Announcing Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art

This fresh translation by yours truly was edited by Jordan Ballor and Stephen Grabill and published by Christian’s Library Press. For information about the content and purchase of this new volume, you can go here and here and here.

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Turning the Church Inside Out

You may be interested in listening to three addresses on Turning the Church Inside Out (scroll to the bottom of the page). These were delivered at the Second Annual Conference of the Chicago Area Reformed Study Society, held on September 30 – October 1, 2011, at Hope Presbyterian Church, Grayslake, IL. They deal with a Reformed missional [...]

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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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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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The incarnate Word rules over all: Insights from Richard Hooker

“Who is Jesus Christ?” remains the perennial touchstone question for both the church and the world. Hence the timeliness of the theme of the recent Gospel Coalition conference: preaching Jesus Christ and the gospel from the Old Testament. The identity of Jesus Christ lies at the heart of the church’s understanding of his cosmic sovereignty and [...]

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“The Fox” on church and kingdom

Perhaps you already know that the surname of one of America’s premier twentieth-century Reformed-Presbyterian theologians is the Dutch word for “fox.” “Vos” was his name. Geerhardus Vos. A friend supplied me this “foxy” quote as an encouragement in clarifying the issues surrounding NL2K (a modern construal of Natural Law + 2 Kingdoms): [87] From this, [...]

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Giving thanks for these termites

We (my wife and I) happen to be visiting dear friends in Florida for a long weekend. Our intention was to spend time in their home, relaxing, chilling, catching up, going deep with each other. But termites spoiled the plan. Only in a manner of speaking. You see, our friends recently undertook some interior remodeling, [...]

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Going to worship a Savior with dirty hands

The highly acclaimed 2010 biography, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich, by Eric Metaxas (Thomas Nelson), has received both plaudits and punches. Has the hero been seasoned for evangelical tastebuds? Or freed from being held hostage for decades by those wanting a post-WWII German theological survivor? (For your encouragement [...]

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