Category Archives: Piety without Exuberance

The Church Is Revival

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 4, 2011

Why are the people who long for and advocate revivals so negative? What I mean is that the desire for revival appears to breed a fair amount of discontentment. Church members aren’t godly or zealous enough, the pastor isn’t evangelistic enough, the church is too small – these are the sorts of criticisms that are… Read More→

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Desiring God or Faith in Christ?

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 3, 2011

I am falling behind on responses to the last post — the hazards of moving and orchestrating a relocation. TMI alert! But — dare I say — I am still leading family worship, pious Reformed Protestant that I try to be (TMI warning!), and this morning encountered the following from Martin Luther. It strikes me… Read More→

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Otherworldly Thursday: Calvin on the Spiritual Life

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 16, 2010

As much as some critics may question my personal piety, I do daily attend to private worship and often make use of readings from the likes of the Reformers. (It grieves me to admit this since such public unction seems to be at odds with Christ’s own counsel to his followers in Matt 6: 5.)… Read More→

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History Is Not Rocket Science

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 7, 2010

. . . but it’s not theology either. I wonder if they’ll be selling copies of Trueman’s new book at the conference.

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If the Gospel Coalition Embraces It, Will 2k Lose Its Edge?

By D. G. Hart | Published: November 10, 2010

One of the smarter moves by 2k proponents was David VanDrunen’s to publish his sequel to Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms with Crossway, the firm with the most direct ties to the Gospel Coalition, thanks to Justin Taylor’s footprint in both organizations. So far 2k has come into print through outlier publishers, such as… Read More→

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Desert Island Texts

By D. G. Hart | Published: August 27, 2010

I recently heard a sermon that included the point about the value of biblical memorization. Along with it came the warning about what would happen if we found ourselves in a situation without access to the Bible. If believers do not hide the word in their hearts, the logic goes, they will not have any… Read More→

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Moderation Coalition

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 16, 2010

Is it just me, or has a pattern emerged among the leaders of the Gospel Coalition – namely, to regard Reformed Protestants as extreme? First, Ray Ortlund compared TR’s to the Judaizers in Paul’s Galatia. The Judaizers in Galatia did not see their distinctive – the rite of circumcision – as problematic. They could claim… Read More→

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Of Choice Meats and Good Cigars

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 24, 2010

Our friendly interlocutor, Zrim, took a dose of exception to the recent post here about drinking and smoking with Mike Horton – not with Mark Dever. He makes the plausible point that many Reformed types have graduated from a fundamentalist piety to the full-orbed one of smoking, drinking, and maybe even cussing, as part of… Read More→

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Scott Clark Has a Point

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 16, 2010

(Or, show me your confessionalism!) In Recovering the Reformed Confession, Scott Clark argues for and understanding of the Christian ministry and piety that informed the confessions of the Reformed churches pretty much all the way down to when Boy George (Whitefield) set foot in the North American British colonies. Among the points Clark makes is… Read More→

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When Does The Multi-Site Pastor Get to Confess His Sins?

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 19, 2009

One of the advantages of being a Country Parson that Tim Keller and I both failed to mention is the ability of rural ministers to worship with their congregations while leading in worship. This thought came to mind when reading the recent USA Today piece on the Rev. Keller and multi-site churches. According to the… Read More→

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