I must follow, if I can


Pursuing it with eager feet / Until it joins some larger way
  • The Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace

    By Aaron Lord
    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]
  • eBuddy for iPhone

    By Aaron Lord
    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
    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
    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
    “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
    “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
    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]