Archive for December, 2009

Is Divorce Okay?

Posted: December 11, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Divorce

Is it really? I’m still not exactly sure… but this is what I wrote. You can read my paper for New Testament Ethics here.

New Covenant Presbyterian Church

Posted: December 10, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Nicholas T. Batzig

Who is New Covenant Presbyterian Church?

LIGONIER’s New Site!

Posted: December 10, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Ligonier

They released their new site here!

God Harden Israel Himself to Send Forth the Gospel to You

Posted: December 10, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Romans 11

The Apostasy of Israel and the Mission to the Gentiles. Many at times have no idea in how God bought forth redemption to the Gentiles. However Romans 11 shows the beauty of the Gospel in that God harden His own nation of Israel so that the Gentiles may know, see, hear, taste and partake in [...]

Dr. Joel Beeke Gives His Top Reads of 2009

Posted: December 9, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Uncategorized

#10 A Treatise on the Law and Gospel, by John Colquhoun, published by Soli Deo Gloria a Division of Reformation Heritage Books. In this book, Colquhoun helps us understand the precise relationship between law and gospel. He also impresses us with the importance of knowing this relationship. Colquhoun especially excels in showing how important the [...]

Eichrodt, Walther. Ezekiel: A Commentary, trans. Cosslett Quinn, Old Testament Library Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970. ___________. Man in the Old Testament, Studies in Biblical Theology 4, trans. K. and R. Gregor Smith. Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1951. ___________. The Flowering of Old Testament Theology. “Covenant” SBTS 1. 1st ed. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1992, pp. 30-42. ___________. [...]

The Manhattan Declaration: Why didn’t you sign it, R.C.?

Posted: December 8, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in R.C. Sproul

R.C. Sproul writes on The Manhattan Declaration, “The Manhattan Declaration confuses common grace and special grace by combining them. While I would march with the bishop of Rome and an Orthodox prelate to resist the slaughter of innocents in the womb, I could never ground that cobelligerency on the assumption that we share a common [...]

Pink writes, THERE is one passage more than any other which is I appealed to by those who believe in universal redemption, and which at first sight appears to teach that Christ died for the whole human race. We have therefore decided to give it a detailed examination and exposition. “And He is the propitiation [...]

Sola Scriptura: The Protestant Position on the Bible

Posted: December 7, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Reformation Trust

Sola Scriptura, the formal principle of the Protestant Reformation, is essential to genuine Christianity, for it declares that the Bible is the inspired word of God, the church’s only rule of faith and practice. Yet this doctrine is under assault today as never before, both from outside and and inside the church. In this book, [...]

8:7 Christ, in the work of mediation, acts according to both natures, by each nature doing that which is proper to itself;[37] yet, by reason of the unity of the person, that which is proper to one nature is sometimes in Scripture attributed to the person denominated by the other nature.[38] Thoughts: Christ did not [...]