Yesterday I had a long conversation with some Jehovah’s Witnesses who were standing in our town square. It was really frustrating. So frustrating that this morning when I was trying to focus on reading the Bible and praying, I was still stewing on it to the point of distraction. It was frustrating for a couple…

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he…

Sam Waldron’s commentary on the 1689 Baptist Confession opens with an excellent essay by Dr Robert Paul Martin called ‘The Legitimacy and Use of Confessions.’ I can’t speak for other contexts, though I would expect it’s about the same, but in Baptist church culture in Scotland there’s a real aversion to creeds and confessions.

The Heidelberg Catechism takes the reader through a beautiful tour of biblical doctrine in a crisp, clear, and devotional manner, and over the last couple of weeks I’ve especially appreciated its exposition of the Lord’s Prayer. The question/answer format slightly disguises the fact that the last 10 questions of the Catechism are an expository expansion…