‘Faith’ in the Letter to the Hebrews
In his helpful little book, God's Words, J.I. [...]
‘God is Love’
The statement, "God is love" (1 John 4:8,16), 'is one of the most tremendous ...
A quick defence of the Trinity
Challenged by a Jehovah's Witness heckler to defend the doctrine of the Trinity ...
An ethic of hope
An ethic of hope pervades the New Testament:- It is an ethic of pilgrimage: ...
Application in preaching
J.I. [...]
Calvin and the (in)errancy of Scripture
It is clear to any reader of the works of John Calvin that he had a very high ...
Christ and the Bible
The Living and the Written Word Christ and the Bible - the Living Word and ...
Christ’s ascension – the Lamb upon his throne
We are too apt to move straight from an assertion of Christ's resurrection ...
Do we have ‘free will’?
C.H. [...]
Faith
Regrettably, the subject of faith has been a matter of controversy in many ...
Guidance
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Guidance – perils and pitfalls
Christians, as J.I. [...]
In praise of tradition
Evangelicals can sometimes be understandably nervous about 'tradition'. ...
Justification – a peripheral doctrine?
A couple of years ago Roger Forster, founder of Ichthus Christian Fellowship, ...
Knowing God
“This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus ...
Knowing God, and knowing about him
'A little knowledge of God,' wrote J.I. Packer, 'is worth more than a great ...
Packer on eternal punishment
In 1990, aware that respected evangelicals such as John Stott, Philip Edgcumbe ...
Puritan evangelism
J.I. [...]
Signs of life
Regenerations, according to T.C. Hammond, is 'a spiritual resurrection into ...
Sin
'If you have not learned about sin,' writes J.I. [...]
Spiritual authority
In his excellent collection of essays and papers on the Puritans, J.I. Packer ...
The Bible and women’s ministry
The thoughts that follow are based on an address given by J.I. [...]
The challenge of universalism
Universalism has become the new orthodoxy for many Christian thinkers and groups. ...
The doctrine of the ascension
The Ascension establishes three facts: 1. Christ's personal ascendancy. Jesus ...
The driving force in Jesus’ life
Sit down (suggests J.I. Packer, in his celebrated book Knowing God) and read ...
The Gospel – its content and communication
J.I. Packer explores this topic with cross-cultural evangelism in mind. Here's ...
The Holy Spirit – before and after Pentecost
J.I. [...]
The Holy Spirit in the New Testament
In the New Testament, the Holy Spirit is given as '"another (i.e. a second) ...
The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
The ‘Holy Spirit' is named as such only three times in the Old Testament: ...
The justice of final judgement
'The justice of God’s final judgment, which Jesus will administer, according ...
The logic of penal substitution
There are three principal ways in which Christ's death has been understood ...
The logic of the Virgin Birth
‘The Virgin Birth meshes harmoniously with the rest of the New Testament ...
The Puritan path of piety
In mapping the path of piety (that is to say, godliness), the Puritans focused ...
The Puritans as interpreters of Scripture
Some general statements:- 1. Puritan exegetes are pre-modern, in the sense ...
What is legalism?
Legalism is a distortion of obedience. It is guilty of:- a skewed purpose, ...
What is Liberal Theology?
This blog is written from an evangelical and reformed perspective. Such a ...
What is Providence?
'Providence' (writes J.I. Packer) 'is normally defined in Christian theology ...
Who were the Puritans?
Lord Macauley once described the Puritans as 'perhaps the most remarkable body ...
Why has the credibility of preaching declined?
J.I. [...]