Think Theology

Thabiti Anyabwile has written a brief review of Iain Murray’s new book, Life of Arthur W Pink. I have not had the chance to read Murray’s biography of Pink, but I really appreciated what Anyabwile wrote. Arthur Pink was raised in a Christian home and later rejected the Christian faith to join the occult. Several [...]

Tim Chester provides some notes from a lecture that was given by Duncan Forbes (Part 1 and Part 2), who summarizes why we need to preach the sovereignty of God in deprived areas by stating that, 1. God is in charge 2. God is in control of both good and bad things 3. God has [...]

“The plain old Protestant doctrine is that the place of faith in justification is only that of a hand or instrument, receiving the righteousness of Christ, for the sake of which alone we are justified. So that, though great scholars do often confound themselves and others in their disputations about faith’s justifying a sinner, every [...]

“It deserves notice that the views of the apostles, after the atonement had become an accomplished fact, underwent the most memorable change. Long had the repelled the thought of Christ’s death, which they clearly enough perceived must be the death-blow of all their Jewish dreams and theories. But when it actually arrived, and they looked [...]

I am the lucky brother of a wonderful sister who has down syndrome. I have also had friends and family who have lost infants. Lately I’ve had several people ask me about babies who die and people with developmental disabilities. What happens to them when they die? Well, this question is close to many of [...]

Dr. Sam Storms, pastor of Bridgeway Church, writes: “No less a part of this divine plan is the salvation of fallen sinners. However else one wishes to conceive it, God’s election of individuals to eternal life ante-dates creation. It is a pre-temporal act which the biblical authors describe as having transpired “before the foundation of [...]

John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion is considered a classic by most theologians. Regardless of whether one is Reformed or not, Calvin is one of the greatest theologians that the Reformation produced. His influence spans from the realm of theology to economics. When former President Bill Clinton was asked by CNN’s John Roberts, “Could [...]

Justin Taylor points out an interesting discussion by Doug Wilson – Sproul and Wright: Judging by the Paperwork vs. Judging by the Heart. Taylor quotes the following gem from Wilson: The irony is that the mistake Wright makes about first century Jews, R.C. makes about the Reformed, and the valuable insight that Wright offers pastorally [...]