Words have meaning. That much is self-evident. But words convey ideas, and as the old saying goes – ideas have consequences. People are quick to dismiss the usefulness of the battlefield of ideas – and to argue that actions, rather than debates are what change the world. But the story…
In the early years of my missionary training, there was a particular book that it seemed almost everyone was encouraging me to read. I won’t mention the author or the title, but I will say that at the time, it was being touted as the next Christian classic – something…
Rethinking the way we apply Isaiah 64:6 One of the core, if not the core truth in the Reformed doctrine of salvation, is the conviction that we cannot merit favour or acceptance with God on the basis of our works. John Owen, for instance, once said that our justification is…