Sacramento's PCRT was over a week ago now, but the last of my notes were just posted today, and this is the set of links.

Overview Posts:
First Day
Second Day

Notes:
Session 1 - Great Exchange - Jerry Bridges
Session 2 - Justification Through Faith Alone - Derek Thomas
Session 3 - God the Justifier and the Just - Steve Lawson
Session 4 - Justification in Union With Christ - Derek Thomas
Session 5 - Present Reality of Justification - Jerry Bridges...

I still remember the first time I heard of that set of doctrines known as “Calvinism”. I was pretty young — either late-elementary school or early-junior high age. I don’t remember if I was reading my parents’ copy of Discipleship Journal or Christianity Today, but those were the two main Christian magazines we were getting at the time. I think the article was written by a woman — though there’s a 50% chance it was written by a man.

It was about the author’s own reflections on her...

This week in Christian Mind, Dr. Horton has been lecturing on the inspiration of the Scriptures. It’s been a really good set of lectures, as I hadn’t realised how much there was to the doctrine of inspiration. In my previous theology classes, we’d only touched on it — the results of a survey class — but I wasn’t left with the impression that there was that much more to be said. I should’ve guessed.

It’s been fascinating to learn just how high a view of God’s sovereignty is needed in...

I’m frequently a witness to theological online discussions, and I have noticed that very few people understand what the Reformers meant with the principle of Scripture alone. One man consistently argued that there is no such thing, because even the Reformers referred to the theologians who had gone before them. He is neither Roman nor Orthodox, but the pastor of a non-denominational, charismatic church.

Throw in a reference to a confession or catechism, and people almost always consider...

Last night in Ancient Church, we covered some more background on the Nicene Council. I think that the circumstances surrounding the development of the Nicene Creed and the very important doctrine that it contains (that the Son is consubstantial with the Father) is one of history's examples of the ways in which God will preserve His Church.

The Nicene Council met in 325, but it wouldn't be until 381, at the Council of Constantinople, that resistance to the creed would effectively end...