There is much that I appreciate and respect about Westminster Seminary’s recent announcement concerning the Board’s retirement of tenured Professor Douglas Green. They didn’t have to tell us anything, or they could have used “irreconcilable differences” language.

I have been invited to respond to the observations of D. Clair Davis on the retirement of Professor Douglas J. Green, recently announced by the Board of Trustees of WTS. These observations could be responded to at several points. Here I limit myself to addressing just one, clearly central for him. 

 I’m not totally sure what that means. I think it generally means, it’s not good enough to have the big picture straight, you need to look at its pieces too.

There’s a juggernaut coming our way that seems likely to sweep every opposition from its path. 

Reformed people and their churches are struggling with very basic issues right now: 1) What is the gospel? 2) Is it forgiveness through justification? 3) Or is it through holiness as the Lord sanctifies us? Of course, it’s both but how? Is the Federal Vision helpful or harmful? How about N. T. Wright?  Or Norman Shepherd?

From June 2 through June 6, 2014, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, seven international ministries joined together to sponsor a Consultation on Global Theological Education.

 Those seven organizations are the following (listed in alphabetical order):

Any Christian pursuing deeper relationships with Muslims eventually has to struggle with this question: Allah and Yahweh—are they the same God? This question became the topic of heated discussion at the annual convention of a notable evangelical denomination this past summer.

Communicating the Christian gospel clearly must include deep empathy of the way those in another culture are likely to misconceive it. For instance, Muslims have deep appreciation for intimacy within their families, so a gospel with a Western overly-individualistic setting must be transcended and overcome,

A few days ago Emily Letts, 25, posted a video showing her abortion. It went viral.  "I just want to share my story, to show women that there is such a thing as a positive abortion story," she says to the camera.

Everybody has been talking about it. The National Basketball Association came down hard on the Clippers’ owner, Donald Sterling.  Sterling is an old man—in his eighties.  He has owned the Clippers for thirty-three years.

It has been in the news for weeks now.  It started with the Veterans Administration Hospital in Phoenix where 40 patients are alleged to have died waiting to see a specialist. Now the scandal has spread to more than a score of other hospitals and who knows how many deaths.  

Why would we want to build credibility among Muslims? Well, there are short and long answer to that question.  The short answer is all I will try to provide here.