>Catechism #55-58

>I've gotten behind in posting. Question #55: What do you understand by "the communion of saints"?Answer: First, that believers one and all, as members of this community, share in Christ and in all his treasures and gifts. Second, that each member should consider it a duty to use these gifts readily and cheerfully for the … Continue reading >Catechism #55-58

>John Williamson Nevin: On the Incarnation

>John Nevin’s writings on the incarnation elucidate the central role the incarnation plays in genuine Christian theology. Between the years 1845 and 1851 Nevin’s engaged the doctrine of the incarnation extensively, first in the publication of his major work The Mystical Presences as well as in a series of articles that appeared in the new … Continue reading >John Williamson Nevin: On the Incarnation

>John Williamson Nevin – His Life

>John Williamson Nevin was born in 1803 near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania to Martha and John Nevin. John Sr. was a well-educated Presbyterian (Scotch-Irish) farmer. According to his biographer Theodore Appel, John considered it “an important part of his youthful training and worthy of note” that he grew up on a farm “in the midst of a … Continue reading >John Williamson Nevin – His Life

>John Williamson Nevin, Part 1

>I finished up a paper on John Williamson Nevin today. I don't always share my papers, but Nevin was very challenging, and very encouraging to me. So, with modifications, I'll share my paper over a series of posts.John Williamson Nevin is a nineteenth century theologian little known in the contemporary evangelical world. If he were … Continue reading >John Williamson Nevin, Part 1

>Tug of War Over Jesus

>In response to a newsweek article on a meeting of moderate Christians to think through, in preparation for the 2012 campaigns, a response to the religious rights rhetoric, Jason Stellman (Creed Code Cult) raises the questions, "How ought the Reformed Christian to react to all this? What should be our response to learning that, come … Continue reading >Tug of War Over Jesus