Tag Archives: pietism

Two-Kingdom Tuesday: A 2K Pietist (and Dutch to boot!)

By D. G. Hart | Published: November 9, 2010

Wilhelmus a Brakel was a seventeenth-century Dutch Reformed pastor, and a leader in the so-called Second Reformation of the Dutch churches. At one blog dedicated to Brakel this development in Dutch Protestantism receives the following description: By this term, Nadere Reformatie, we mean a movement in the 17th century which was a reaction against dead… Read More→

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Tim Keller Should Join the OPC Where Fighting Is A Virtue

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 30, 2010

Those not going to Nashville for the PCA’s General Assembly may be interested to know that Tim Keller is appearing with Ligon Duncan at a mid-Assembly seminar for what looks like round two of their debate/discussion on the PCA’s identity. For those who want to know what Keller is going to say, no reason to… Read More→

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Mike Horton is More Fun Than Mark Dever (though Mark has his moments)

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 9, 2010

Justin Taylor made me do it. He linked to Ray Ortlund’s blog from a couple days ago at the Gospel Coalition – calling it a “classic” in which the he warns TR’s (i.e., Truly Reformed) about the danger of falling into the Judaizer trap. Ortlund writes: The Judaizers in Galatia did not see their distinctive… Read More→

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What Would Jesus Bake?

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

The obvious answer is manna. But thanks to this piece from our mid-West correspondent, I am less confident of that answer. The Jesus Cookie is either a hoax or a vehicle for evangelism. According to the website: We are a family owned business, dedicated to furthering the kingdom of Jesus Christ. It is our mission… Read More→

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All Spirit, No Body: Evangelicalism’s Gnostic Problem

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 19, 2010
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The Evangelical Manifesto has pretty much come and gone. (It’s domain name has actually expired.) It was supposed to give evangelicalism, sagging with the worries and fears of the Religious Right, a face lift. And then along came Sarah Palin and the chances for evangelicalism finding a prettier face happened, but not the way the… 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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