Student of theology, apologetics, and Christian affections. Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Wakefield, Michigan.
The central concern of this blog dictates that discussions of conservatism almost inevitably reduce to discussions of musical conservatism. This is not, in itself, a… Read More »Conservatism Beyond Music: Introduction
Christian discipleship tends to be taught as a linear process: we fill the head with right doctrine, and people should learn to live lives consistent… Read More »Corrupt affections are the soil of heresy
The free course being offered this June at Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis should be of particular interest to readers of this blog. It… Read More »Knowing and Loving God
Last week, I spoke at the Preserving the Truth Conference in Troy, MI. Of the three points that I made in my presentation (notes, audio),… Read More »Missions and the antithesis
Here’s the reality: those of us blogging here fully realize that our positions are not popular. Not popular, I suppose, greatly underestimates the matter: for… Read More »Finding common ground in the missions debate
The culture of any group of people has a profound influence on the sort of propositions that they are likely to find believable. Here, I’m… Read More »Culture and Truth
The purposes and positions of Religious Affections (the ministry and blog, not [necessarily] the book) are not obscure; this granted, I expect that our readers… Read More »Sola Scriptura and Form: What I’m Not Saying
In this discussion, I am using the term form, quite broadly, to denote those features of the biblical text that express (in additional to their… Read More »Sola Scriptura and Form: Biblical Form
In the first post of this series, I offered this thesis: “because the Bible is itself expressed in certain forms, and because the Bible is… Read More »Sola Scriptura and Form: Theology as a Problem
Dr. Matt Olson, president of Northland International University, opened a recent sermon on music thus: “What about the music? You know, it’s interesting, as we… Read More »Sola Scriptura and Form: Introduction
If God does indeed imbue creation with his own value judgments, we are obligated to order our loves in analogy to his. If what I’m… Read More »A Theological Basis of Conservatism, Part 7
In this series, we are establishing a theological foundation for conservatism, specifically the objective nature of aesthetic judgments. See part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here,… Read More »A Theological Basis of Conservatism, Part 6
In this series, we are establishing a theological foundation for conservatism, specifically the objective nature of aesthetic judgments. See part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here,… Read More »A Theological Basis of Conservatism, Part 5
In this series, we are establishing a theological foundation for conservatism, specifically the objective nature of aesthetic judgments. See part 1 here, part 2 here, and… Read More »A Theological Basis of Conservatism, Part 4
In this series, we are establishing a theological foundation for conservatism, specifically the objective nature of aesthetic judgments. See part 1 here and part 2 here.… Read More »A Theological Basis of Conservatism, Part 3
In this series, we are establishing a theological foundation for conservatism, specifically the objective nature of aesthetic judgments. See part 1 here. God’s aseity is… Read More »A Theological Basis of Conservatism, Part 2
Characteristic of our age is the wholehearted embrace of relativisms; I speak of relativisms (in the plural) because we can consider relativism from several (interrelated)… Read More »A Theological Basis of Conservatism, Part 1