As a follow-up to the last post, I just learned that The Society for the Study of Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism is starting up again. Anyone interested in being on the mailing list should contact Brock Bingaman at Loyola University Chicago: BBINGAM@LUC.EDU
A poetic inscription on the Lateran Baptistery in Rome gives a wonderful series of theological metaphors for baptism. John F. Baldovin notes that the inscription is “often attributed to the mid-fifth century pope, Sixtus III.” The inscription reads:
“Here is born in Spirit-soaked fertility/ a brood destined for another City,/ begotten by God’s blowing/ and borne [...]
…walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one [...]
This Christmas, consider supporting the King’s Meadow Endurance Team. George Grant is an advocate for substantive, classical Reformed liturgy, and they have exciting plans to expand into a full liberal arts college!
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Although this site continues to get steady traffic, I find myself too busy in my family and my studies to develop it as it could be. If anyone out there would like to contribute, either as a writer or an editor, let me know. The original vision was for this site to be a resource, [...]
I came across an exciting mission opportunity for academics. This organization sends Christian teachers into other countries, finding positions for them in secular universities. A quote on their home-page says it all:
“The university is a clear-cut fulcrum with which to move the world. Change the university and you change the world,”
declared Dr. Charles Malik, former [...]
Stephen Marshall, one of the leading Divines at the Westminster Assembly, ends his A Sermon of the Baptising of Infants thusly:
“Luther tels a Story of a gracious Virgin, who used to get the victory over Satan when he tempted her to any sinne, Satan I may not doe it; Baptizata sum, I am Baptized, and [...]
A friend of the Institute has started a new resource: Presbyterianbooks.com. Check it out!
I wanted to let the Reformed liturgical community know of an opportunity for a pastor who wants to lead a congregation in substantive liturgical worship.
Providence Church is a small congregation in Greenville, NC, with loads of enthusiasm for solid preaching and Reformed/catholic liturgy. Greenville is a university town, and the strategic center of Eastern NC.
Interested parties may [...]
One of the rare joys of searching through the ATLA Religion Database is reading the titles of articles like this, “Karl Barth en de Kinderdoop.” A brief exploration on the web reveals that “kinderdoop” means infant baptism in Dutch. Maybe we should celebrate our Dutch Reformed heritage more: “When do you doop your kinder?” “Well, we dooped [...]
