Gavin, Author at Truth Unites

Ecclesiastical Latin

A PhD in historical theology at Fuller requires reading competence in Greek, Hebrew, Latin, German, and French. I’m hoping to take my Latin placement exam before I start in August, so I’ve started working through...

March 29, 20127 Comments

The Greatest Drama Ever Staged

Some favorite quotes from this brief piece by Dorothy Sayers: Official Christianity, of late years, has been having what is known as a bad press. We are constantly assured that the churches are empty because...

March 22, 2012No Comments

Warfield on Augustine (3): The Confessions

For Warfield, The Confessions represents the quintessential Augustine. He defends Augustine from criticisms that The Confessions is too morbid and introspective, arguing that Augustine talks about himself only to direct us to the goodness and grace of...

March 17, 2012No Comments

The Crowning of Charlemagne

One of the books I’ve engaged with a bit to learn more about church history is Mark Noll’s Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity (Baker Academic, 1997, 2000 [2nd ed.]). I’ve started...

March 8, 20121 Comment

Warfield on Augustine (2): Augustine’s Development

In engaging different interpretations of Augustine’s development, Warfield helpfully argues for the legitimacy of his 386 conversion, and essential continuity in his thought from this point through the remainder of his career (pp. 372-383). The...

March 3, 2012No Comments

Warfield on Augustine (1): Augustine and Protestantism

As part of my Augustine project I am reading some of B.B. Warfield’s essays on Augustine, which are fascinating. Warfield is quite sympathetic to Augustine, seeking to defend him from much revisionist scholarship and show his...

February 26, 20123 Comments

Ezekiel

The book of Ezekiel has been on my mind a lot these days, partly because I am reading through it in my devotions, and partly because I got to hear my pastor Paul Beck give...

February 20, 2012No Comments

Salvation and Ministry in II Corinthians 4

I’ve frequently thought in the past about how important it is for our identity to be rooted in Christ while we serve in ministry, so that our ministry does not become our functional sense of...

February 15, 20121 Comment

“Jesus is your Buddy” is not the Gospel

I spoke to the youth yesterday from Isaiah 36-37 on “Letting God be God over enemies.” We are going through a series in Isaiah called “Let God be God,” looking at God’s role in our...

February 6, 20124 Comments