Archive for April, 2009:

Concrete Work of the Spirit: Poythress

By Ed Trefzger
Published on April 18, 2009 ( View Comments )

My course work at TNARS included an article by Dr. Vern Sheridan Poythress, “New Testament Worldview”, which is part of Revolutions in Worldview: Understanding the Flow of Western Thought (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2007). The following is quoted from pages 94 to 95: Christ is the final revelation of God to human beings (Heb. [...]

Gonzales: Giving Proper Due to the People in the Pew

By Ed Trefzger
Published on April 17, 2009 ( View Comments )

Dr. Bob Gonzales, dean of Reformed Baptist Seminary, gets it exactly right in the first of his series: Giving Proper Due to the People in the Pew: A Biblical Defense of Lay-Ministry and Lay-Evangelism, Part 1 | RBS Tabletalk.

MacArthur: The Rape of Solomons Song

By Ed Trefzger
Published on April 17, 2009 ( View Comments )

John MacArthur has addressed coarse and unseemly language in the pulpit, most specifically directing comments toward Mark Driscoll, in a four-part series ending in this Q&A: The Rape of Solomons Song Part 4–conclusion Dr. MacArthur writes in part: One of the fundamental problems with this whole discussion is a refusal by many to acknowledge the [...]