Monthly Archives: June 2009

We Need More Dads Like H. L. Mencken’s

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 26, 2009

Or maybe not. An op-ed in the Journal reflects on the contemporary demise of Sunday school as an American religious institution and wonders about the effects of this development on the spiritual nurture of the nation’s youth.   Among the findings the author, Charlotte Hays, cites the following: A study by the Barna Group indicated that in… Read More→

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Can an Endorsement from WTS Be Far Away?

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 26, 2009

The reasons for thinking so are more than plausible.   But on the upside, this may pull the plug on using “Redeemer” when naming congregations. Who said Christian America was dead?

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Christian Liberty Prevails at Liberty U.

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 23, 2009

Man, is it hard being ideologically pure even with a biblical mandate.

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Did They Really Study at Westminster?

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 22, 2009

Some of us have thought that the problems at WTS went beyond whether or not Pete Enns believed in biblical inerrancy. A series that Daniel Kirk is writing on the structure of the universe shows why those concerns were and still are valid. (Thanks to Art Boulet for the tip about Kirk’s series.)  Professor Kirk… Read More→

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Too Cool for You? Whither the PCA

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 16, 2009

Calvary OPC in Glenside, Pennsylvania is a fairly vanilla Orthodox Presbyterian congregation.  Granted, the exterior is aesthetically quirky,  and the constraints of parking leave visitors wondering if they’ll be left behind should the rapture occur during a service. But the services are modest, centered on the word read and preached, the hymns are traditional; the Supper is… Read More→

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The Great Debate Concluded

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 13, 2009

(Reprinted from NTJ, April 1997) From: Glenn Morangie To: T. Glen Livet Date: 9/23/96 5:03pm Subject: Re: Psalmody -Reply -Reply -Reply -Reply Glen, I have been so long in responding because they actually want me to do work here. Go figure. I also couldn’t help but revel in your remark that I was “right on… Read More→

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Taking Every Swiss Alp Captive?

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 10, 2009

Why isolation may be more in keeping with Calvinism than domination.

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Inspiration in Denial

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 9, 2009

This was the proposed title for the piece (below) responding to Nelson Kloosterman’s series on Christ and culture for Christian Renewal in which he brands a Klinean two-kingdom outlook as “religious secularism.”  The essay appeared as a letter to the editor in the May 27th issue of CR on pages 5 and 9.  Thanks to the editors… Read More→

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Conservatism, Community, and Pilgrimage

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 4, 2009

I know at least one good Presbyterian pastor on the West Coast who’s jaws tighten at the thought that Reformed confessionalism and conservatism go hand in hand.  Part of the problem, of course, is conservatism.   Is it what Rush and Sean, or Roger Scruton, or George Will say it is?  Another way to consider the… Read More→

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Outside of Which No Ordinary Possibility of Salvation

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 2, 2009

Maybe it’s me, but I don’t understand the point of an organization that is not a church whose purpose is to gather pastors, who are in churches that already promote the gospel, for an undertaking called Gospel Coalition. What were the members of GC doing before when they were merely pastors preaching week-in and week-out, sometimes… Read More→

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