Adapted from the Preface of Pat's new book entitled Covenant Theology There are those things that you cannot unsee once you have seen them. Covenant theology is wonderfully that way for me. Once I was convinced of the expressly biblical nature of the theological realities known as the covenant of redemption, the covenant of works, and the covenant of grace, the whole Bibl...

If you believe in the Trinity then you believe in the legitimacy of Christian confessions. Yes, I am attempting to be provocative by suggesting to know what you believe, but please bear with me long enough to explain. I say that if you believe in the Trinity then you believe in confessions not because the triune nature of God is not revealed in the Bible. It definitely is...

The ever-burgeoning world of social media welcomed a new podcast recently. It is called The Pactum and is hosted by yours truly and Mike Grimes. Why another podcast? There are numerous reasons for the new show. Here are five reasons for the new podcast. First, the medium is a great way to learn. I myself love listening to experts on a myriad of different subjects while I...

Christless Christianity is hands-down my favorite book to recommend to professing Christians. In fact, I have lost track of how many I have given away and my personal copy is literally falling apart. The book is written at a popular level and is therefore a relatively easy read. But plenty of books are easy to read, so what's the attraction? Christless Christianity help...

The Bible is a massive book and we are kidding ourselves if we say it is easy to understand. After all, there are 66 books, 1,189 chapters, multiple languages, differing cultures, dozens of authors with diverse vocabularies, and the timespan covered is thousands of years. If this is not enough to make the Bible challenging, there are hundreds and hundreds of commands and ...

One of my very favorite books is Christianity and Liberalism. I have read it numerous times and am once again with the Theology for Breakfast crew. What makes it a great book is the simplicity and clarity of the author in defending the most important matter of allauthentic Christianity. J. Gresham Machen responds to the fanciful notion that there is a Christianity that ...

When someone invites you to see a movie, and you have not heard of the movie before, it would be common to ask, "What kind of movie is it?" If the response is "Romantic Comedy," the label helps you in determining how interested you may be. One great benefit of labels is that they serve as a sort of shorthand. In other words, labels summarize details for convenience. This ...

To read in the news that Jesus is returning this month ends up being no news at all to anyone paying attention to the Bible or past claims. But the unhappy reality is that most will go on living even more apathetically to Jesus than ever before. This is sad because the credible promise of Jesus to return brings with it great significance for the entire human race, even th...

The Bible is a massive book, and we are kidding ourselves if we say it is easy to understand. After all, there are 66 books, 1,189 chapters, multiple languages, differing cultures, dozens of authors with diverse vocabularies and the timespan covered is thousands of years. If this is not enough to make the Bible challenging, there are hundreds and hundreds of commands, and...