minister.” This idea of “The Quiet Minister” came to my mind as the opposite of the brash young ministers and …
Your Father’s L’Abri, Reflections on the Ministry of Francis Schaeffer, by Gregory Edward Reynolds, Manchester, NH: Monadnock Press, 2023, 105 pp. There is some challenge in reviewing a book that is largely a review of other books. (All but the first chapter of Your Father’s L’Abri is the author’s reviews of other volumes on Francis …
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Each week in my own sermon preparation I try to listen to two or three sermons on the passage at hand. This is often made difficult by the fact that preachers are not uniform in how they divide up each book of the Bible into passages. One may choose verses 1-7 for example, while another …
