The Penitent's Burden

The Penitent’s Burden

The publishing company, Banner of Truth, produces a great little book entitled The Doctrine of Repentance, authored by Thomas Watson. Watson wrote this short book on May 25th, 1668. Banner of Truth modernized the language …
Biography: Einstein

Biography: Einstein

The biography Einstein: His Life and Universe, written by Walter Isaacson, is about the life story of a morally flawed genius. In some respects, the heights of his genius are matched by the depths of …
Errata to Wormwood

Errata to Wormwood

This post is a book review of C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters. To track and understand what Lewis wrote from the perspective of Screwtape in his correspondence to Wormwood, I wrote these summaries in the …
The Mortification of Sin

The Mortification of Sin

For quite a long time, I’ve had an abridged version of John Owen’s The Mortification of Sin published by Banner of Truth. It’s about 130 pages long and spans 14 short chapters, just like the …
The Hallways of Silence

The Hallways of Silence

In recent months, I’ve had a growing interest in prayer, and I’ve been gathering subject matter about the reasons for it and how its continued use is critical within the believer’s life of faith and …
The Work of the Spirit

The Work of the Spirit

This post aims to develop an understanding of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer in Christ today. The scope of this project is concentrated mainly upon New Testament facts, instruction, details, and …
The Ordo Salutis

The Ordo Salutis

Introduction John Frame is a well-known seminary professor and theologian in the Reformed tradition. John Frame is an author, lecturer, and teacher of far-reaching significance. Frame’s magnum opus is his Systematic Theology which covers a …
Of Abstraction & Coherence

Of Abstraction & Coherence

To explain why integrative thinking is needed in a diversified world, it is necessary to recognize underlying assumptions about reality and how we know reality in the social issues of life. It develops an awareness …
Beyond the Sacred Page

Beyond the Sacred Page

As I begin the book Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology, the first of four proposed models involves what it takes to transition study, research, and inquiry from the Bible to the …
The Systems of Discontinuity

The Systems of Discontinuity

The book Dispensationalism: Essential Beliefs & Common Myths is a short-written work by Michael Vlach that explains Dispensational theology in terms of what it means to believe in it (i.e., essential beliefs) or its principles …
The Waters of Convergence

The Waters of Convergence

This post aims to offer detailed thoughts about various perspectives concerning ministry types that operate among churches. Some churches will have these functions, while others will have a limited subset not covered here. Over several …
The Way Home

The Way Home

It is a grace and mercy that people who return to Christ Jesus as the vine (John 15:5) and the source of living water remain with Him. God through His word is an unending source …
Spirit of Malevolent Intent

Spirit of Malevolent Intent

The subject of “Seducing Spirits” is evaluated at length when considering the qualities of an excellent servant from the perspective of biblical writers. The subject of spiritual seduction centers upon the falling away of people …
The Diatessaron of Tatian

The Diatessaron of Tatian

The Diatessaron of Tatian (circ. A.D. 160) Translated by Rev. Hope W. Hogg, B.D.first published by T&T Clark in Edinburgh 1867 The Author of the Diatessaron — The Diatessaron is such an impersonal work that …
The Heart Hermeneutic

The Heart Hermeneutic

The notion that biblical counseling is a type of discipleship is a different way of looking at the practice. Compared to the conventional way of living out a person’s life as a disciple of Christ, …