Category Archives: Shameless Selves Promotion

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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The Spirituality of the Church at the Westminster California Conference on Machen

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 15, 2011

I had the wonderful opportunity to speak last night at the WSC conference, Christianity & Liberalism Revisted. My topic was “The Perennial Machen,” which I changed to “The Perennial Problem with Machen.” Since evangelicals, neo-Calvinists, and even secular do-gooders malign the doctrine of the spirituality of the church, I attempted in one point to explain… Read More→

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Now He’s Channeling DG

By D. G. Hart | Published: October 12, 2010

And I don’t mean Desiring God Ministries. Carl Trueman offers some preliminary thoughts on the Christianity Today feature story on Al Mohler. Trueman recognizes a potential trap in offering a response. If Mohler represents evangelicalism, then the born-again identity is really much smaller than the evangelical guardians at Christianity Today and the National Association of… Read More→

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It’s All About Bob

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

Godfrey that is. But actually, it’s also about Aimee and Updike. It in this case is Always Reformed: Essays in Honor of W. Robert Godfrey, the festschrift to honor Westminster California’s lovely and talented president (just released and available at the WSC bookstore). As readers may wonder after perusing the table of contents, when was… Read More→

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My Brush With Greatness

By D. G. Hart | Published: September 18, 2010

Maybe it is just me, but back in the day when I could stay up late enough to watch the talk shows I wondered what I would say if I were ever in Letterman’s audience and his staff chose me to talk about my encounter with a celebrity. One instance, and I mentioned this to… Read More→

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Where is Justin Taylor When You Need Him?

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 11, 2009

Some bloggers use their page as a clearance house for what others are saying – sort of like Matt Drudge does the news. So if you want to know what John MacArthur thinks about the Manhattan Declaration, you could go here. Such places allow you to keep tabs on the doings and whereabouts of certain… Read More→

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Did Someone Say “Cocktails”?

By D. G. Hart | Published: September 24, 2009

The good folks at Christ Reformed Church (URC) in Washington, D.C. are sponsoring a lecture series on — you guessed it — John Calvin. “Calvin in the Capital” is a free speaker series exploring the life and work of John Calvin. Events will be held on Thursday evenings at 7:00 pm, running each week from… Read More→

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Peculiar, Idiosyncratic, Vinegary, Nonsensical

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

These are just some of the words used to describe this pilgrim’s efforts to explain, defend, and promote a Reformed understanding of two-kingdom theology and the spirituality of the church. Thanks to David Strain, I get another chance and readers have an opportunity to expand my vocabulary. I first met Pastor Strain at a Reformation… Read More→

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Two Kingdom Theology is the Change We’ve Been Waiting For

By D. G. Hart | Published: August 17, 2009

Kevin DeYoung, over at DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed, has weighed two-kingdom theology and Kuyperianism in the balance and hopes for a middle ground in the following way: I am loathe to be an apologist for the status quo, or to throw cold water on young people who want to see abortion eradicated or dream of… Read More→

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Summer Reading

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

“I don’t read books, I write them.” The first time I said that I knew it didn’t sound good. And that was the point because it was actually more a joke on me than on those who haven’t written books. Historians do not write because they are necessarily wise. And the way historians write means… Read More→

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