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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]

Break Down the Walls

By Aaron Lord

Posted on July 8, 2009

Dr. Timothy George on the embracing of Reformed theology by young people: [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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covenant theology

Why I won’t be going to the Shepherd’s Conference any time soon, Part 2: John MacArthur

By Aaron Lord

Posted on June 30, 2009

When I started working on my last post 3 months ago, I quickly realized the two major issues from the Shepherd’s Conference were John MacArthur’s eschatology and Phil Johnson’s treatment of Mark Driscoll. I decided to separate these issues into two separate posts. [Read More]

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Why I won’t be going to the Shepherd’s Conference anytime soon, part 1: Phil Johnson

By Aaron Lord

Posted on June 30, 2009

I’ve been sitting on this one for a while because I wanted to make sure I was fully-informed and was hearing straight from the horse’s mouth. [Read More]

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R.C. Sproul on Vocation

By Aaron Lord

Posted on June 29, 2009

Here are a couple of quotes from God’s Will and Your Job (pt. 2), posted on the Ligonier blog (reprinted from a book that does not appear to be available). We must remember that God is the perfect Manager. He is efficient in his selection, calling people according to the... [Read More]

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iTunes Smart Playlist "all" vs. "any" issue

By Aaron Lord

Posted on June 29, 2009

I figured out a solution to the “all” vs. “any” issue with iTunes Smart Playlists. [Read More]

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