This review was originally posted on HeraldofGrace.org and has been re-posted by the permission of the author. The Imperative of Preaching: A Theology of Sacred Rhetoric1John Carrick2Banner of Truth Book Review by D. Scott Meadows Introduction Since...
Book Recommendation | The Imperative of Preaching by John Carrick
Recently in a discussion about hermeneutics and preaching, the chairman of the Board of CBTS, John Miller, recommended to us John Carrick’s book entitled, The Imperative of Preaching: A Theology of Sacred Rhetoric. John Carrick is introduced on the Banner of Truth...
Chapter 7 of John Mark’s Remarkable Career—His Likely and Momentous Authorship of the Gospel of Mark
This is the 9th part of a 9 part series, you can find the other 7 parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Chapter 7 of John Mark’s Remarkable Career—His Likely and Momentous Authorship of the Gospel of Mark The unanimous...
Chapter 6 of John Mark’s Remarkable Career—His Subsequent and Significant Relation with the Apostle Peter
This is the 8th part of a 9 part series, you can find the other 7 parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Chapter 6 of John Mark’s Remarkable Career—His Subsequent and Significant Relation with the Apostle Peter 1 Peter 5:13 reads: “She who is in Babylon, chosen together...
Chapter 5 of John Mark’s Remarkable Career—His Later and Complete Reconciliation with the Apostle Paul
Chapter 5 of John Mark’s Remarkable Career—His Later and Complete Reconciliation with the Apostle Paul This is the 7th part of a 9 part series, you can find the other 6 parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. We do not know how the turn-around in the life of John Mark came...
Chapter 4 of John Mark’s Remarkable Career—His Pivotal and Tragic Place in the Disagreement between Barnabas and Saul
Chapter 4 of John Mark’s Remarkable Career—His Pivotal and Tragic Place in the Disagreement between Barnabas and Saul This is the 6th part of a 9 part series, you can find the other 5 parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. It is the account of the disagreement between Barnabas...
The Separation of Church and State? | (Part 4 of 4) A Few Observations on Civil Government Enforcing the 1st Table of the Law and the Dangers in the Original Westminster Confession and Its View of Church and State
The Separation of Church and State? These blogs have been a polemic against the original Reformed and Westminster view of church and state. Before I conclude these blogs, I want to give a brief and simple description of a scriptural and proper view of religious...
Christ Is King! | (Part 3 of 4) A Few Observations on Civil Government Enforcing the 1st Table of the Law and the Dangers in the Original Westminster Confession and Its View of Church and State
Christ Is King! In my first two blogs, I have attempted to point out the dangers which lurk in the waters of the original Westminster and older Presbyterianism. Someone might ask at this point about the fact that Christ is King over all things including the realm of...
What Lies Beneath! | (Part 2 of 4) A Few Observations on Civil Government Enforcing the 1st Table of the Law and the Dangers in the Original Westminster Confession and Its View of Church and State
What Lies Beneath! Most people are not experts on the history of Presbyterianism. This means that they might not realize that the mild and mannerly Presbyterianism with which we are familiar in the USA is not necessarily representative of the views of the original...
What Dangers Lurk! – A Few Observations on Civil Government Enforcing the 1st Table of the Law and the Dangers in the Original Westminster Confession and Its View of Church and State Part 1 of 4
What Dangers Lurk! I found myself last week in a Webinar on the church’s response to the Covid 19 Crisis. In particular, the theme revolved around the idea of civil disobedience with respect to civil orders for churches to cease assembling for the time being as...
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