Inkling of Wonder by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | January 2008

I am a Calvinist. No, better to say that I am a rabid Calvinist. I am the son of a Calvinist. My spiritual grandfather was the Calvinist’s Calvinist, John Gerstner. When I consider my own theological education, I divide …Read More

God in the Dock: The Apologetics of C. S. Lewis by Roger Nicole

FROM TABLETALK | January 2008

In modern English the words apology and apologize indicate regret because some statement or action was offensive and wrong. This is not the case for “apologetics” in theology, for that discipline is intended to manifest “a point of view is …Read More

The Weight of Glory by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | January 2008

C.S. Lewis emerged as a twentieth-century icon in the world of Christian literature. His prodigious work combining acute intellectual reasoning with unparalleled creative imagination made him a popular figure not only in the Christian world but in the secular …Read More

A Mind Captivated by God by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | January 2008

I have journeyed through the land of Narnia. Nearly ten years ago, I had the privilege to stay at Rathvinden House, located in the beautiful rolling-green countryside of County Carlow, Ireland. At that time, the Rathvinden estate was owned and …Read More

Beauty and the Princeton Piety by Andrew Hoffecker

The Princeton Theology was an attempt to maintain Reformed theology and experience in America during the nineteenth and the opening decades of the twentieth centuries. The men at Princeton staunchly defended the objective elements in the Christian faith against the …Read More

Where Is the Glory Found? by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | July 2009

As birthdays go, it’s a big one. It is fitting and appropriate that we would mark the five-hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. Trouble is, that occasion is being marked in at least two different ways. First …Read More

In the Wisdom and Providence of God by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | May 2007

The first time I heard R.C. Sproul speak was at a Ligonier Ministries’ National Conference. As he systematically unfolded the doctrines of grace, he boldly proclaimed the biblical Gospel, and at the end of his message, he pointed …Read More

Objective Cultural Norms by George Grant

FROM TABLETALK | June 2004

For Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), the principle of “all things to all men” was not a moral warrant for upholding cultural relativism. Instead, it was a practical mandate for upholding cultural norms. It was for him an inducement to communicate …Read More

A Reformation Before the Reformation by George Grant

FROM TABLETALK | December 2004

The fourteenth century was a time of Dickensian paradox. Though it was a calamitous time of war, plague, corruption, and social disintegration, it also enjoyed a surprising number of reforms — which would in time bring renewal and restoration to the …Read More

A Testimony of Faithfulness by Sinclair Ferguson

FROM TABLETALK | December 2004

Among all the names mentioned in the letter to the Hebrews, only one belongs to a member of the New Testament church. Here are four clues. If you still can’t get the answer, look up Hebrews 13:23. Clue …Read More

Anskar by Bishop Rimbert

FROM TABLETALK | April 2009

When one of Anskar’s men suggested to his face that he could work miracles, the medieval missionary replied, “Were I worthy of such a favor from my God, I would ask that He would grant to me this one …Read More

God Omnipotent Reigns by George Grant

FROM TABLETALK | November 2004

Though his story is hardly the stock and trade of most church historians, James A. Garfield (1831–1881) affords us innumerable lessons about character, faith, and public service. Such lessons are especially relevant for us during these final days leading …Read More

From Table-Talk to Tabletalk by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | May 2007

We love the dramatic. When we think about the Reformation we can hear the pounding of the nail into the church door as Luther dared the scholars of his time to debate his 95 theses. We see in our mind …Read More

Religion, Politics, and Poetry by George Grant

FROM TABLETALK | October 2004

Just as it is generally assumed that religion and politics do not make for particularly pleasant dinner table conversation, it is generally assumed that they do not make for particularly pleasant poetry either. John Milton (b. 1608) sundered both assumptions …Read More

A Sower Went Out To Sow by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | June 2009

Church historian Mark Noll writes, “In many ways, the defining figure in the history of American evangelicalism is the eighteenth-century revivalist George Whitefield.” Prior to America’s declaration of independence from England, the Calvinist preacher from England turned the colonies …Read More