Between the Trees

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So yesterday we left our heroes - Machen, Scofield, Sunday, and the rest - in an awkward coalition whose primary commonality was a shared disdain for the liberalism - which was termed “modernism” in their day - that had taken over northern churches. And we said the theology that emerged was essentially the basic points [...]

Note: This is part of an ongoing series. Part 1, Part 2.
First, we’ll need to describe the basic view-point Tullian is getting at in Unfashionable. The way of thinking espoused by Tullian is largely novel in the broadly evangelical movement in the USA so the discussion has arose as a result of this view’s challenge [...]

For anyone who is curious - the answer was Erasmus.
It’s a quote from his “Inquisition into Faith” from his Colloquies, which was essentially a book meant to teach people how to have Latin as good as Erasmus’. It’s from this collection of Erasmus’ writings, which I’ve enormously enjoyed. If you haven’t read Erasmus, you really [...]

This semester I’ve been doing extensive study on the life of a German reformer named Martin Bucer who was a contemporary of Luther and Calvin. As I’ve studied him, I’ve been surprised many times by how much I relate to many of his struggles and beliefs.
This quote from his biography says it all, “Bucer was [...]

Currently I’m taking a class on literature of the British Restoration from 1660-1810, part of which includes reading a ton of Alexander Pope. For tomorrow’s class, we’re reading his Eloisa and Abelard, Pope’s retelling of the story of Heloise and Peter Abelard, a medieval scholastic theologian. (If you’re not familiar with it, go read the [...]

John Piper’s biographical message on George Whitefield is now online.
Here’s the money quote, coming from Whitefield himself:
““I’ll tell you a story. The Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 1675 was acquainted with Mr. Butterton the [actor]. One day the Archbishop . . . said to Butterton . . . ‘pray inform me Mr. Butterton, what [...]

While I have never been in a tradition which utilizes it much, the church calendar has always been somewhere along the edge of my awareness. To clarify for the bible-church evangelicals, I’m talking about the whole church calendar from Advent to Pentecost, with everything in between. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve grown both in this [...]

Today is the 525th anniversary of his birth in Eisleben.

The first time I met Bart Moseman, I probably freaked him out. I was a wide-eyed freshman who wanted to change the university over-night and I was trying to enlist his help to do it. And given Bart’s aversion to method and event-driven ministry, I’m guessing I probably scared him. But he was nice about [...]