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A More General Statement on Covenantal Paedobaptism

Since I’ve been going through particular texts, I thought it would be good to give a more general response to the reformed/covenantal argument for paedobaptism. Its a big issue, and there are lots of points...

December 30, 20092 Comments

What I learned from my internship at CHBC

In addition to being a time of significant personal growth in my ministry preparation, the past five months here at Capital Hill Baptist Church have been a theologically formative time for thinking through ecclesiology, or...

December 19, 20094 Comments

John Owen’s 7 volume commentary on Hebrews

Its been called the greatest commentary on Hebrews ever written. Its been said that what Luther did for Galatians, Owen did for Hebrews. Its been said that he who enters this work has entered into...

December 7, 20092 Comments

Are Mark 10:13-16 (and its parallels) valid prooftexts for paedobaptism?

I recently read Baptism: Three Views, ed. by David Wright, with Sinclair Ferguson arguing for paedobaptism, Bruce Ware for credo-baptism, and Anthony Lane for dual practice. I thought Ferguson’s selections were the best parts of...

December 4, 20094 Comments

Experiential Calvinism

During a walk the other day this thought popped into my head: if I were not a Calvinist because of Scripture, I think I would nevertheless instinctively understand something like Calvinism from my experience in...

November 28, 2009No Comments

Lewis, Tolkien, and Friendship

One of the interesting parts about The Narnian has been reading about Lewis’ friendships, and in particular his friendship with Tolkien. They made some funny statements about each other. For example, on hearing that the...

November 24, 2009No Comments

The Narnian

I am reading, and immensely enjoying, Alan Jacob’s The Narnian, an intellectual biography of C.S. Lewis that has come out within the last few years. Among many other passages and themes that could be commented...

November 11, 2009No Comments

The Voyage of Life

One of my first days here in D.C. I walked down to the National Art Gallery and spent a few hours looking at paintings. The painting that stood out to me the most was The...

November 3, 20093 Comments

My Fellow Interns

One of the greatest blessings of this internship program has been the chance to walk through it with the other interns. This is a picture of us recently after a dinner at an elder’s home...

October 31, 2009No Comments