Category Archives: Theology

Reading Thomas Oden, Theology Today – Vol 42, No. 1 – April 1985 – ARTICLE – Pastoral Care and the Unity of Theological Education. “There is a sense in which all theological disciplines-biblical, historical, theological, church and society, and practical-lack … Continue reading →

The Great Commentator on Psalm 62: It is essentially necessary, if we would fortify our minds against temptation, to have suitably exalted views of the power and mercy of God, since nothing will more effectually preserve us in a straight … Continue reading →

Bp JC Ryle’s “Knots Untied” is a great little book of essays for anyone inquiring about the evangelical protestant basis of the Anglican Church. They also reflect a healthy Reformed view of the sacraments of the Lord’s Supper and baptism … Continue reading →

A faithful servant of the gospel and a truly classical evangelical Anglican. Probably the last great advocate of the Book of Common Prayer. A sad day for his family and for the Anglican movement around the world. Peter Toon, 1939 … Continue reading →

Helen and I have always called it “the Blue Book”. Still a must read on biblical male headship in the home and church, even though it’s now brown. Mark Driscoll recently recommended Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood—or “The Big Blue … Continue reading →

Good article from Peter Bolt singing the praises of full-time theological study with many sound pragmatic arguments. You cannot easily proof-text a reason for this (beware those whose only diet is proof-texts). The theological reason for full time theological study … Continue reading →

Since leaving theological college, the number one sermon preparation resource I have most benefitted from is the BDAG lexicon. It is well worth the expensive price to get the book version. For Old Testament sermons I use the five volume … Continue reading →

I was going to try and write some thing on different manuscript models, but I realised I only really know about full text manuscripts. Many people love to bag the full-text sermon notes. There are actually a few ways they … Continue reading →

There are a few methods weekly preachers use to get away with very little or no preparation: Reuse something old. These preachers have a storehouse of decades of sermons, and maybe even systems for how to make sure they don’t … Continue reading →

Weekly preachers have different ways of getting a message together each week: Prepare early and relax. Often used by full text preachers who get it done on Tuesday or Wednesday then they can focus fully on other tasks. Chip away … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking about apostasy and heresy. The latter is a subset of the former. The people who are warned about in Hebrews 6 are not false teachers, but apostates. All false teachers are apostates. But not all apostates are … Continue reading →

Three new books have arrived in the mail this week. Lovely.

Another two volume biography of Whitefield. I hope to read Vol 2 of Dallimore this year. George Whitefield: A Definitive Biography Dr E. A. Johnston. 2 volumes, 572 600 pp, dark green cloth with d/w. Foreword by J. I. Packer … Continue reading →