The Bristow Beacon: A Blog of the Bristow Institute of Theology

Bristow Institute Staff Bristow Institute Staff

The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

Mark Noll argues that modern American evangelicals have failed notably in sustaining serious intellectual life despite dynamic success at a popular level. They have nourished millions of believers in the simple verities of the gospel but have largely abandoned the universities, the arts, and other realms of “high” culture.

Read More
Bristow Institute Staff Bristow Institute Staff

The Christian Experience of God

Everything we know about the triune God teaches the Church that, and every encounter we have with him expresses his love for his people.

Read More
Steven Ilchishin Steven Ilchishin

Dr. Lloyd-Jones on the Altar Call

Early in the 1970s, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was the speaker at a ministers’ conference in the USA and at a question session was asked a question about altar calls.

Read More
Bristow Institute Staff Bristow Institute Staff

Why All Things Work for Good

Thomas Watson: "If the whole Scripture is the feast for the soul (as Ambrose says)—then Romans 8 may be a dish at that feast, and with its sweet variety may very much refresh and animate the hearts of God's people."

Read More
Bristow Institute Staff Bristow Institute Staff

The Gospels as Biographies of Jesus

The Gospels are foundational documents that were planned long in advance by their writers. There are numerous proposed genre types for the Gospels. However, the Gospels are most immediately identified as ancient biography since they center on a single historical character and draw on ample historical tradition.

Read More