Scalia: Man of the Law (Part I of II)
“Politics aside, we should all die full of years, with 28 grandchildren, in our sleep after quail hunting.”[1] Ross Douthat tweeted that after the late Antonin “Nino” Scalia passed away in February 2016 at seventy-nine. Scalia will be remembered most as a conservative United States Supreme Court Justice, serving the Court for nearly thirty years. But this witty, larger-than-life figure was also a devoted family man, a memorable...
Recommended Books (Spring 2016)
What makes a good piece of writing? Each of us could provide an extensive list of qualifications to answer this question. Our individual personalities each cry out for and are most deeply moved by any number of approaches to writing. Perhaps our inclination toward a particular genre is different from our spouse’s or a close friend’s, leaving us to wonder how they could be satisfied without such riches. Likely those same friends and...
What Makes a Sermon ‘Good’? An Interview With Jeff Jones and Jeff Manning (Part II of II)
by Jacob Riggs “The preacher . . . is the only one who is in a position to deal with the greatest need of the world” (Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers, 40). In this post, we continue our interview with Jeff Jones and Jeff Manning. To see Part I, click here. Can and does God use “preaching” that neglects or misinterprets the text? If so, why is it still important to proclaim what the original author meant? Jones: In Numbers...
What Makes a Sermon ‘Good’? An Interview With Jeff Jones and Jeff Manning (Part I of II)
by Jacob Riggs “The preacher . . . is the only one who is in a position to deal with the greatest need of the world” (Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching and Preachers, 40). Preaching is the pastor’s primary task, but often viewed subjectively. Two people of similar backgrounds could listen to the same sermon and be impacted in different ways. One might believe the sermon to have been excellent, and the other may have slept through it or...
“Salvation for Heretics?”
by Andrew Harrison In his 2009 work Heresy, Alister McGrath attempts to define the essential nature of heresy. Along the way, however, he makes multiple statements that seem to indicate that heretical beliefs, while eventually destructive to their host belief system, usually originate from well-intentioned Christians who just happen to err, despite their best efforts to pursue right doctrine. This essay explains the non-traditional...
The Church in Light of the Trinity
What is the church? Is it a building? Is it a bride? Is it a body? Evidently it’s all of the above. Scripture gives us a myriad of pictures for how we might understand the gathering of believers (Eph. 2:21; 5:22-33, 1 Cor. 15:20-23).[1] Each picture offers a different perspective. But none of them describe the Church in her entirety. Throughout history, the church has been understood largely by her marks and/or attributes. According...
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