The Oak Log

I recently finished reading and reviewing Vern S. Poythress' book on the harmonization of the Gospels entitled Inerrancy and the Gospels...

I regularly recall the marrow of lesson that Wayne Grudem taught on the common grace of God in which he vividly describes God's great me...

"...we have been called to "take hold" of eternal life. There is urgency in our faith. True faith struggles to pry our hands ...

Book Review – Inerrancy and the Gospels I am not overly interested in biblical inerrancy though I certainly hold to it and have r...

In his Institutes of the Christian Religion , Calvin addresses why it is that humans needed God to become man in order to mediate our recon...

God has given us His Word that we might be fully equipped in our understanding. However, the fullness is not exhaustive. We are given everyt...

This is a fantastic excerpt by Jonathan K. Dodson from his book Gospel Centered Discipleship . Every sentence in this passage is worth cont...

There have been some busy months in the St. John house this fall. The past month has been particularly crazy. Some respite is in sight, howe...

I can't stress enough how helpful I find the writings of Professor Scott Oliphint. His books have been very formative in my understandin...

So you see, everyone fights for something. The desire to fight isn't masculine or feminine; it is human. Deep down we all want to be not...

It was an exciting weekend at the ice rinks for two of the St. Johns. My two oldest girls competed in tournaments in Oshawa, Ontario and bot...

From James Durham's collection of 72 sermons on Isaiah 53 entitled Christ Crucified : For your encouragement, consider that it is mo...

The Great Commission is not evangelism or discipleship centered; it is gospel centered. It calls us to make disciples by being a people who ...

The incarnation of Christ is a perpetual spring of encouragement and source of amazement; that He would become like us is too wonderful for ...

I recently finished the first volume of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy called All The Pretty Horses . It was a very enjoyable read ...

Puritan pastor James Durham, in his monumental work on Isaiah 53, addresses Christ's intercession as our Mediator. In his book entitled ...

Jonathan Edwards, in his classic Christian work on love called Charity and Its Fruits , gives charismatics a good reminder "wherein the...

Many Christian have the mistaken notion that if only we were better Christians, everyone would appreciate us. They don't realize that ...

Sealed in my heart that day was the truth that unless the gospel is made explicit, unless we clearly articulate that our righteousness is im...

Death, be not proud (Holy Sonnet 10) by John Donne Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou are ...