Opportunity for self-analysis

No one wants to appear flippant in suggesting too soon that some good can come out of the Norway mass killing allegedly perpetrated by Anders Breivik. Yet, it is precisely our ability and impulse to learn good from unspeakable tragedy that distinguishes us human beings among all creatures in this creation cosmos. As usual, the post-event [...]

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Preaching: not “about” Jesus, but the very voice of Jesus (Rom. 10:14)

You’ll find an essay opening up that rather cryptic title here. For me personally and professionally, this essay has been among the most formative, life-changing, and vision-inducing treatments I’ve encountered.

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A nested balance: preaching prophetically to life particularities

On 12 June 2011, Dr. John Piper addressed a group of law students at a gathering sponsored by the Alliance Defense Fund. I direct your attention to the comments recorded at 36:23 – 41:01 as profitable for reflecting on the relationship between (1) Christianity, (2) the church, (3) preaching, (4) the Bible, on the one hand, [...]

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Announcement

Press Release 21 July 2011 St. John, IN Dr. Nelson D. Kloosterman, Executive Director of Worldview Resources International (WRI), has been received as a member and teaching elder by the Chicago Metro Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). In December 2009, Dr. Kloosterman formally announced his plans to leave teaching at Mid-America Reformed Seminary [...]

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A conversation and convocation Pro Rege (“for the King”)

Anyone tracking contemporary worldview discussions in the tiny Reformed/Presbyterian corner of the cosmos will be helped by these two balanced articles recently published in Pro Rege, a quarterly faculty publication of Dordt College, located in Sioux Center, Iowa: “Worldview, Sphere Sovereignty, and Desiring the Kingdom: A Guide for (Perplexed) Reformed Folk,” by James K. A. Smith, and [...]

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Dutch Inspiration for Tim Keller

Dutch Inspiration for Tim Keller By James Eglinton Translated by Nelson D. Kloosterman Monday, 11 July 2011 Nederlands Dagblad . . . New York City clergyman Tim Keller gleans much from British and American authors. . . . But when it comes to his church’s niche in New York City, we hear the sounds of [...]

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If all 14 sides can agree with this, we can get on with life . . .

Talk about moving the ball downfield . . . this Gospel Coalition conversation shows us the way forward! Without using even one Dutch word, though mentioning Abraham Kuyper approvingly (!), but not mentioning neo-Calvinism even once! Everyone here accepts as valid and useful the distinction (not separation!) between church-as-institute and church-as-organism. Everyone here agrees that the former [...]

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The Work of the Holy Spirit: Personal Conversion and Creation Renewal are not Alternatives

Contemporary horror movies have recently attracted stern warnings and public attention throughout The Netherlands and Great Britain, occasioned by the Dutch movie “The Human Centipede II.” The British council for classifying movies has forbidden the showing of this second version of the Dutch movie because of its violent sexual content. In that connection, Dr. H. [...]

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