Abraham Kuyper’s On the Church is our featured book during the month of February. Below is an excerpt from the volume’s introduction by Ad de Bruijne. Kuyper’s concept of the church as a colony of heaven and his careful contextualization shed new light on well-known emphases in his ecclesiology. Particularly notable are his distinction between the […]
Tocqueville on Democracy, Local Communities, and Moral Character
This guest post was authored by John D. Wilsey, editor of a new abridgment of Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville. Once again, we have participated in a national community event that takes place every four years—we have elected a president. The new president will be our forty-fifth. It is astounding that Americans have […]
Karl Barth on Time, Eternity, and Jesus Christ
Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the relationship between eternity and time among philosophers, scientists, and theologians. Theologically, this question gets at the age-old problem of how an eternal God can interact with a temporal creation. A new generation of theologians is not content with the traditional answers proffered through the centuries. An eternal […]
John Webster (1955–2016): Surveying a Man and His Métier
On May 25, 2016, Professor John Webster, one of the world’s great contemporary theologians, suddenly and unexpectedly entered glory. Within hours memorials began to appear. Following his training at the Bradford Grammar School and the University of Cambridge (MA, PhD), Webster took his first teaching post at St. John’s College at the University of Durham. […]
Mobilize Your Prayer Life
Maybe you’ve thought that your prayer life needs something—guidance, advice, just a fresh perspective. Maybe you’re jazzed about the upcoming National Day of Prayer and are already recruiting friends and family to join the Prayer Movement. Maybe you’re a ministry leader looking for a guide—something thorough, practical, and very boots-on-the-ground—to help those you lead grow […]
Celebrate Vos’ “Rich Meditation” on the Scriptures
Today’s guest post was written by Daniel Robbins, associate pastor of Christ Church in Bellingham, WA. He originally wrote this review of Geerhardus Vos’ Reformed Dogmatics for the student journal at Covenant Theological Seminary. Vos’ Reformed Dogmatics spans five volumes: Theology Proper, Anthropology, Christology, Soteriology, and the fifth covering Ecclesiology, the Means of Grace and Eschatology. While […]
One Small Change, One Big Difference
The Big Picture Surveys taken within the past decade show that three-fourths of Americans believe in the supernatural world of God and angels. Christians heartily embrace the concept of the supernatural, presuming that the Bible’s description of spirits, demons, and miracles must be true in order for Scripture to have any consistent meaning. However, we […]
Link Love for The Other Worldview
Last year, our sister imprint, Kirkdale Press, published The Other Worldview: Exposing Christianity’s Greatest Threat by Peter Jones. A rash of reviews have been posted recently, praising this book’s treatment of the two opposing worldviews influencing Western culture. Sean McDowell had a chance to interview Jones on his blog. Here’s what he had to say about […]
Allowing Jesus to Direct Our Lives
Finding the right path to take in life is an ongoing challenge. It’s easy to flail in the realm of possibility rather than face the realities in front of us. Waiting upon the LORD is no easy virtue. Jesus tells us, “Enter through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the […]
Abraham Kuyper on Adam, Noah & the Church
Noah became in fact the second progenitor of the human race; not that he replaced Adam, since Noah himself was the fruit of human procreation, as God had not directly formed Noah by his own hand. Noah inherited his nature and character from his parents and grandparents, which had not been the case with Adam. […]
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