Dan Greenfield

  • The Limitation of a Single Life

    William B. Riley (1861–1947) was a Baptist pastor whom many affectionally called the “grand old man of fundamentalism.” In 1923 Riley began during his Sunday morning messages Riley to preach through the entire Bible, subsequently publishing those sermons in a series titled, “The Bible of the Expositor and the Evangelist.” In volume nine on the Read more

  • Faith and blessing in and through trials – Hannah in 1 Samuel 1-2

    Hannah’s character, her prayer of praise, and devotion of Samuel to the Lord were the results and outgrowth of genuine faith persevering through trials (cf. Jam 1:2ff). Humanly speaking, if Hannah had children like her “rival” Peninnah, she would most likely not have determined to dedicate a son to the Lord’s service. Her prayer of Read more

  • Is “evangelicalism” largely separatist or inclusivist?

    I’m using “evangelicalism” here in the sense of orthodox Christianity vis-a-vis liberal Protestantism. While doing some research I read this paragraph from a doctoral dissertaion accurately describing the state of evangelicalism since 1942: In 1942, the National Association of Evangelicals was formed partly in response to concerns shared by many evangelicals, who wanted to start Read more

  • John Calvin on catechizing

    One of the first things Calvin did upon returning to Geneva, Switzerland in 1541 was to provide The Geneva Catechism. On the importance of catechizing, Calvin said in a letter written Oct 22, 1548, “The church of God cannot subsist…without catechetical instruction, by which the seed of the future harvest is sown, the people prepared Read more

  • What John Calvin feared

    The incompetence of ministers in Geneva, Switzerland compelled the city fathers to ask John Calvin to return to their city in March, 1541. Calvin dreaded the thought: “There is no place under heaven that I am more afraid of,” (letter to Viret, March, 1941). Calvin wrote the city fathers, “If you desire me for your Read more

  • Faith comes by hearing God’s record

    Faith comes by hearing God’s recordconcerning Jesus Christ the Lord;the happy means, which heav’n hath blessedto bring us to the gospel-rest. The joyful sound is news of grace,redemption of a fallen race,through Jesus’ righteousness divine,which bright from faith to faith doth shine. The promise of immortal blisswe have in Christ our righteousness:by this our righteousness Read more

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