I’m linking these blogs by Carl Trueman for a couple of reasons. One, he’ll be our Family Camp speaker this summer. Two, he has something very important to say in these posts. And that is, the renewed interest in Reformed theology of recent years among evangelicals needs to find expression in what he calls a…

I remember visiting theme parks as a boy and having to measure myself to see if I was tall enough to get on any given ride. At the entrance to each ride, a wooden cartoon figure with outstretched hand had this message for the young and still-growing: “You must be this tall.” Of course, this…

According to John Murray in Redemption Accomplished and Applied, the very first step in the application of salvation is God’s effectual calling. That is the subject of chapter 2 of Part 2. The word “effectual” is important, because the Bible does describe a universal call to salvation that goes out to all who hear the…

Having finished discussing the accomplishment of our redemption in Part 1 (that accomplishment being the atoning work of Christ), John Murray goes on in Part 2 of Redemption Accomplished and Applied to focus on how God then applies that redemption to his people. Chapter 1 of Part 2, “The Order of Application,” is, as the…