I must follow, if I can

Pursuing it with eager feet / Until it joins some larger way

  • Two Mountains: Sinai and Zion

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on July 12, 2009

    The third chapter of Michael Horton’s book Introducing Covenant Theology is a difficult one, but we are encouraged by looking at the opening of chapter four, where he says we have our most difficult work behind us. [Read More]
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  • The Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on July 11, 2009

    I am getting ready to post on another Chapter from Michael Horton’s Introducing Covenant Theology, and I thought it might be helpful to clear up a couple things about covenant theology before we dig deeper into the book.In Reformed theology, we see three covenants in Scripture: Redemption, Works, and Grace.... [Read More]
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  • eBuddy for iPhone

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on July 10, 2009

    New iPhone IM app with Push Notification! http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/07/08/ebuddy-for-iphone-joins-the-push-notification-bandwagon/ [Read More]
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  • Was Shakespeare a Closet Calvinist?

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on July 10, 2009

    Leland Ryken notes: Hamlet's friend Horatio quips, "I knew you must be edified by the margent ere you had done." A colloquial version of that would be, "I knew you would need an explanatory marginal note to figure that one out." "Edified by the margent:" this is an allusion to... [Read More]

  • The Expository Genius of John Calvin

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on July 9, 2009

    In celebration of John Calvin’s birthday, R.C. Sproul’s Ligonier Ministries is giving away a special gift every day this week “for a donation of any amount.” Today’s gift is Steven Lawson’s The Expository Genius of John Calvin, from his “Long Line of Godly Men Profiles” series. I encourage you to... [Read More]

  • Writing As I Learn

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on July 9, 2009

    “I count myself one of the number of those who write as they learn and learn as they write.” – John Calvin, quoting Augustine, in The Institutes, p. 5 [Read More]

  • Holier Than No One

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on July 7, 2009

    “Nothing in men is more odious and offensive to God than a proud conceit of themselves and contempt of others; for commonly those are most unholy of all that think themselves holier than any” (Matthew Henry). [Read More]
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  • Chapter 2.5: God’s Freedom in Covenant

     By Aaron Lord

    Posted on July 1, 2009

    In the second half of chapter 2 in Introducing Covenant Theology, Michael Horton drills down towards the characteristics of the biblical covenant. It is founded on God’s transcendence, his sovereign election, and his grace, which is proclaimed loudly in his forbearance. [Read More]
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