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Westminster Theological Seminary Inaugurates The Stephen Tong Chair of Reformed Theology
By Luke Leung
Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS) held an inaugural ceremony for The Stephen Tong Chair of Reformed Theology on September 12, 2011. The first occupant is Chinese-American Rev. Dr. Jeffry K. Jue, associate professor of church history at WTS.
A Congregation in Skinny Jeans
By Marisa Meltzer
One recent Sunday night on the south side of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a crowd of more than 100 men and women in their 20s and early 30s gathered. True to the unspoken dress code of the neighborhood, they were wearing high-waisted skinny jeans, vintage T-shirts and deliberately homely sweaters.
Recently, after presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann cited Schaeffer as an influence on her life and thinking, Schaeffer has come under attack, both in The New Yorker and on NPR. Given Barrs close relationship with the Schaeffers, byFaith asked him to comment on these criticisms.
[Today] is Halloween. But more importantly, it’s Reformation Day—when the church celebrates and commemorates October 31, 1517.
Our Reformed theological tradition can include all kinds of people who love Christ and His Word and who have a healthy regard for the summaries of doctrine passed down to us in the Reformed confessions.
Laura Black is living an extraordinary life. The 36-year-old mother of three is fighting metastatic cancer and inspiring hundreds of thousands through her blog about her journey through pain and hope.
Justification by Faith
By William C. Robinson
It is the conviction of the writer that one cause for so much of our present loose theological thinking and for the diminution of the vitality and power of present Christianity is that too few of us have thought out just what this cardinal doctrine of the Reformation is.
The woman at the well offers a glimpse of how quickly a person can be transformed by turning to God–and how much a transformed life can transform the world.
Where are Today’s Debaters? Lessons from Justin Martyr
By Richard Doster
Second-century apologist Justin Martyr studied his culture. He understood the prevailing “worldview,” even if the term hadn’t yet been coined.
