William Perkins: 3 Reasons the Spirit Drove Christ into the Wilderness to be Tempted

By Obbie T. Todd While a student at Christ’s College at Cambridge, William Perkins (1558-1602) experienced his conversion after overhearing a woman in the street chiding her disobedient child. Much to his surprise and humiliation, the mother alluded to him as “drunken Perkins.” According to Perkins, this experience then propelled him to reform his ways …

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Book Briefs: The Doctrine of Justification by James Buchanan

By Evan Knies James Buchanan was born in Paisley in the west of Scotland, and later studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1840 he was appointed to be minister of the High Church (St. Giles) in Edinburgh, where he became colleague to Dr. Robert Gordon, another evangelical preacher. After Thomas Chalmers' death in 1847, …

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Book Briefs: Transforming Homosexuality by Denny Burk and Heath Lambert

By Evan Knies Denny Burk is professor of Biblical Studies at Boyce College and has served as the editor of the Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Heath Lambert is the executive director of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors and professor of biblical counseling at SBTS and Boyce College. Transforming Homosexuality is a work that helps …

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Book Briefs: Return to Me by Mark Boda

By Evan Knies Mark Boda is Professor of Old Testament at McMaster Divinity College and Professor in the Faculty of Theology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Martin Luther begins the the 95 Theses by stating, "When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said "Repent", He called for the entire life of believers to be one …

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