For the past two semesters MCTS has invited pastors to join us via the internet for continued education. Several from various parts of the U.S. and elsewhere (Canada, Philippines) have done so. MCTS offers two week-night courses every semester (Tuesday and Thursday...
Review of Rooker’s The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments: Ethics for the Twenty-First Century Mark F. Rooker (Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2010, 234pp.) reviewed by Richard C. Barcellos Mark F. Rooker’s The Ten Commandments (TC) is volume 7 in the NAC Studies in Bible & Theology series...
Canonical structure of the New Testament
Canonical structure of the English Bible Canonical Structure of the OT – 2 (the Hebrew Bible) Canonical structure of the New Testament a. Gospels: The Gospels, like the Pentateuch of the Old Testament, function as foundational to the rest of the New Testament....
The Law in the thought of those worth hearing: Part III
Owen’s view of the multi-functional utility of the Decalogue comports with his view of abrogation (see below), Jeremiah 31:33, 2 Co. 3:3, and Matthew 5:17, and also with many of his theological contemporaries. There is a way to understand Owen on abrogation which both eliminates the Decalogue from the New Covenant and preserves it (see below). Relatively speaking, as the Decalogue functioned under the Old Covenant, it has been abrogated. Absolutely speaking, as the Decalogue represents and summarily comprehends the Moral Law as to its substance, it has not and cannot be abrogated. It has more than one function.
Reformed Baptist Theological Review (RBTR) news
RBTR is a theological journal I have editied since 2004. We have good news! I just received the proof copy of RBTR VI:2. The new cover really looks nice and I think the contents are worth reading. Articles include: 1. JUDGMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF GOD: A THEOLOGY OF...
Podcast 2: Dr. Waldron on the Doctrine of God
In this second episode (you can watch episode #1 here), Dr. Wadlron discusses his approach to a course he just finished teaching at MCTS - the Doctrine of God. Here’s something Dr. Waldron asserts and discusses in the interview, “I believe Evangelicals...
Canonical Structure of the OT – 2 (the Hebrew Bible)
The end of the Bible is the end or goal of the beginning to which Adam failed to attain.
Tom Wells’ book on the Sabbath: Chapter Two (III)
Wells interacts with Exod. 20:8 in less than one page. He offers what in my mind gives the appearance of a cavalier dismissal of this text with these words: “This text, of course, contains the command to keep a Sabbath. It clearly addresses only Israelites and others who live within their land, so it does not seem to be relevant under the New Covenant” (29). He then adds, “Despite that fact many find an argument in the word “remember”” (29; emphasis mine). He assumes that an assertion is a fact. Something seems wrong-headed about that.
The Law in the thought of those worth hearing: Part II
In part I of this series of posts, I said: Too often while reading contemporary authors on the law in the life of believers, I find myself asking the question, “Haven’t these guys read the great minds of the past on this issue?” Sometimes I get...
Practical Shepherding
Evaluating practical issues of local church ministry biblically, theologically, and pastorally. Really good stuff here by Pastor Brian Croft
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