A Brief History of Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology »

Dispensationalism was essentially founded by John Nelson Darby in the 1840s. Darby claims that God hid the special insights of his theology from Christians for over 1,700 years, and then revealed it only to him during his lifetime.[1] The preaching of D.L. Moody and the Scofield Reference Bible popularized Dispensationalism in America. Eventually, in the [...]

2010 Calvinism for the 21st Century Conference Review »

The conference went well, as did my presentation “Calvin, Bavinck, and 21st Century views of Inerrancy” (audio is here, video and text are still processing). Though, I have much to learn in terms of being concise and effective during question and answer sessions (I’ve been telling myself a hundred times “I should have said _____!”). [...]

A Response to Michael Spencer on Inerrancy »

Introduction: Some New Action on the Debate on Inerrancy As soon as I finished the rough draft of my conference paper, “Calvin, Bavinck, and 21st Century Views of Inerrancy,” I became aware of the 2010 March/April edition of Modern Reformation Journal, “Inspiration and Inerrancy.” Fortunately, the majority of the essays are more or less revisions [...]

Quick Thanks »

Last night I spoke on “What Christians Believe About God” at Chi Alpha on the campus of Chadron State College. The primary texts were Acts 17 (Paul’s speech) and Romans 1:1-6. I simply can’t express the joy of opening up the Word in front of such a spirited group of believers (and the largest on [...]

Clarifications on the Horton/Hahn Post »

An exchange of comments occured between me and a friend on facebook. This might help some readers, so I’ve decided to post it: I’m not seeing this in the same light you are, bro. To endorse a “theological biography” is quite different than endorsing a theology. The book is presented as a summary of Benedict’s [...]

Popular Reformed Author Endorses Catholic Apologist’s New Book »

Most Christians know Michael Horton for his best-selling book Christless Christianity, his teaching career in apologetics and theology at Westminster Seminary, or his radio show The White Horse Inn. In more scholarly circles, Horton is respected for his research at Oxford and Yale, as well as his publications on covenant theology. Indeed, the Christian community [...]